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Officing Today February 9, 2010: The US has been experiencing plenty bad weather this winter season. A storm watch alert has been issued in Southern California, where reports of mudslides and flooding dominate the local news. The nation’s capital had 20 inches of snowfall over the weekend, and is expecting more of the same today. These conditions have required schools and offices to shut down in the area.

In other parts of the country, though, many people living in areas with harsh winter weather are finding that virtual offices are the perfect storm solution. Virtual office clients are able to manage their businesses much more easily in winter weather than those who work in traditional office set-ups.

Radio Iowa’s Dar Danielson reported in December that Iowans with virtual offices were not affected by the winter weather problems that other people trying to get to work were facing. A virtual office client interviewed for the piece advised that, simply put, a virtual office “allows you to work whenever and wherever you need to.”

Another virtual office client interviewed pointed out other perks of this alternative workplace solution: “She says it gives a tremendous amount of flexibility, as it allows people to work out of their homes and during their own hours, but still have access to the information they need.” The client highlighted the fact that a blizzard earlier in the season had less of an impact on her business, since her employees are able to work without having to come to an office building.

As the winter storms continue to rage on, it is likely that more businesses will find that they can’t afford not to be using a virtual office set-up.

Over the past year the office space industry, OfficeFinder included, has seen a significant increase in the number of businesses looking for  virtual office space. Estimates are anywhere from  30% to 50% more than during the same period last year. Much of it is believed to be related to the economy. In particular, both businesses looking to save money and unemployed professionals setting up their own low ovewrhead home based business. A virtual office allows a business the opportunity to cut costs while maintaining a profession business image at a prestigious business address. While no office space is actually rented, most programs do allow virtual office clients to rent office or conference rooms on an as needed basis for a discounted price. The price range for a virtual office is usually between $60 and $300 perr month depending on the services used and the market.

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A new concept in officeing. Cloud Officing is similar to Cloud Computing in the technology arena, Cloud Officing is all about making an expensive infrastructure available at a reduced cost under a utility model. The idea is to provide a low overhead workplace solution, on a hosted, pay-per-use, and ubiquitous basis. One of our OfficeFinder Members is among the first to offer this new service. They have proven the concept with a grid of 14 locations in the Greater San Francisco Bay Area, which is expanding in partnership with landlords. The company has plans to deploy and manage thousands of on-demand locations around the globe and will start expanding out of its initial Northern California market in the middle of this year.

According to them, the average amount of time a worker is physically present in a dedicated office ranges between 25% and 40%, which is a waste of an expensive asset since facilities and corporate real estate costs represent the 2nd largest expense in most corporate books. This utilization ratio can even be worse for sales people or customer service-related professionals. The need to slash occupancy costs, along with a desire to reduce carbon footprint by bringing the workplace close to where people live, are driving corporate interest for alternate means of officing.

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