A company that specializes in WLAN access for mobile workers and an enterprise telephony provider have teamed for a "'green' voice and data access solution for teleworkers."

Naomi Graychase over at Wi-Fi Planet has the details on the offering.

The IP-based solution integrates components of Avaya Connected Teleworker—including IP telephones, Avaya Communication Manager software, and Avaya Modular Messaging servers—with Aruba adaptive wireless LANs. It provides identity-based, follow-me security wherever a teleworker roams, using “an unobtrusively packaged” remote access point—about the size of a couple of decks of cards--that includes an integrated firewall and router, and a centralized management system that can accommodate large workforces.

The portable device sounds pretty neat. Better still are the environmental benefits.

According to Aruba, a telecommuter traveling 45 miles—roughly the distance between San Jose and San Francisco, or Boston and Providence—twice a week, instead of every day, will reduce annual CO2 emissions by roughly 5.5 metric tons (an amount that could also be “offset” with a $66 donation to CarbonCounter.org).

I know plenty of folks that commute at least that much every day in each direction. Visit Wi-Fi Planet for more details and a handy graphic on how it works.