Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesYour DR plan may be unprepared for a pandemic, and while mid-pandemic is not the ideal time to be discovering issues, you should use this time to make changes. By Nick Cavalancia Having a disaster recovery plan in place implies that a business believes there will come a time when operations will be disrupted, and it will be necessary to
Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesHomes now have more connected devices, which could become targets for hackers. Consequently, work-from-home employees should take certain steps to safeguard their networks. By Amy Larsen DeCarlo The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic drove a remarkable pivot to remote work and distance learning for many enterprises and educational institutions. Virtually overnight, staff and students relied on their home networks for
Reading Time-approximately: < 1 minuteAdoption of FCoE switches is dependent on Data Center Bridging Capability Exchange Protocol (DCBx) switch technology, says storage expert Marc Staimer. By Marc Staimer Most users currently run Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) only between their servers and top-of-rack switches or with blade servers and their embedded switches. Do you think end users will ultimately run FCoE from their servers
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesResearch reveals the impact of Covid-19 on the digital workplace, and how technology will enable new ways of working. By Joe O’Halloran With the new normal rapidly becoming just the normal, employee welfare productivity, especially among remote workers, is increasingly becoming more important. Companies are now having to spin up new digital workplaces where remote workers both have the right
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesLooking at historical data has hampered businesses’ attempts to move forward effectively during the pandemic By Cliff Saran The coronavirus has illustrated how fragile global supplies are, and how easily disruptions in other parts of the world can halt production lines and prevent supermarkets from keeping shelves stocked. Speaking at the recent Reuters Supply Chain Europe 2020 event, Oscar de Bok, CEO
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesIn this guest post, Darren Watkins, managing director of colocation provider Virtus Data Centres, talks about how Covid-19 has changed what enterprises want from their datacentre partners. By Caroline Donnelly More than 100 million people are in strict lockdown across Europe as governments and health systems attempt to battle the spread of the devastating Covid-19 Coronavirus pandemic. And, while normal life
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesSteve Broadhead Broadband Testing The Internet-connected world has never experienced ramp-up in quite such a fashion before and it showed. Even where an IT solution – maybe an application, or a security authentication mechanism – has been designed for mass, global usage, a sudden ramp-up in users can cause outages, either local or total. One high-profile casualty early during the
Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesThe COVID-19 pandemic has thrown a wrench into many traditional BCDR plans. Here are five tips to update your crisis response plans and help your business weather the storm. By Alan R. Earls In a few short weeks, the COVID-19 crisis has upended daily life and businesses around the world. Unlike more traditional natural disasters, where one region is affected
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesAs the pandemic continues, research firms state that organizations must realign IT budgets to support projects that maintain operations and put nonessential initiatives on hold. By Meredith Courtemanche The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted 2020 IT infrastructure spending and projects across all types of industries. Months into this abrupt economic and workplace change, and without an end in sight, organizations must make
Reading Time-approximately: 7 minutesThis guide offers information on the effect of the coronavirus on enterprises and the need for pandemic and business continuity planning to keep businesses safe and in operation. By Sandra Gittlen Published: 10 Jun 2020 Companies are beginning to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their businesses and processes. Properly assessing this requires a review of corporate business continuity
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On 31 December 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported a cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan City, China. ‘Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2’ (SARS-CoV-2) was confirmed as the causative agent of what we now know as ‘Coronavirus Disease 2019’ (COVID-19). Since then, the virus has spread to more than 100 countries, including South Africa.
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