Essential Guide

Essential Guide: Technology readiness for the Covid-19 coronavirus crisis

Introduction

As the world reacts to the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, businesses and governments are becoming increasingly reliant on technology to support citizens and workers forced to self-isolate or quarantine to mitigate the spread of the virus. Remote working and collaboration tools have become essential systems, with new demands placed on networks and datacentre infrastructure. As corporate networks extend beyond the firewall, security remains an ever-present concern, especially as malicious actors look to exploit fears over the pandemic.

For every organisation involved in dealing with the crisis, digital systems have become an absolute lifeline - and for health services, the way they use tech can more than ever be the difference between life and death.

In this essential guide, we examine the best practice advice for IT leaders and IT departments to ensure readiness during the pandemic. We look at the challenges for IT infrastructure, and find out how companies and governments around the world are reacting.

1Remote working-

Remote working during the crisis

With restrictions on individual movement being introduced in countries affected by the coronavirus pandemic, staff are routinely working from home and need the right tools to support them

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2Security-

Cyber security and the coronavirus crisis

As staff work remotely, corporate networks must extend security beyond the firewall - and protect from malicious actors looking to take advantage of pandemic fears

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Coronavirus now possibly largest-ever cyber security threat

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Covid-19: NCSC issues secure remote working guidance

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Coronavirus-linked hacks likely as Czech hospital comes under attack

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3Infrastructure-

Preparing IT infrastructure

The coronavirus pandemic is placing new demands on IT infrastructure, especially networks and datacentres, as business goes online and employees increasingly connect over the internet to corporate systems

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Tech stocks tumble as Apple admits coronavirus will affect iPhone production volumes

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Microsoft and Google join forces on Covid-19 dataset

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4Health service technology-

Health service response

Health services - such as the NHS in the UK - are under greater pressure than ever before from the coronavirus pandemic. The technology they use is critical, and it often needs to be adapted to these extreme circumstances

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Covid-19: NHS tackles coronavirus crisis with the help of tech

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Coronavirus readiness: Three technology-led steps the NHS is taking

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CIO interview: Sarah Wilkinson, NHS Digital

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Coronavirus: NHS to roll out Microsoft Teams to hospitals

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5Management response-

Business and government respond to coronavirus

Governments and businesses are using technology to adapt the ways they work to respond to the coronavirus pandemic

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Estonia offers digital tools to countries struggling with coronavirus school closures

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Push for digitisation in Malaysia amid coronavirus crisis

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Ocado pulls website amid coronavirus shopping frenzy

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Courts make use of tech to hold remote hearings due to Covid-19

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Amazon to recruit 100,000 extra workers to cope with coronavirus-induced online shopping surge

Online retailer plans to focus its recruitment drive on providing jobs to hospitality and service industry workers who are out of work as coronavirus prompts city-wide shutdowns across the US Continue Reading

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