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 134
Is your customer experience strategy reaching expectations?
Tue, 26th Jul 2016
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data analytics
Why are customer experience efforts not living up to expectations? NICE believes a lack of customer interaction visibility may be the answer.
Let's not forget that RegTech is also about cybersecurity
Tue, 26th Jul 2016
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firewalls
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network infrastructure
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network security
The cybersecurity implications of RegTech and data analytics are just as important as the technology itself, Palo Alto Networks warns.
Dell PowerEdge grows revenue, shrinks data center footprint
Mon, 25th Jul 2016
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network infrastructure
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edge computing
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modular data centre
Dell's PowerEdge has helped its blade server revenue grow, and the company says it is providing significant benefits for data center customers too.
Softlink becomes customer-centric with two new business units
Mon, 25th Jul 2016
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crm
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cx
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martech
Softlink is taking the customer-centric approach to the education and information centre sectors under its wing, with a new organisational structure.
Alibaba Group shows dedication to ANZ market growth
Mon, 25th Jul 2016
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martech
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commerce systems
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alibaba
eCommerce and m-commerce heavyweight Alibaba Group is heading down under to ANZ, with plans to open a local Melbourne office in in late 2016.
BP's new mobile wallet app means helps you pay for fuel - and stay in your car
Fri, 22nd Jul 2016
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martech
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commerce systems
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payment technologies
BP's new app means you can stay in your car to pay for fuel.. although you may still need to work the pump and grab that coffee the old-fashioned way.
Intel Data Center Group revenue grows 5% to $4 billion
Fri, 22nd Jul 2016
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hyperscale
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fintech
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dc
Intel's Data Center Group's second quarter revenue increases 5% YOY to $4 billion, while overall revenue reaches $13.5 billion, the company reports.
Test & measurement vendors to benefit from IoT explosion
Thu, 21st Jul 2016
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iot
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apm
Opportunities exist for test and measurement (T&M) vendors worldwide as devices connected to Internet of Things (IoT) swells to a complex level.
QNAP improves NAS data center searchability function
Thu, 21st Jul 2016
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storage
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hyperscale
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dc
QNAP improves Qsirch 2.2 software for better search functionality across its NAS network, now supporting over 6000 file types.
74% of Asia-Pacific-Japan organisations face cybersecurity poverty
Thu, 21st Jul 2016
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malware
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cybersecurity
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rsa security
Seventy-four percent of APJ respondents are at 'significant' risk of cyber incidents, and 70% have had cyber breaches.
Has NZ's ICT skills shortage caused a 2% drop in salary?
Thu, 21st Jul 2016
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migration
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salaries
A new report shows NZ median IT salaries are down 2% in July, reaching $80,000. NZ's skills shortage and migration levels may be contributing factors.
Hands-on Review: Corsair K65 Rapidfire RGB mechanical keyboard
Thu, 21st Jul 2016
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gaming
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digital entertainment
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corsair
Corsair's reliable design and build, in combination with its CUE software, make the K65 a valuable, small and portable addition to your gaming gear.
Keppel Data Centres & Quann bring security to Singapore
Wed, 20th Jul 2016
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hyperscale
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dc
Keppel Data Centres has partnered with Quann, a Certis CISCO business unit, to collaborate on a new range of holistic cyber security solutions.
Inspur to bring Rack Scale servers to China Mobile data centers
Wed, 20th Jul 2016
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datacentre infrastructure
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inspur electronics
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servers
Inspur will provide hundreds of rack scale servers to China Mobile's International Information Port Data Center network, the company has announced.
Hands-on Review: Qihoo 360 Smart Camera & 360 Camera app
Wed, 20th Jul 2016
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gaming
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surveillance
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digital entertainment
Qihoo's 360 Smart Camera delivers versatile security with day/night vision - an ideal, lightweight home guardian.
Hitachi powers cloud consolidation across two NZ data centers
Tue, 19th Jul 2016
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storage
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cloud storage
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acc
Hitachi Data Systems has helped a NZ govt organization to move to the cloud, consolidating its storage environment across two data centers.
Forcepoint appoints three top executives for cybersecurity strength
Tue, 19th Jul 2016
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casb
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cybersecurity
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threat intelligence
Forcepoint has announced the appointment of Richard Ford, Krist Lamb and Brian Shirey to chief roles in the company as it hopes to expand innovation.
Ixia: Developers must improve security testing and nab those anomalies
Tue, 19th Jul 2016
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devops
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apm
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cybersecurity
65% of developers are releasing applications to market with bugs still in them, and 31% admitted applications would need patching in future.
Enfal threat still causing havoc to businesses after seven years of mayhem
Tue, 19th Jul 2016
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malware
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cybersecurity
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verint
Verint Systems highlights the continued threat of the Enfal malware, which has been lurking since 2004 but has been most active over the last 7 years.
AirTrunk wants to be the main owner of your data center space
Mon, 18th Jul 2016
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hyperscale
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dc
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airtrunk
AirTrunk has made a bold claim that it will be the major owner of data centers across the Asia Pacific region, & they're putting $1.7 billion into it.