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.
Stories by Sara - Page 192
Biometrics tech to be worth $9.6 billion by 2022
Mon, 4th Jul 2016
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surveillance
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biometrics
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facial recognition
Facial recognition technology is on the rise. The 2D and 3D biometrics industry will be worth $9.6 billion in revenue by 2022.
Exclusive: Gabrielle Cichero on Polycom, marketing & women in tech
Mon, 4th Jul 2016
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wfh
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digital marketing
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poly
Polycom recently appointed Gabrielle Cichero as senior director of marketing for APJ. She explains why she chose the role & why it's a game-changer.
Fatal 'autopilot' car crash puts Tesla's life on the line
Fri, 1st Jul 2016
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cartech
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autonomy
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self-driving cars
Tesla speaks out about the first fatal self-driving car crash. What's wrong with Tesla? Is it the tech or is it breeding over-reliant drivers?.
Study finds DevOps now established & highly successful field
Fri, 1st Jul 2016
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devops
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project management
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app development
DevOps is now an established, complex & dynamic team effort, with its own practices and cultural patterns, according to more than 4600 professionals.
Kiwi ISPs in the spotlight - does your provider steal the show?
Fri, 1st Jul 2016
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telco
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isp
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internetnz
It's about to get a whole lot easier for Kiwis to choose the best internet service provider based on your needs, and ISPs can no longer hide.
Civica scores $32 million WA Department of Education IT upgrade contract
Fri, 1st Jul 2016
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big data
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data analytics
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bi
Civica secures contract with The Department of Education Western Australia to provide a $32 million upgrade to Department's School Information System.
ASE, NetApp partnership brings new cloud solutions to SMEs
Thu, 30th Jun 2016
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storage
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cloud storage
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netapp
Two Australian software giants have partnered to create two new cloud management offerings that will service SMEs and data centres worldwide.
Bendigo & Adelaide Bank's secret customer service weapon? Qualtrics
Thu, 30th Jun 2016
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crm
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cx
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martech
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank has secured the #1 ranking in its customer experience brand in Australia. Its secret weapon? Qualtrics is the key.
Webroot reveals the 8 most prevalent ransomware variants
Thu, 30th Jun 2016
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ransomware
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malware
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ai security
Ransomware will continue to plague IT decision makers and organisations every single day - in fact there are 390,000 new variants today alone.
Airlines' cyber security awareness now sky high
Thu, 30th Jun 2016
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cybersecurity
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airlines
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sita
Cyber security is a hot topic for airlines around the world, with 91% indicating that they will invest in security programs over the next 3 years.
Govt makes law changes to simplify Ultra Fast Broadband rollout
Thu, 30th Jun 2016
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broadband
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ufb
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otic
Shared property and apartment dwellers will find it easier to connect to Ultra-Fast Broadband (UFB) in light of new changes made to the UFB rollout.
Infor financials strong as software licensing & cloud lead the way
Thu, 30th Jun 2016
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licensing
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finance, leasing & rental
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infor
Info's fourth quarter financial results show huge growth in software license fees and cloud subscription revenue.
CISOs face cyber security 'solution overload' challenges
Wed, 29th Jun 2016
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cybersecurity
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cso / ciso
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threat intelligence
Solution overload is plaguing chief information security officers who are finding it difficult to manage cyber threat prevention.
Privacy, regulations and data breaches fuel demand for encryption services
Wed, 29th Jun 2016
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encryption
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data encryption
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thales
Thales' 2016 Encryption Application Trends Study found the financial services, healthcare, technology & software industries main users of encryption.
Morgan resigns from Xero board, company eyes Aussie shareholders
Wed, 29th Jun 2016
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accounting systems
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digital banking
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xero
Sam Morgan will not be seeking re-election on the Xero board on July 20, after several years of supporting and working with the company.
Ruckus & Brocade Aussie MDs resign ahead of global merger
Wed, 29th Jun 2016
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cloud services
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network infrastructure
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network management
The two Australian managing directors of Ruckus Wireless and Brocade have left, right before the two companies undergo a global merger.
38% of organisations are data protection 'laggards'
Wed, 29th Jun 2016
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data protection
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emc
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retailers
The reports keep coming through loud and clear: organisations are not doing enough to protect their data, favouring the old over the new.
We are not alone: NZ's tech industry now transcends local borders
Tue, 28th Jun 2016
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collaboration
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nz
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government
Size and location doesn't matter in the tech industry any more. New Zealand's innovation and expertise matches global levels.
Wild Strait & Tableau OEM partnership to drive software performance analytics
Tue, 28th Jun 2016
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devops
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app development
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apm
Wild Strait has become an official Tableau Software OEM partner, fusing software performance with global data visualisation.
Twitter's about to let you stick 'creativity' on your photos
Tue, 28th Jun 2016
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social media
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twitter
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otic
Twitter's not just a microblogging site. It's becoming more like Facebook & Snapchat by the day, as it now introduces stickers for your photos.
Quantum cryptography is cyber security's new random weapon
Tue, 28th Jun 2016
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encryption
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quantum computing
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csa
A new research paper shows that quantum random number generation may be the next key to high-level encryption in the cyber security stakes.
Acer suffers US data breach, extent of damage unknown
Mon, 27th Jun 2016
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breach prevention
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cybersecurity
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taiwan
Taiwanese tech giant Acer recently suffered a massive data breach that has potentially affected 34,500 of its US customers.
Equinix named APAC Data Center Service Provider of the Year
Mon, 27th Jun 2016
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colocation
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data centre operators
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frost & sullivan
Equinix has been awarded Frost & Sullivan's 2016 Asia Pacific ICT Award for Data Center Service Provider of the Year at a ceremony last week.
Unisys awarded AWS Government Competency for cloud solutions expertise
Mon, 27th Jun 2016
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cloud services
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storage
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hyperscale
Unisys has been named as one of the first partners to achieve Amazon Web Services (AWS) Government Competency in cloud solutions to AWS customers.