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.
FYI, this is an ex-employee of TechDay.
Stories by Sara - Page 208
ExtraHop & Exclusive Networks fuse reseller powers to enter APAC market
Tue, 4th Oct 2016
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data analytics
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martech
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planning
ExtraHop secures Exclusive Networks as a distribution partner and reseller as it looks to rapidly expand its presence in the APAC market.
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.
'Make Tech Her Story': New e-book reveals why it's so hard to get girls into IT careers
Tue, 4th Oct 2016
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edutech
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teched
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comptia
CompTIA is ramping up its efforts to get girls into technology, with a new awareness campaign to make technology what it calls more gender-inclusive.
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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smartphones
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email security
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cybersecurity
Scammers are now going after unwitting users who want to jailbreak their iOS devices, and are spoofing popular jailbreaking site TaiG to do it.
Report finds Kiwis love online shopping, but won't settle for shoddy deals
Mon, 3rd Oct 2016
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commerce commission
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online shopping
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retail spending
The 2016 Consumer Issues Report shows that the number of online sales in New Zealand is increasing – but also subject to plenty of complaints.
Brocade welcomes Joe Poehls to principal systems engineer role
Mon, 3rd Oct 2016
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hyperscale
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dc
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apm
Brocade appoints Joe Poehls as principal systems engineer in APJ, focusing on application delivery and data centre networks.
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.
Rackspace brings new cloud applications services on board Microsoft Azure
Fri, 30th Sep 2016
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hyperscale
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dc
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microsoft
Rackspace is bringing more of its services to Microsoft Azure, with the release of new Managed Application Services to the platform.
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.
Edmund Hillary Fellowship to help entrepreneurial migrants set their sights on NZ
Fri, 30th Sep 2016
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entrepreneur
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immigration new zealand
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startups
The Edmund Hillary Fellowship is set to help attract entrepreneurial migrants to NZ through the Global Impact Visa, and Kiwis can get in on the fun.
NZ wearables shipments declining & Kiwis are 'over the hype', says IDC
Fri, 30th Sep 2016
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wearables
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personal computing devices
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analyst report
New research from IDC suggests that there's a disconnect between the growing wearables market and Kiwi consumers who may already be over the hype.
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.
Singapore data center market skyrockets to new heights
Thu, 29th Sep 2016
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hyperscale
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dc
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colocation
The entire Singapore colocation market will generate S$1.05 billion in 2016 alone, and will reach S$1.56 billion by 2020.
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.
How a Waikato Uni grad scored a job with Ernst & Young
Thu, 29th Sep 2016
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management
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university of waikato
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startups
A Waikato University graduate is making waves in Europe as a management consultant Ernst & Young, a long way from the humble plains of New Zealand.
Victoria University joins edX platform to take online learning global
Thu, 29th Sep 2016
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e-learning
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victoria university
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edx
Victoria University is about to take higher education around the globe in partnership with the world's top academic institutions.
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.