The COVID-19 pandemic has spawned a uniquely challenging environment that is all at once overwhelming, pervasive and seemingly unrelenting. Businesses in every industry, economy, and geography are faced with an existential threat, and with each passing day, more of them are shutting shops. Gartner estimates that only 12% of the businesses are prepared to deal…

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How much does 1 hour of downtime cost to businesses on average? According to a 2020 study, an average company loses over $100,000 on account of a single hour of downtime. What’s even more startling is that roughly 33% of the surveyed organizations report potential losses of $1 to $5 million in the event of…

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In the mid of March, this year, the demand for VPN connections from businesses skyrocketed by a 50% in the US. The period, not coincidentally, witnessed the deluge of the workforce from the office setup to a work-from-home setup. Businesses woke up to the reality of a remote workforce necessitated by the workforce movement restrictions…

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With Microsoft Office 365 being such a typical business application, one common question that is asked by many customers is: “Do we even need to back up our Office 365 Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, and OneDrive for Business data?  The short answer is: Yes! Businesses using Office 365 need to backup their data to ensure…

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  *UPDATE as of 3 June 2020* Dear Valued Customers and Partners, With the escalating severity of COVID-19 situation, the Government has announced on 3 April 2020 to tighten safe-distancing measures to close most workplaces from 7 April to 1 June 2020. AsiaPac (an M1 company), as an essential service provider to many critical information…

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