- European companies embracing enterprise social, reaping rewards, report shows
Pundits have been praising enterprise social for a while, but previous research has shown that despite the hype these tools had a long way to go before businesses fully embraced them. Now a new report indicates that may be changing -- in Europe at least. 
- Olympics causing remote work controversy in Britain
With the Olympics just a few months away, there's the usual flurry of stories detailing frenzied preparations by organizers and athletes. But one other type of news item is surprisingly popular in Britain ? stories equating telecommuting during the games with slacking at home. 
- Author Paul Miller on The Digital Workplace and the evolution of the office
In his new book, The Digital Workplace, author Paul Miller doesn't take a dogmatic approach to web working by hailing the death of the traditional office. Rather, he sees a more symbiotic relationship between the physical and digital work spaces. 
- ProofHQ CEO: Remote work is bad for startups? Oh, please!
Remote work may be increasingly mainstream, but there are holdouts like Zaarly exec Shane Mac, who recently opined that startups and distributed teams make a lousy combination. That's news to the founder of successful startup ProoffHQ, which has been remote from day one. 
- Design tips for home offices in small spaces
Got a remote gig that allows you to work from home but a home that isn't exactly palatial? Design pros channel James Bond to offer clever solutions to keep your business and personal life from blurring, even if you're living in tight quarters.
- Freelancer.com CEO: The future is bright for online outsourcing (but not niche sites)
When GigaOM sat down with Matt Barrie, CEO of Freelancer.com, to talk about online outsourcing, he expressed incredible optimism about the growth of his site and web-powered international hiring in general, but far less hope for niche platforms aimed at connecting workers with gigs.
- Can?t we all just get along? Employees, freelancers, entrepreneurs and coworking
Coworking, originally a movement dominated by freelancers and entrepreneurs, is increasingly attracting more and more remote corporate employees. Do their expectations line up with other members? Do they get as much out of the coworking experience? A new survey aimed to find out. 
- How to make time zone separation work to your advantage
Sure, staying up until the wee hours to talk to your colleague in Israel or Asia may be a bummer, but both a business professor and practitioners say that, with the right tools, working across multiple time zones can actually be a benefit.
- How Google is growing up into a real IT company
Of the dozens of meeting requests I received for this year's Interop conference, the one I least expected came from Google. Interop is all about enterprise IT -- networks, security, servers, stuff with gravitas. But in its own way, Google is becoming a serious IT company.
- Hey cloud startups, have we got a treat for you!
Every year at our Structure 2012 conference we host a Launchpad of startups. This year, we decided to give the 10 finalists more than stage-time: We teamed up with venture firm Sequoia to give them a hands-on training session at Sequoia HQ.
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