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Alibaba Cloud, the data intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group, has launched a campaign to support businesses to fight against the coronavirus through technology. The company will deliver a series of e-commerce solutions to businesses that are adversely impacted by the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. These tailored solutions will enable retailers to launch a B2C e-commerce platform as fast as within five days. The Alibaba Cloud e-commerce solutions provide a set of plug-and-play Alibaba Cloud products and solutions in cloud computing, databases, multimedia and video livestreaming, collaboration, and security and data analytics to help retailers rapidly launch an e-commerce business. “The global retail industry has been hit hard by the widespread outbreak of the novel coronavirus, with businesses encountering a variety of challenges including limited access to supplies, and a drop in consumer demand and foot traffic. Retailers are in urgent need of a digital enterprise platform and ...

By Alastair Pooley, CIO, Snow Software The development of cloud and “as-a-service” technologies have made it easier than ever for anyone within an organisation to both purchase and use preferred applications, often without intervention from their IT department. This can lead to an increase in so called “shadow IT” – technologies not provided officially by central IT functions – and the additional challenge that such tech can bring via security and operational risks. For example, readers will be familiar with the 2018 SingHealth breach where personal data belonging to 1.5 million patients in Singapore was compromised. The root cause of this breach was a server under the care of inexperienced staff who had a limited understanding of IT and security. Businesses seeking to reduce the risks which stem from shadow IT should seek to educate employees on the threat their behaviour can pose to security. An open dialogue between all employees and the IT team will enable the IT function to ...

Tata Communications , a global digital infrastructure provider, has been named a Leader in Gartner’s 2020 Magic Quadrant for Network Services, Global for the seventh consecutive year*.  The Gartner Magic Quadrant assesses providers’ completeness of vision and ability to execute. According to the report, “Enterprises need greater network agility to support digital initiatives, and global network service providers are supplying new services in response." Genius Wong, CTO, Tata Communications said, “We have made a number of significant enhancements to our global network offering in the past 12 months, including the launch of our IZO SD-WAN and SD-WAN virtual lab capabilities, among others. These important developments have enabled Tata Communications to reinforce its position as a best-of-breed strategic partner for businesses looking to innovate and achieve sustainable growth - without sacrificing efficiency.” SD-WAN stands for software-defined wide-area network. According to Ga...