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 140
Nimble Storage develops CSP partner program to catch cloud's 'competitive edge'
Tue, 4th Oct 2016
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storage
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iaas
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partner programmes
Nimble Storage's services have expanded to include new features for cloud service providers (CSPs), and a new CSP partner program.
2degrees targets 'multi-device' users with new fibre broadband offering
Tue, 4th Oct 2016
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ultrafast fibre
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2degrees
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gigabit
2degrees is continuing its quest into the Gigabit market with 'Speed Boost', a service that it says will help achieve the 'fastest speeds possible'.
Palo Alto Networks' three top tips for cybersecurity success
Tue, 4th Oct 2016
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firewalls
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network infrastructure
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network security
Organisations need to take a prevention-first mindset through three key elements: Technology, people and processes and threat intelligence.
Symantec finds fraudulent jailbreaking site that's tricked 100,000 iOS users
Tue, 4th Oct 2016
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email security
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cybersecurity
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ios
Scammers are now going after unwitting users who want to jailbreak their iOS devices, and are spoofing popular jailbreaking site TaiG to do it.
Cyara and blackchair put customer experience monitoring under the spotlight
Mon, 3rd Oct 2016
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crm
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uc
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cx
Cyara is taking its customer experience technology to a new level as it partners with change management specialist blackchair.
Australia leads way with Salesforce integration, but 67% believe there's more potential
Fri, 30th Sep 2016
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data analytics
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martech
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cdp
IBM cloud consulting agency Bluewolf has found that Australian firms are embracing Salesforce, but 67% think there is more innovation potential.
JCurve Solutions covers ERP cloud bases with six new strategic partnerships
Fri, 30th Sep 2016
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uc
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fintech
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financial systems
JCurve's ERP cloud landscape grows with strategic deals in eCommerce, banking and more, boosting SMB efficiency across ANZ.
NetSuite & Paycorp team to provide better payment processing solutions for merchants
Thu, 29th Sep 2016
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fintech
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martech
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commerce systems
Paycorp is coming on board NetSuite's SuitePayment program, which means New Zealand and Australian merchants now have more payment processing options.
Australian organisations 'in danger of falling behind' in global expansion efforts
Thu, 29th Sep 2016
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fintech
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financial systems
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cloud services
Over half of Australian organisations are falling behind in global cloud expansion compared to Asia, says research by Frost - Sullivan and NetSuite.
SOTI Altitude Channel Partner Awards 'great news' for ANZ channel
Thu, 29th Sep 2016
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iot
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partner programmes
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healthtech
SOTI honours channel partners at recent conference, recognising their contributions to the company's global network of resellers.
Polycom's 'momentous day' as Siris Capital completes $2 billion acquisition
Thu, 29th Sep 2016
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uc
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hybrid & remote work
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wfh
Polycom has announced the completion of its acquisition by Siris Capital, in a $2 billion deal. Mary McDowell set to take over as Polycom CEO.
WorldFront claims top spot in NZ eCommerce exports
Thu, 29th Sep 2016
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martech
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commerce systems
WorldFront is claiming the top spot in New Zealand's eCommerce export industry, working alongside online resellers such as FishPond, Amazon and eBay.
Yahoo data breach: Gemalto, Digital Shadows and TeleSign experts chime in
Wed, 28th Sep 2016
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breach prevention
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cybersecurity
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yahoo
Gemalto called 2014 'the year of mega breaches'. Digital Shadows comments on breach severity factors. TeleSign recommends two-factor authentication.
Microsoft Azure to power 'the future of connected driving' with Renault-Nissan
Wed, 28th Sep 2016
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uc
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public cloud
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cartech
Microsoft teams up with Renault-Nissan Alliance to work on the new generation of connected driving & autonomous services, through Microsoft Azure.
Silver Peak marks first anniversary of SD-WAN Channel Partner Program
Wed, 28th Sep 2016
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network infrastructure
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sd-wan
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sdn
Silver Peak celebrates one-year anniversary of SD-WAN Channel Partner Program with success amongst global partners.
Spark says 130,000 Xtra customers affected by Yahoo data breach
Tue, 27th Sep 2016
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breach prevention
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cybersecurity
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yahoo
Spark warns that130,000 customers have potentially been put at risk by the massive Yahoo data breach - around 15% of all Xtra customers.
Unit 42 discovers Komplex trojan targeting OS X systems
Tue, 27th Sep 2016
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firewalls
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network infrastructure
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network security
The Sofacy Group is still coming up with new trojans, with Unit 42 researchers reporting that an OS X trojan called 'Komplex' is now on the scene.
AppDirect & SoftBank launch new portal for cloud resellers in Japan
Tue, 27th Sep 2016
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cloud services
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softbank
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partners
AppDirect partners with SoftBank to unveil a new cloud services portal that empowers 10,000+ Japanese resellers.
Palo Alto Networks launches new cybersecurity guide for Australian execs
Tue, 27th Sep 2016
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firewalls
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network infrastructure
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network security
Palo Alto Networks is taking the cybersecurity fight to print as the company recently published its first book for Australian boards & executives.
Trend Micro launches new security plugin for MSP partners
Tue, 27th Sep 2016
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partner programmes
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cybersecurity
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trend micro
Trend Micro launches new LabTech plugin for MSP partners, offering remote management and professional services automation in one.