Pacific Bell and Sun Microsystems Launch Remote WorkPac Service for 440 Employees

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Pacific Bell and Sun Microsystems Inc. have announced an agreement to enable 440 Sun Microsystems employees to work from their homes with the computing speed and functionality they enjoy at the office. Under the terms of the agreement, Pacific Bell will equip Sun with Remote WorkPac, a business-application service that includes installing ISDN lines and managing and maintaining the service.

Key Takeaways:

  • The agreement allows 440 Sun Microsystems employees to work from home with the computing speed and functionality they enjoy at the office.
  • Remote WorkPac, a business-application service, includes installing ISDN lines and managing and maintaining the service.
  • Pacific Bell's ISDN lines will enable high-speed computing connection from employees' homes to Sun's local-area network.
  • Sun Microsystems executives, engineers, and programmers will be among the employees taking advantage of Pacific Bell Remote WorkPac services.
  • Gene Menzies, sales vice president of Premier Accounts for Pacific Bell, stated that Sun's commitment to telecommuting is a ringing endorsement of the capabilities of ISDN.
  • Ken Alvares, Sun's vice president of Human Resources, said that the agreement provides employees greater flexibility without sacrificing computing speed and functionality.
  • The agreement draws on both companies' expertise in ISDN networking technology.
  • Sun's ISDN products are certified in more than 15 countries around the world, and the company has shipped more than 200,000 systems with ISDN as a standard feature on the motherboard.
  • Pacific Bell is a subsidiary of Pacific Telesis Group, a diversified communications corporation based in San Francisco.
  • Sun Microsystems provides solutions that enable customers to build and maintain open network computing environments.

Statistics:

  • 440 Sun Microsystems employees will be able to work from home.
  • Over 200,000 Sun systems have been shipped with ISDN as a standard feature on the motherboard.
  • Telco (ISDN lines) was used to perform remote work
  • ISDN is used to facilitate remote work, and ISDN technology has enabled easy implementation of Pacific Bell Remote WorkPac services.

Sources:

  • "Pacific Bell, Sun Microsystems Announce Remote WorkPac Service", Business Wire, September 5, 1995.
  • Pacific Bell and Sun Microsystems press release.