About Sara
Sara Barker
Copywriter and Senior News Editor
Sara lives in a world of words and stories. For more than six years she has been delving deep into the rich world of tech news, content creation, journalism and reviews for Techday. She brings an academic background in information systems, marketing, radio, and journalism to her role. She enjoys casual gaming, cats, and reading.
Former TechDay team member.
Stories by Sara - Page 130
Kordia Group beats own target with $12.3 million net profit
Mon, 29th Aug 2016
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uc
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fintech
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kordia
Kordia Group has beaten its own financial expectations and raked in a net profit of $12.3 million, $5.6 million (85%) more than expected.
IBM's new Korean cloud data center powers digital transformation
Fri, 26th Aug 2016
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hyperscale
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dc
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cloud services
IBM's new cloud data center in Seoul, Korea, is powering the way for enterprises and startups to embrace digital transformation and global expansion.
Hands-on Review: Rapoo VPro V910 - your competitive edge
Fri, 26th Aug 2016
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gaming
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digital entertainment
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cybersecurity
Rapoo's VPro 910 gaming mouse is far better than I imagined. Big, and glowing like a worm, this thing could be Rapoo's best attempt yet.
SoftBank says goodbye to HDD & hello to Western Digital's all-flash storage
Fri, 26th Aug 2016
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storage
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western digital
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flash storage
SoftBank Corp has taken Western Digital's InfiniFlash technology to the core of its software-defined storage and has ditched the HDD/SSD approach.
Active optical cable market predicted to hit $3.48 billion in just 6 years
Thu, 25th Aug 2016
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optical networking
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allied market research
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oem
Allied Market Research has predicted that the global active optical cable market will experience rapid growth, hitting $3.48 billion by 2022.
Ruthless cybercriminals are blackmailing & recruiting telecom 'insiders'
Thu, 25th Aug 2016
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endpoint protection
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edr
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cybersecurity
Telecoms firms increasingly targeted by cybercriminals, including via insiders and blackmail, says Kaspersky Labs.
Global Cloud Xchange launches pay-as-you-go cloud SD WAN solution
Thu, 25th Aug 2016
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network infrastructure
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sd-wan
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sdn
Reliance Communications and Global Cloud Xchange have teamed up to develop Cloud X WAN, the newest addition to its Cloud X portfolio.
TBR names Huawei's data centers #1 for revenue growth
Wed, 24th Aug 2016
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hyperscale
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dc
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cloud services
Technology Business Research (TBR) has named Huawei's data centers as number one for revenue growth, with a rate of 24.7% over Q1 2016.
Google Hangouts On Air to be swallowed up by YouTube Live
Wed, 24th Aug 2016
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google
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youtube
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broadcasting
If you're an avid user or broadcaster on Google Hangouts On Air, your're about to become part of the global giant called YouTube.
Operation Ghoul targets industrial sector with spear phishing malware
Wed, 24th Aug 2016
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phishing
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email security
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kaspersky
Operation Ghoul is targeting the industrial & engineering sectors worldwide, hitting more than 130 organisations in 30 countries, says Kaspersky Labs.
Spammers are exploiting the massive political Trump card in 2016
Wed, 24th Aug 2016
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phishing
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email security
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elections
Spam levels, including fake news about Donald Trump, accounted for over half of all email traffic in Q2 2016, according to Kaspersky Labs.
Online retailers need to up their delivery & returns services game, survey finds
Wed, 24th Aug 2016
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crm
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cx
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martech
Australian online retailers need to pick up their game and start improving their delivery service or risk losing customers, says Blackbay.
Riverbed appoints Uma Thana Balasingam as vice president of channels, APJ
Wed, 24th Aug 2016
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riverbed
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channel development
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partners
Uma Balasingam appointed vice president of channels for Riverbed Asia Pacific Japan, with a focus on promoting company growth and developing regional partners.
China Unicom announces launch of new Hong Kong data center
Tue, 23rd Aug 2016
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datacentre infrastructure
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hyperscale
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dc
China Unicom opened its largest Hong Kong data center last week, which is also the company's most advanced cloud center beyond mainland China.
Accenture buys out security firm Redcore for an undisclosed price tag
Tue, 23rd Aug 2016
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accenture
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m&a
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redcore
Accenture has acquired Australian cloud consulting and security provider Redcore to expand its cybersecurity offerings in the Asia-Pacific region.
HostGator powers 'Host In India' initiative through GPX data center
Mon, 22nd Aug 2016
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hyperscale
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edge computing
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dc
HostGator India has launched a new initiative called 'Host In India', a website hosting platform powered by Mumbai data center provider GPX.
Make 'em pay or take copper away? NZ & AU's different tactics to the fibre rollout
Mon, 22nd Aug 2016
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uc
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nbn
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ufb
The difference between Australia's National Broadband Network (NBN) & New Zealand's Ultrafast Broadband Network (UFB) rollouts is tellingly different.
Hyland launches marketing portal to help channel partners keep OnBase
Mon, 22nd Aug 2016
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martech
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partner programmes
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marketing
Hyland's new initiative aims to bring partners, consulting & marketing together as it launches the OnBase marketing portal for ANZ channel partners.
Internap's Q2 financials show customer churn cuts deep
Fri, 19th Aug 2016
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hyperscale
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fintech
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dc
Internap blames customer churn on its Q2 2016 revenue & profit drop, with data center and network services revenue dropping 6% to $50.5 million.
Chubb launches new Cyber ERM insurance solution in Asia
Fri, 19th Aug 2016
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cybersecurity insurance
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risk & compliance
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cybersecurity
Chubb is making sure the APAC region is even more cyber-secure, with the recent announcement of its Cyber Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) solution.