COVID-19: The Coronavirus Outbreak and IT

This page provides enterprise news related to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak and insights into how to maintain business continuity and address the many IT and productivity challenges brought on by a surge in remote working.

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The Silicon Valley Workplace Will Never Be the Same

May 06, 2020

Tech companies are changing how their employees work on site. Apple Inc. intends to stagger the introduction of employees back to the office, conduct temperature checks, keep people apart and create some kind of health checklist. Google expects to...

The Specter of Coronavirus Dominates Red Hat Summit 2020

Apr 29, 2020

Despite everyone sheltering in place, it was impossible to avoid COVID-19 during the Linux vendor’s virtual Red Hat Summit 2020 event.

Coronavirus: Employers Scramble To Get to Grips With Zoom, Slack

Apr 29, 2020

Early in the lockdown, it seemed feasible to let employees use a range of different products if it was to be a temporary arrangement. As the restrictive measures last longer, firms are having to choose between technologies.

Your Guide to Remotely Troubleshooting Teams, Slack and Zoom

Apr 29, 2020

Straight from the vendors themselves, here are resources for IT professionals tasked with supporting new remote users on collaboration platforms during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Zoom Parties Are So Five Weeks Ago: Hello Virtual Reality

Apr 21, 2020

From team-building to birthday parties and a slew other activities, virtual reality events are growing in popularity as people explore new ways to stay connected during the COVID-19 pandemic.

IBM Reports Falling Revenue and Withdraws Forecast on Virus Woes

Apr 20, 2020

The Covid-19 pandemic has become another hurdle for the company in its transition to cloud computing.

15 Best Practices for Working Remotely From Home

Apr 17, 2020

We’ve got decades of experience in working in the same place where we live – here are the time-tested practices we at ITPro Today rely on to establish, maintain and grow business as usual.

Apple, Google Bring Covid-19 Contact-Tracing to 3 Billion People

Apr 10, 2020

Apple and Google are partnering to add tech to their smartphone platforms that will alert users if they have come into contact with a person with Covid-19. The announcement is raising concerns about the data privacy implications.

Google Classroom Users Doubled as Quarantines Spread

Apr 10, 2020

When millions of young people enter the workforce, they’re likely to keep using paid versions of Google's software, and encourage colleagues to adopt the tools, too.

Pandemic Data-Sharing Puts New Pressure on Privacy Protections

Apr 05, 2020

Data sharing by technology companies is helping government officials fight the dizzying spread of the coronavirus by monitoring compliance with social distancing and stay-at-home orders. It’s also putting privacy experts on edge.