The company initiated its business continuity plan (BCP) in March first week in India when the Covid-19 cases were being initially reported. The plan covered 15 cities across eight countries where Altimetrik has a presence, including India, USA, Uruguay, Singapore, Japan, Canada, Poland and UAE.

​​The current lockdown has prompted even fence-sitters to begin using these tools, as they face constraints in accessing critical information that resides on systems in company premises and requires presence of executives at the location.

As the coronavirus pandemic spread across India, customers are wary whether the food they order from online delivery platforms like Swiggy and Zomato is safe or not. Among the concerns are the health of the delivery partner and the hygiene conditions of places where the food is made.

The government has launched a new app called AarogyaSetu to help people mitigate the risk of getting affected by the Coronavirus pandemic.It is available for both the Android and iOS users.

Lark is a platform for collaboration that brings together tools, including Messenger, Online Docs and Sheets, Cloud Storage, Calendar, and Video Conferencing. It is said to have combined elements of Slack, Dropbox, Google Docs and Skype.

As the pandemic continues to take hold of the world, there has been an increasing need for faster identification of symptoms of the virus to curb spread.Here’s what the tech world is coming up with to help.In pic: An Israeli woman checks on her phone the Hamagen (shield) application that was launched earlier this month by the health ministry, in the Israeli coastal city of Netanya.

Imagine sitting in your room, wearing a virtual reality (VR) headset and getting the feel of walking into a conference, or an expo, or watching a product demo. This isn’t science fiction as the Covid-19 outbreak grounds millions of people worldwide.