Saturday, August 29, 2020

What was Covid-19 Impact on Networking Services and Computing as a Service?

Two misconceptions sometimes abound about the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on connectivity and computing suppliers. The first is that Covid disrupted operations and performance. To be sure, average end user experienced speeds dipped, in some countries, at least temporarily. But the big story is the one we did not hear: the networks did not crash. 


The other possible misconception is that the widespread business, school and organization shutdowns “must” have driven more revenue, given the centrality of work from home, entertain from home or learn from home activities. That turns out not to be true, either. 

source: Technology Business Research


Whatever gains might have been made from consumer customers, that was more than offset by the cessation of business activity by businesses large and small.


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