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 182
Innovative students get set for Global Student Entrepreneur Awards this week
Wed, 8th Mar 2017
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entrepreneurs organisation
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hotels
The Global Student Entrepreneurs Awards will be held in Auckland’s Viaduct on Friday, celebrating Kiwi students' innovative new businesses.
Adelaide Airport is now Australasia’s first fully automated airport
Wed, 8th Mar 2017
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management
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cloud services
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amadeus
Adelaide Airport has now adopted the country’s first fully automated and cloud-based airport management system.
Otago Polytech grad one of 15 selected for GovTech Talent Graduate Programme
Wed, 8th Mar 2017
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otago polytechnic
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candidates
Otago Polytechnic graduate Jacob Ong is one of fifteen students selected for the GovTech Talent Graduate Programme.
Moodle to launch learning analytics software Project Inspire - and it needs your help
Wed, 8th Mar 2017
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data analytics
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martech
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planning
Moodle is about to launch Project Inspire, which aims to collaboratively build learning analytics software that can fit into Moodle sites.
Endace greets APAC region with new Melbourne office
Wed, 8th Mar 2017
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cybersecurity
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endace
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network monitoring
Endace launches Melbourne hub to boost its APAC presence, eyeing regional growth and bolstering customer support.
Renowned 'geek girl' to show Dunedin students that tech girls are superheroes
Wed, 8th Mar 2017
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women in technology
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otago polytechnic
Otago Polytechnic and acclaimed ‘geek girl’ Jenine Beekhuyzen are hoping to persuade Year 8 and 9 girls from Dunedin that IT is a fun career path.
Ubiquity launches cybersecurity solution for NZ businesses
Tue, 7th Mar 2017
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endpoint protection
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edr
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cybersecure 360
Auckland-based marketing and automation provider Ubiquity has launched a new cybersecurity solution, CyberSecure 360.
How to avoid choking up your organisation's wi-fi deployment
Tue, 7th Mar 2017
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wireless networks
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cloud services
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wifi
Mobile devices and internet access are prevalent and organisations need to be vigilant about how they plan, deploy and validate wi-fi connections.
Spark to return to Chch CBD in ‘striking’ new Cathedral Square office
Tue, 7th Mar 2017
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spark
Spark to return to Christchurch CBD with new office in Cathedral Square. Building set to be ready by July 2019. #Spark #Christchurch #CBD.
Unit 42 discovers apps compromised by iFrames on Google Play
Tue, 7th Mar 2017
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smartphones
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firewalls
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network infrastructure
A number of apps appearing on Google Play contained IFrames infections that link to malicious domains in their HTML pages. Unit42 gives details.
Nexusguard launches ‘industry first’ cloud DDoS mitigation platform
Tue, 7th Mar 2017
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ddos
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juniper networks
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nexusguard
Nexusguard, Juniper Networks and Serro Solutions team up to develop software-defined cloud DDoS mitigation platform.
BlackBerry think tank report delves into Australia's state of security
Tue, 7th Mar 2017
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smartphones
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ddos
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risk & compliance
A new think tank report by BlackBerry says that Australia’s cyber risk is changing all the way down to infrastructure, even to the people behind it.
Intel Security study reveals huge disconnect between IT execs and staff about cybersecurity strategy
Tue, 7th Mar 2017
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cybersecurity
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intel
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strategy
IT executives & staff disagree on cybersecurity strategy: 60% of IT execs think their strategy is fully implemented, compared to just 30% of IT staff.
Trust in transformation: The Blockchain.NZ conference returns to Auckland this May
Tue, 7th Mar 2017
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cryptocurrency
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blockchain
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healthtech
The Blockchain.NZ is coming back to Auckland on May 8-11 to help New Zealand discover the true blockchain potential for business.
Film Review: T2 Trainspotting - the cast is back for a fitting sequel
Mon, 6th Mar 2017
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gaming
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reviews
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digital entertainment
There is depression, heroin, violence, regret, sex, lies and betrayal. But you know what? T2 is actually hell of a lot more upbeat than the first one.
Singapore readies its national army in war for cybersecurity
Mon, 6th Mar 2017
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cybersecurity
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cyber attacks
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mod
Singapore to establish Defence Cyber Organisation to combat growing cyber threats, says Minister for Defence Dr Ng Eng Hen.
Bitdefender BOX launches in Japan for smarter home device security
Mon, 6th Mar 2017
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smart home
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bitdefender
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smart appliances
Bitdefender BOX is a solution that allows customers to protect their home networks from malware, hackers, ransomware, phishing & other online threats.
Rubicon Red on track for bumper year with three major milestones
Mon, 6th Mar 2017
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devops
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apm
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software development
DevOps, cloud and consulting provider Rubicon Red shares details of several major announcements that will help the company grow to new heights.
Trustwave exposes backdoor in DblTek devices; vendor issues poor patch & goes silent
Mon, 6th Mar 2017
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uc
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voip
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contact centre
DblTek left vulnerabilities in its IoT devices, tried to hide the vulnerability, issued shoddy patches and cut off all contact with Trustwave.
SMBC data center powers IT platform for extended employee mobility
Mon, 6th Mar 2017
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digital signage
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hyperscale
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dc
The data center powers a new IT system for SMBC, which now enables employees across Asia Pacific to remotely access desktop environments via internet.