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COVID-19 prime example of how corporations face surprise twists, Proven

Big businesses grow and expand as the market environment changes, and do so even more rapidly now than ever with the accelerating tech growth of today. With this growth and expansion comes a new requirement for...

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Maintaining cybersecurity in the face of COVID-19-driven organisational change

It is a sad reality, but both hostile state actors and opportunistic cybercriminals are already leveraging COVID-19 themed campaigns to conduct phishing and deliver malware. Secureworks Counter Threat Unit rese...

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Cisco commits $225 million to global COVID-19 response

Cisco Chairman and CEO, Chuck Robbins has announced the company’s efforts to combat the impact of COVID-19, by supporting a range of global and local initiatives. Cisco is committing $225 million in cash, in-ki...

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UN: $2.5 trillion COVID-19 rescue package needed for world’s emerging economies

According to new analysis from UNCTAD, the UN trade and development body, commodity-rich exporting countries will face a $2 trillion to $3 trillion drop in investment from overseas in the next two years. An eco...

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UN: Coronavirus necessitates global increase in protective equipment, medical supplies

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told journalists in Geneva on Monday that he had spoken to trade ministers from the world’s leading economic forum, the G-20, about ways to address the chronic shortage of personal pr...

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WHO releases guidelines to help maintain essential health services 

The COVID-19 pandemic is straining health systems worldwide. The rapidly increasing demand on health facilities and health care workers threatens to leave some health systems overstretched and unable to operate...

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New WHO Guide to help countries expand access to essential medicines

WHO’s   new user guide for countries, ‘Selection of medicines at country level’, is based on the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines. It sets out the key actions countries should undertake to develop and upda...

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Infoblox’s Ashraf Sheet talks about cybersecurity in the time of coronavirus

Interview with Ashraf Sheet, Regional Director MEA at Infoblox. Your best tips for businesses looking to improve cybersecurity across their organisations? As the world is focusing on the ongoing pandemic and so...

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The unprecedented Covid-19 situation and its impact on TV advertising

Update brought to you by AMSI – A Choueiri Group Brand At a time when regional audiences are staying home more than ever before to support lockdown and  self-isolation drives, MBC Group (The region’s leading ...

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Lootah BCGas and Dubai Chamber announce AED 15 million Covid-19 support programme

Initiative will support more than 50,000 homes and nearly 500 businesses in UAE Lootah BCGas, a subsidiary of S.S. Lootah Group, the leading provider of gas utility and infrastructure services in the United Ara...