Alice Sommacal

The savings made by many companies during the Covid-19 pandemic could be an excellent source of investment and extremely useful when dealing with situations like forced lockdowns or production delays.

For some time now, web apps have become a focal point for many companies interested in developing certain types of software. Despite the greater availability of desktop applications on the market, these more recent solutions offer certain advantages which fit everyday requirements well.

Purchasing software is extremely advantageous for companies in 2021, due to the many government incentives and funding currently available as part of the recent Italian Budget Legislation, aimed at those companies wishing to invest in digitalisation.

CFCs or chlorofluorocarbons are gases which are extremely pose great danger to the layer of ozone that protects the earth from ultraviolet radiation. Huge quantities of these chemical compounds (especially CFC-11) have been produced as a result of human activity in the last decades.

CO2 emissions registered between March and April 2020 were among the lowest ever recorded. Due to the imposition of lockdowns aimed at counteracting the spread of Coronavirus, a considerable drop in CO2 emissions was observed.

CO2 emissions have, for many years now, represented one of the greatest threats to the earth’s climate and the environment. Scientists continue to emphasise the need to introduce some targeted measures and it seems now that Europe has finally started to respond to these appeals with some genuine action.

Human activity is putting the delicate balance and health of the environment at great risk. The indiscriminate use of pesticides and chemical agents and our daily use of a huge variety of apparently innocuous domestic products is creating substantial damage to the earth’s ecosystems.

In recent years, the IT professions trend has seen constant growth. The peak was reached in 2020, when the Covid-19 pandemic obliged companies to digitalise certain internal processes in order to continue to do business.

The climate versus economy debate must no longer be considered a mere challenge involving two opposing factions but rather as a real genuine opportunity for growth to be pursued at global level.

Threats posed to IT systems are evolving quickly and if adequate defensive measures are not put in place, they risk causing considerable damage. The fact that there was a peak in digital attacks in 2020 is largely due to the huge increase in remote working.

In 2020, there was a worldwide surge in the number of cyber attacks affecting the healthcare sector. The Covid-19 pandemic made hospitals, healthcare organisations and vaccine distribution centres very attractive targets for cyber criminals, who wasted no time in exploiting the situation.

Waste management (collection, treatment, selection and disposal of urban refuse) is undergoing big changes, which as well as safeguarding the environment and citizens’ health more efficiently, is bringing a general improvement to that sector, with positive implications for the global economy.