CIOs must align to navigate businesses through COVID-19

CIOs together with other business leaders are responsible for developing a culture of lifelong learning. The current global pandemic has forced many organisations to change the way they operate and forced many to adapt quickly to change. It’s imperative that CIOs ensure they have effective communication skills, especially as everyone…

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Hong Kong Govt. spends HK$1B to support IT adoption in businesses

Funding will support enterprises looking at remote working to continue their business and services during the epidemic. The Technology and Innovation committee of Hong Kong the Government, under the Anti-epidemic Fund has allocated an additional provision of $1 billion to the Distance Business Programme, to help support enterprises adopt IT…

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Taiwan’s legislatures working through COVID-19 with Microsoft Teams

Members using technology that enables them to collaborate safely and securely from remote locations. Taiwan’s legislature has moved its entire proceedings online with Microsoft Teams, to cope with COVID-19 social distancing restrictions. The 10th Legislative Yuan was sworn in early February in Taipei, with a total of 113 legislators taking…

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COVID-19 accelerating digital transformation in global organisations

Citrix global survey reveals companies scrambling to meet new security and performance concerns. Recent Citrix research conducted by Censuswide revealed almost three-quarters (70 per cent) of Australian IT leaders believe that the rapid shift to working-from-home, due to COVID-19 has accelerated their organisations’ digital transformation. Of these leaders, 44 per…

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Nutanix supports telework adoption in ASEAN

Supporting the journey of local organisations. Nutanix has come out with a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) service to help promote telework adoption in ASEAN organisations. The Cloud computing company’s ‘FastTrack for VDI’ brings together Nutanix HCI and software with selected partners to accelerate and optimise a VDI service. Nutanix’s product…

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Security and privacy with LogMeIn

LogMeIn CISO writes about security and privacy with remote working   Now more than ever businesses are relying on remote work and meeting tools to connect with teams, customers and prospects. According to Gerry Beuchelt chief information security office at LogMeIn remote work spaces – video calls, virtual classrooms, online meeting rooms, virtual IT…

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