In early 2013, about one in five Americans worked from home. According to the Telework Research Network, that number is expected to rise to 63% over the next five years, as businesses tend to embrace a more mobile and flexible workforce.

In the past, employees needed to be at the office to get their jobs done. When the email became the stage of work practices, it brought a huge cultural shift in businesses. Yet, nowadays, thanks to several trends, we are witnessing an even larger shift. Technology has evolved to the point where all employees can access the tools they need to be productive from anywhere as long as they have an Internet connection.

Of all these powerful trends, let’s take a closer look at technology, namely at Unified Communications (News - Alert) in the Cloud. UC tools – technology that combines voice, video, instant messaging and presence, into a single interface running on any device – gives employees and companies, a variety of benefits:

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