Sandy Shen, Senior Research Director at Gartner.

Gartner lists three immediate actions for CIOs bracing for COVID-19 disruptions

With the spread of the coronavirus, COVID-19, CIOs should focus on three short-term actions to increase their organisations’ resilience against disruptions and prepare for rebound and growth, according to Gartner. Sandy ...

IDC

IDC says uncertainty looms over GCC mobile market following COVID-19 outbreak

Smartphone shipments to the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council, GCC, increased 6.3% quarter on quarter in Q4 2019 to total 5.15 million units, according to the latest insights from global technology research and c...

Tatyana Scherbakova, Security Researcher at Kaspersky

Kaspersky researchers find coronavirus scams targeted at users and businesses

Kaspersky researchers have found multiple COVID-19-related malicious e-mail campaigns and hundreds of downloadable files that attempt to infect users’ devices with the threats. While news on coronavirus spread continue t...

Chester Wisniewski, Principal Research Scientist, Sophos

Sophos warns of Coronavirus email spam targeting Italians

SophosLabs has uncovered a new email spam attack targeting Italians with a document containing a macro loaded with Trickbot malware. The email takes advantage of COVID-19 fears by offering up a clickable document that al...

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Citrix offers workspace solutions for business continuity during uncertain times

Natural disasters and public health emergencies can strike anywhere at any time. And when they do, organisations need to be prepared to protect their people and minimise disruptions to their business and the larger econo...

Sandy Shen, Senior Research Director at Gartner.

COVID-19 more disruptive than cyber security or disaster event, Gartner

With the spread of the coronavirus, COVID-19, CIOs should focus on three short-term actions to increase their organisations’ resilience against disruptions and prepare for rebound and growth, according to Gartner. Sandy ...

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Etihad Cargo expanding capacity to Europe, HK, COVID-19 constrained markets

Etihad Cargo, the cargo and logistics arm of the Etihad Aviation Group, has announced its freighter schedule for the IATA summer season, boosting capacity to its top freighter gateways. The network will also be expanded ...

IATA

IATA revises COVID passenger impact $63 billion to $113 billion in lost revenue

The International Air Transport Association, IATA, updated its analysis of the financial impact of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, public health emergency on the global air transport industry. IATA now sees 2020 global ...

Cisco

Cisco boosts free license in 44 countries with additional features for 90 days

In an effort to help out businesses affected by the recent coronavirus outbreak, Cisco has added additional features to its free Webex accounts, and the company is also offering free 90-day business licenses. Effective i...

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54% respondents have no remote work plans, 14% see no impact of Coronavirus

With the Coronavirus outbreak spreading across the world, one-third of Gulf-based employers are planning to have staff work from home, according to a survey conducted by Middle East employment portal, GulfTalent. The sur...