COVID-19: How Technology Giants are fighting against the pandemic

Despite the world slowdown, there are manufacturers/tech companies that are nonetheless working. Working not simply of their respective fields, however in new avenues, aiming to curb the illness or assist these fighting against it. Tech manufacturers throughout the globe are utilizing their assets for the larger trigger. Let’s have a better have look at how firms are making a distinction in India.

Smartphone manufacturers to the rescue

Smartphone manufacturers most likely have a better join with the public than different tech firms. Popular manufacturers like Xiaomi and Vivo have taken steps to enhance the ongoing scenario in India. Vivo just lately donated a lot of N95 masks for docs and healthcare professionals. Xiaomi went forward and in addition, offered hazmat fits to the courageous docs who cope with many coronavirus sufferers each day. Oppo additionally introduced just lately that it has donated 300,000 masks to affected international locations aside from China.

Google is ready

Meanwhile, Google additionally has been ready for unseen circumstances like these. In the latest Google Cloud weblog put up, the firm talked about that “peak traffic to Google services including cloud, increased by up to 16 percent between February 10 and March 16 in Europe”. Further, it additionally talked about that regardless of the shift from enterprise-grade workplace networks to folks’ private networks, the firm has surplus computational assets. As per the put up, in places like the US, Google is using solely 25 % to 33 % of its complete capability throughout peak hours throughout the Coronavirus pandemic. That nonetheless leaves 75 % to 66 % of assets to allocate in these areas.

Cloud computing

Most international locations rely on numerous web sites to maintain issues working. These embrace e-commerce platforms that are on war-footing, delivering groceries and different important objects. There are additionally OTT platforms together with Netflix and Amazon Prime Video that individuals are utilizing at a lot increased fee as a result of them staying at the house. Most of those web sites and domains are working effectively and catering to big inhabitants like that of India due to well-run cloud computing.

Players like Google Cloud, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure are making the shift from private to digital potential. “We have taken measures to prepare and we are confident we will be able to meet customer demands for capacity in response to COVID-19,” stated an AWS spokesperson to CRN. Microsoft in the meantime is prioritizing its cloud companies to first responders and emergency companies. This implies that even when the scale of the Coronavirus pandemic grows bigger, Microsoft has partnered with governments throughout the world to help essential infrastructure and emergency administration companies on precedence.

How e-commerce masters in India maintaining?

Since March 24, Amazon and Flipkart, India’s largest on-line retailers, restricted clients from putting orders. Amazon talked about that it will prioritize the supply of ‘critical’ objects like family staples, packaged meals, healthcare, hygiene, and private security merchandise. “This also means that we have to temporarily stop taking orders, and disable shipments, for lower-priority products,” wrote the firm in a weblog put up.

Many Amazon clients additionally reported that their ‘non-essential‘ orders positioned earlier than March 24 had been canceled as effectively. Meanwhile, Flipkart began the Coronavirus lockdown by ceasing all operations. It later began working after a number of hours just for grocery and necessities deliveries.

How eLearning giants handled it

Back in November 2016, digital payments/transactions turned mainstream in India over the course of a single night time. That was the consequence of India’s Demonetisation. Now, fashionable Edtech platforms in India are briefly filling in for colleges. Taking the alternative, Edtech platforms Byju’s made all its studying platforms free until April finish. Applicable for college students from class 1 to 12, the platform will assist children to keep on observe with the syllabus.