About Ben
Ben Moore
News Editor - Channel
Ben was born in the UK and was promptly shuffled across the universe to Auckland at a young age. He is a total geek but tries to be pretty casual about it. He was sucked into theatre in his teens, which led to a lot of time on stage, as well as writing and directing when he could. After spending four years as high-school Drama teacher, Ben decided that it was about time for him to move on and see what else the world has to offer. However, wherever he goes he will always be sure to return home to his best-friends/cats.
FYI, this is an ex-employee of TechDay.
Stories by Ben - Page 8
Dicker Data donates $100k to help native animals during bushfires
Mon, 27th Jan 2020
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charity
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distributors
The donation will go to the Australian Wildlife Conservancy, a non-profit that runs programmes to help the local fauna flourish.
Card skimming tech seized in Auckland
Mon, 27th Jan 2020
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police
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customs
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credit card fraud
Two people were arrested on charges of importing goods for a dishonest purpose, including skimming devices and a card writing machine.
Swiss lead charge on data centre efficiency certification
Mon, 27th Jan 2020
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datacentre infrastructure
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hyperscale
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dc
HPE, academia and industry have launched a data centre efficiency label to decarbonise data centres and significantly reduce their energy consumption.
Dynatrace teams with Google and Microsoft on OpenTelemetry
Wed, 22nd Jan 2020
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multi-cloud
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api
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microsoft
Dynatrace partners with Google and Microsoft to enhance OpenTelemetry, driving forward open standards-based observability for cloud-native systems.
Gartner: APAC misses out on global PC market growth
Wed, 22nd Jan 2020
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network infrastructure
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personal computing devices
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lenovo
Despite a surprise year of worldwide growth for the PC market, Asia Pacific saw its fifth straight quarter of decline in 4Q19.
LogMeIn announces marketplace and new integrations
Tue, 21st Jan 2020
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uc
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data analytics
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martech
LogMeIn launches GoTo Marketplace and integrates with Salesforce, Theta Lake, Clio, Zoho, and Prezi to enhance productivity and personalised workflows.
Nintex adds enterprise-grade RPA capabilities
Tue, 21st Jan 2020
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encryption
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rpa
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apm
The company’s new RPA Central solution provides end-users with a centralised location to orchestrate, administer and secure RPA bots.
Kaspersky named top dog in Canalys channel satisfaction report
Tue, 21st Jan 2020
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firewalls
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network infrastructure
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network security
The company was named the top cybersecurity vendor for channel satisfaction after achieving the highest overall rating against 10 others.
Vodafone to launch eSIMs for devices and wearables
Mon, 20th Jan 2020
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smartphones
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wearables
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personal computing devices
Vodafone is set to roll out eSIMs for devices and wearables in 2020, enhancing connectivity and paving the way for advanced 5G-enabled features.
Samsung reveals new rugged smartphone for enterprise
Mon, 20th Jan 2020
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smartphones
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uc
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microsoft
The XCover Pro is IP68 water and dust resistant, capable of withstanding drops of up to 1.5m without a case, and will include Samsung POS software.
Datadog launches partner programme in ANZ
Mon, 20th Jan 2020
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saas
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devops
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data analytics
With tracks for each kind of partner, the monitoring and analytics platform vendor is looking to expand its presence in the region.
2019 PC market growth benefits big three vendors
Mon, 20th Jan 2020
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network infrastructure
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personal computing devices
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lenovo
With the first year of full-year growth since 2011, Lenovo, HP and Dell took the lion’s share with 65% of the global PC market.
LogicMonitor acquires AIOps company Unomaly
Mon, 20th Jan 2020
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devops
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datacentre infrastructure
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apm
Aims to use new tech to enhance observability, help IT pinpoint log issues faster and drive intelligent action.
8x8 names three new global execs
Mon, 20th Jan 2020
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uc
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contact centre
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8x8
8x8 has appointed Marge Breya as EVP and CMO, Samuel Wilson as chief customer officer and EMEA MD, and Homero Salinas as global VP and commercial sales head.
Nintex adds raft of process templates for customers
Wed, 15th Jan 2020
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rpa
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apm
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low-code
The gallery includes more than four dozen templates across business departments such as IT, operations, procurement, sales, marketing, HR and finance.
Nintex named Leader by Aragon for workflow automation
Wed, 15th Jan 2020
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rpa
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apm
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low-code
Nintex has been named a Leader by Aragon Research in their 2020 Tech Spectrum for Workflow and Content Automation, evaluating 12 providers.
Mimecast acquires brand exploitation prevention startup
Wed, 15th Jan 2020
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m&a
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mimecast
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segasec
The acquisition of the Israeli Segasec extends Mimecast’s capabilities to protect against brand exploits used to steal money and data.
Will HP Inc. soon be owned by Xerox?
Tue, 14th Jan 2020
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hp
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fuji xerox
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m&a
Xerox has secured USD $24 billion in funding commitments from major banks to back its acquisition of HP, potentially bringing the tech giants closer together.
Avnet announces IoT programme and marketplace
Tue, 14th Jan 2020
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public cloud
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iot
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partner programmes
Avnet launches IoTConnect programme, allowing developers to build IoT solutions on its Microsoft Azure-powered platform, with an upcoming marketplace.
Aruba adds improvements to SD-Branch retail solution
Tue, 14th Jan 2020
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network infrastructure
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sdn
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edge computing
Adds identity-based attack detection, improvements to edge-to-cloud connectivity, and new gateways that include built-in cellular connectivity.