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t cannothaveescapedyourattention
thatmostoftheworldhasbeensatat
homefora while.Butlifegoeson,and
forthosewithjobsthatcanbedone
remotely,thatworkis beingdoneas
closelytonormalaspossible– andthat
includesnetworkconnectivity.Cloud
computingis oneoftheunsungheroes
ofthecrisis,allowingcompaniestoscale
uptheirsystemsquicklytosupportan
entireworkforceworkingfromhome.
WhileAmazon,Microsoftandother
cloudproviders
aren’taltogether
happysharingtheir
stats,wespoketo
theheadofITata
majorfirmwith
80,000employees,
whotoldusthe
company’snetwork
washoldingup

nicelythanksto
AmazonWeb
Services– butthathehad“boughtJeff
Bezosa newhelipad”fortheprivilegeof
allthatextraprocessingpower.
It is notonlyworknetworksunder
additionalstrain;bigstreamingservices
likeNetflixrelyonthesamecloud
computingsystems.BothNetflixand
YouTubehave,atthetimeofwriting,
significantlyloweredthequalityofvideo
theyoffertocustomerstoreducetheir

load,asfarmorepeoplefindthemselves

streamingfarmorecontent.Broadband

providers,toohavebeenforcedto

throttletheirnetworks,assomany

morepeopleusethemsimultaneously

• thoughsome,particularlyintheUS
  wheresuchthingsaremoreprevalent,
  haveseenfittoremovedatalimitsfor
  thosecustomerswhoseconnections
  havethem.
  Thefactis thatweareinthebest
  possibletimeeverfora crisislikethisto
  hit.Companiescan
  scaleuptheir
  connections(ordial
  themback,insome
  cases)– and
  providershavethe
  capacitytocope
  withthechange
  indemand.
  Twentyyearsago,
  withdial-upinternet
  thenormandnone
  oftheadditionalcloudcomputing
  musclewehaveatourdisposaltoday,the
  needtostayathomewouldhavecreated
  farmoredevastation.Withoutthelikesof
  Zoom,Skype,andHangouts,wemight
  forgetwhatourfamilieslooklike,without
  streamingserviceswe’dbetearingour
  hairoutwithboredom.Thebenefitsof
  ourconnectedworldhavereallycometo
  light– andwecouldn’tbemorethankful.

Astheworldadjuststoa newnormal,sodoes

thenowoverburdenedworldof computing

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1

How many people

worldwide use

Microsoft Windows?

A 100 million

B 500 million

C One billion

2

Which is the most

used operating

system worldwide?

A Windows

B macOS

C Android

3

What percentage of

the market is still

running Windows XP?

A 0.01%

B 0.14%

C 1.35%

4

As of March 2020,

what is Bill Gates’

role at Microsoft?

A CEO

B Chairman

C Technical advisor

5

How many floppy

disks would it take

to install Windows 10?

A Around 100

B Around 1,

C Around 11,

6

In which year

was Microsoft

originally founded?

A 1971

B 1973

C 1975

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The cost of home working

Workrave

http://www.workrave.org

Do you love to concentrate? Well, no,

probably not. But do you often find

yourself sat for hours on end in front of

your computer, forgetting to take regular

breaks? That one’s a little more likely.

Workrave ensures you don’t neglect your

health by encouraging you to give

yourself time to relax, take a breather,

drag your eyes away from that screen, and

massage your sore hands. It effectively

locks you out of your computer at those

times, giving you a countdown until you’ll

next be able to work.

You can configure the timers to your

exact liking and, if you’re really in the flow

of things, defer them a set number of

times to extend your working time at the

computer. Admittedly it can be a little

jarring to be bossed around by an app,

but we’re also never shy of taking a break

or five in the course of a good day’s work.

THE BOSS Workrave wants you to take breaks

so much it will lock you out of your computer.

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