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by Sheena Chin, MD, ASEAN, Cohesity As employees continue to work from home at an unprecedented scale, how can corporate IT teams navigate unforeseen data protection challenges? Source: Cohesity. Chin. COVID-19 continues to dramatically affect everyday life and the global economy. As the uncertainty of the virus impacts workers in countries around the world, including Singapore, many businesses are still determining the best way to enable remote operations for vast numbers of employees and for longer periods of time. This is absolutely the case for the IT community. Weeks ago, employees left the office with corporate data and assets, with IT teams having precious little time to prepare. Ideally, business continuity plans have been initiated, but that may not account for the current situation. For IT leaders, this situation, for some time, has been putting stress and strain on IT resources that must stay on top of their highly distributed workforce. Keeping productivity high and e...

Source: Smarten Spaces. The 10-Step Response Plan to adapt to the new normal. Smarten Spaces , a proptech startup headquartered in Singapore , has launched Jumpree WorkFlex , an artificial intelligence (AI) desk management solution to automate seat planning, allocation and social distancing. Businesses can expect visibility on patterns in desk usage and the effective identification of available office capacity when they use Jumpree WorkFlex . The solution gives real-time occupancy and tracks occupancy levels. With the Jumpree WorkFlex algorithm, businesses can easily make changes to enjoy error-free and scalable seat planning with desk management automation technology: Change social distancing measures or in building capacity limits  Enter safe distances between seats at each floor or location  Get the best seating plan without manual intervention, taking into account the distance of a seat from all surrounding seats "The call of the hour for organisations is...