Seven tech giants offer free video-conferencing tools - MDEC

CORONAVIRUS | Seven tech giants have made their video conferencing tools freely available to enhance work-from-home capabilities of Malaysian businesses in support of the #DigitalVsCovid movement introduced by the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) as a positive response platform that collates digital resources for Malaysians to mitigate the impact of Covid-19.

The global tech giants are Alibaba, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Cisco, Google, Microsoft, Tencent, and Zoom.

MDEC chief executive officer Surina Shukri said this new pandemic has forced companies to rethink how the world does things and the way businesses have to operate.

“Business owners have to now find that balance between unexpected disruptions while protecting the health and welfare of their employees.

“Already, all employers are analysing existing company policies to determine whether any adjustments for current working processes are needed. Now is the time to activate the business continuity plan and go fully digital,” she said in a statement today.

Surina said MDEC is firmly committed to driving forward digital investments and navigating the current challenges brought on by Covid-19.

“MDEC itself has used these remote collaboration digital tools to participate in multiple industry-focused conferences, specifically interactive web-seminars with ecosystem partners.

“Additionally, we have also organised multiple industry-focused events like the recent Data Economy Immersion virtual conference with key market players and various workshops to share eCommerce and business management skills and tips,” she added.

All seven video-conferencing and collaborative tools are listed on MDEC’s website and will be updated from time to time.

Each will come with full user access for different validity periods, and employers can explore these offerings to find out more information and how to best utilise them for work-from-home arrangements.

- Bernama

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