Looking forward to your Christmas break? Work is just a call away

Checking emailsand answering business phone calls were the two most commonly named activitieswith 31% and 25% respectively. 25% of holidaymakers will do so several times aday.

Surprisingly, inthe age of smartphones, the PC or laptop is all in all the most popular device tocheck emails remotely, with 82% versus only 15% on their mobile phones. Forwork calls, most respondents prefer their mobile phone with 66%, during 17% willuse their fixed line and 7% VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol).

Australians willalso draw on new communication tools to stay in touch with work, with 19% usingInstant Messaging and 17% social media just as Twitter, LinkedIn andFacebook.

Although 86%think that innovation has made it easier to work from home, only 16% of peoplewho have to work over Christmas will be able to do so remotely.

Healthy work / life balance

"Whilst weobviously encourage a healthy work / life balance, not everyone has the choiceto take time off over Christmas. Take for instance small business owners who oftenneed to be contactable irrespective of the time of year," said Marc Englaro,managing director of Fonality Australia.

"In today'shighly competitive and globalised business environment, many people need to becontactable wherever they are, whether it's the holidays or not. Having aflexible unified communications solution means people have access to a varietyof communications tools on a number of different devices, be it their PC,laptop, mobile phone or tablet."

UnifiedCommunication simplifies and streamlines the various communication technologiesthat businesses deal with every day. Reply to email with a phone call orvoicemail. Turn a chat conversation into a call. Answer your desk phone viayour mobile from the airport. No matter how, where, or when you communicate,you'll have seamless access to the same familiar Interfaces and corporateresources.