Weekly News Digest #11

Companies, individuals and institutions around the globe are coming together to provide solutions for the crisis — from 3D-printed medical devices like ventilators and protection goggles, to supercomputers and cloud consortiums put at the disposal of researchers and doctors. 

It sounds like a cliché, but dark times really seem to bring out the best in people. It’s inspiring to see everyone pitching in. 

But social distancing and the move of almost
all activities to the digital realm are putting our infrastructures under test. 

Concerns
regarding network congestion and the Internet’s capacity to handle the increase
in traffic are going
global. 

Popular
streaming services like Netflix have had to downgrade the video quality of
their content in response to the soaring numbers of people turning to digital
entertainment for some solace.

At the
same time, enterprise cloud services like AWS and Microsoft Teams are
experiencing lag and
connectivity issues due the amount of businesses moving online to remain
operational.

So far, the system is holding up — Let’s keep
it that way, please!