I'm not trying to dehumanizing IT but without a doubt more than ever we're working inside a big community. We get help by mean MSDN and other stuff. Newsgroups, articles, samples provided from FTP's, phone calls to old pals, etc... So that I don't get the point why currently so many organizations are reluctant to allow their employees work from home. What kind of fears have they?

Sincerely, I work as DBA and here, only very very few times I get a workaround or solution from my colleagues. Why? They are productive and good professionals but when you are the only one in the department who is researching for new stuff you know that they don't give you clues at all because of they're already busy with its own.