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• SAP offers partner tier lifeline in wake of coronavirus pandemic

  ​Software giant SAP has extended a hand to partners struggling to stay afloat during the coronavirus pandemic.

• How Covid-19 is impacting channel engagement

  For those operating in the channel, the question arises, in the age of coronavirus, what does social distancing mean from a channel perspective?

• Google-owned Kaggle calls data scientists to action on Covid-19

  In newest challenge, Kaggle asks AI researchers to apply machine learning tools and techniques to answering questions about Covid-19.

• Intel's 'Pohoiki Springs' network of brain chips may be asked to help fight coronavirus

  Intel has shipped its Loihi neuromorphic systems, combining 768 Lohi chips into a rack with the computational intelligence of a mole rat.

• How to survive and thrive while working from home

  Quarantine means more people are working from home. If that’s new to you, just follow these tips, and you should do OK.

• Coronavirus challenges remote networking

  Covid-19 sends IBM, Google, Amazon, AT&T, Cisco, Apple and others scrambling to securely support an enormous rise in teleworkers.

• Coronavirus: 3 short-term actions CIOs must do now

  Gartner has recommended three short-term actions that CIOs should take to prepare for business disruptions as a result of coronavirus.

• Government calls on channel to help Singapore businesses battle coronavirus

  The government in Singapore is leveraging the technology capabilities of channel partners to help businesses manage the impacts of Covid-19.

• As coronavirus worsens, companies renew focus on collaboration, remote work

  While some organisations are cancelling big events, others are looking to see what’s in their collaboration toolbox to keep workers healthy and productive.

• Coronavirus prep could spark better disaster recovery

  On the chance that the COVID-19 virus forces masses of employees to work from home, this could be the time to review disaster recovery plans.

• Coronavirus to cause PC shipments to fall in 2020

  The PC market is expected to take a hit by the end of 2020 with shipments forecast to decline by nine per cent year-on-year, partly due to the spread of coronavirus.

• Coronavirus postpones Oracle OpenWorld Asia in Singapore

  Oracle has postponed OpenWorld Asia due to ongoing coronavirus concerns in Singapore, joining a host of cancelled technology conferences.

• Emerging tech proving worth in fight against coronavirus

  The coronavirus outbreak, first reported from Wuhan in China in late December, has quickly spread to become a global emergency.

• Coronavirus outbreak could see PC shipments plummet by 20%

  PC and smartphone shipments could decline by 20 per cent and up to 50 per cent, respectively, due to restrictions imposed by China’s government to help stem the spread of coronavirus.

• How coronavirus can ‘drastically impact’ tech sector in 2020

  The coronavirus outbreak is now entering a crucial phase with the WHO declaring it as a global health emergency.