The Indian PC market has shrunk by only a third in the second quarter of the year following a complete shutdown of the country for 45 days due to the coronavirus pandemic, reaching 2.9 million units, the technology analyst firm Canalys claims, with shipments of desktops, notebooks, tablets and workstations all taking a dive.

Technology research firm Gartner says a survey of 131 senior business executives indicates that their top concern is a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, even as many regions are still struggling with the first wave.

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VENDOR PROMOTION Contact tracing apps could do a lot of good, but not if hackers get in the way. Here’s a quick list of three ways cybercriminals can abuse these apps.

VENDOR PROMOTION Contact tracing apps could do a lot of good, but not if hackers get in the way. Here’s a quick list of three ways cybercriminals can abuse these apps.

In the “pandemic age” of telehealth and new technologies, remote site lab or point-of-care (POC) testing of biofluids is a potentially "rapid and non-invasive way" to test for most diseases - including COVID-19 - say scientists at South Australia’s Flinders University.

GUEST OPINION by ManageEngine product consultant Ashwin Ram: As the economy reopens, IT leaders are in the hot seat, charged with ensuring their teams and technology stacks can support recovery, growth, and an array of flexible working arrangements, writes ManageEngine product consultant Ashwin Ram.

GUEST OPINION by ManageEngine product consultant Ashwin Ram: As the economy reopens, IT leaders are in the hot seat, charged with ensuring their teams and technology stacks can support recovery, growth, and an array of flexible working arrangements, writes ManageEngine product consultant Ashwin Ram.

GUEST OPINION by Brendan Maree, Vice President Asia Pacific, 8x8:  In challenging times, an experienced, well trained contact centre team can be an invaluable asset to your organisation.

GUEST OPINION by Brendan Maree, Vice President Asia Pacific, 8x8: In challenging times, an experienced, well trained contact centre team can be an invaluable asset to your organisation.

Cubic Transportation Systems business division GRIDSMART is partnering with the University of Melbourne to tackle what it says are new transport challenges arising from COVID-19.