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.
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More Tesla crashes muddy Autopilot's waters: Are drivers just too careless?
Fri, 15th Jul 2016
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cartech
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autonomy
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self-driving cars
Another Tesla crash has prompted more calls about the controversial Autopilot system to be renamed after Model X crashed in Pennsylvania.
Pokemon Go: Gotta catch all the app permissions
Fri, 15th Jul 2016
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gaming
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digital entertainment
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symantec
Pokemon Go is taking the world by storm & getting people out of their houses - but the dissenters are still saying 'beware'.
Hurricane Electric launches Point of Presence networks in Taiwan
Fri, 15th Jul 2016
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ipv6
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hurricane electric
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point of presence
Hurricane Electric is bringing its IPv4 and IPv6-native backbone networks to Taiwan with the announcement of its latest PoP network in Taiwan.
ipSCAPE & telkomtelstra partnership to boost Indonesian market reach
Fri, 15th Jul 2016
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uc
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cloud services
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contact centre
A channel partnership between Australian cloud contact centre provider ipSCAPE and Indonesia's telkomtelstra will bring 'significant' opportunities.
Is your manual accounts payable system running you in circles?
Fri, 15th Jul 2016
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it automation
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concur
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accounts payable
Manual accounts payable (AP) processes are inefficient, costly and increase the risk of inaccurate payments that are not compliant, so why risk it?.
Oracle appoints Brian Donn as head of CX Cloud Applications Business
Thu, 14th Jul 2016
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cx
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martech
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oracle
Brian Donn will head Oracle's CX Cloud Applications Business across the Asia Pacific region to drive revenue growth and CX market share.
Singapore data centers must be ready for giant IoT network partnership
Thu, 14th Jul 2016
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hyperscale
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iot
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dc
Data center operators, be ready: SIGFOX, UnaBis and ENGIE will form a strategic partnership on SIGFOX global network to be rolled out in Singapore.
Microsoft WPC: Day 3 highlights
Thu, 14th Jul 2016
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microsoft
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ami
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analyst report
Day three highlights from Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference included speeches about empowerment, working together, announcements and ebooks.
Seagate expects $2.6 billion HDD revenue, plans to cut jobs
Thu, 14th Jul 2016
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fintech
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seagate
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hdd
Seagate expects to report approximately $2.65 billion in revenue for it's fiscal fourth quarter and year-end 2016, driven by its HDD shipments.
Xero-TSheets partnership another step to global success
Thu, 14th Jul 2016
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fintech
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partner programmes
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financial systems
Xero's success keeps growing, as the company reports a global partnership with TSheets, a specialist time tracking and software scheduling company.
Former Xero MD Chris Ridd takes on strategic advisor role for cloud HR firm
Thu, 14th Jul 2016
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fintech
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financial systems
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microsoft
'Business leader', entrepreneur and Xero's ex-managing director has joined tech talent sourcing firm Seera in a strategic advisor role.
Do you know how to spot and destroy that BEC scam?
Thu, 14th Jul 2016
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email security
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cybersecurity
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symantec
Business email compromise scams, also known as CEO fraud, is a huge problem in 2016. How can you spot one and what should you do about it?.
Hands-on review: Corsair K70 Lux RGB mechanical keyboard - a gamer's dream
Thu, 14th Jul 2016
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gaming
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reviews
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digital entertainment
You can have loads of fun programming the keyboard to make the best use of your gaming experience possibly making it one of the best rigs around.
Who were the winners at the 2016 Excellence in IT Awards?
Wed, 13th Jul 2016
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awards
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it professionals
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intersec
The winners of the Excellence in IT Awards 2016 were announced in front of a crowd of 700 professionals at a gala event in Wellington last night.
Gordon Ramsay will grill your skills in his newest mobile game
Wed, 13th Jul 2016
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smartphones
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gaming
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digital entertainment
Heard of that loud, gregarious and fiery British chef/TV star Gordon Ramsay? He now comes in app form, through a new game called Gordon Ramsay DASH.
Microsoft WPC Twitter reactions: Who's saying what?
Wed, 13th Jul 2016
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microsoft
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twitter
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partners
Twitter is abuzz with Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference 2016, with the hashtags #wpc and #wpc16 spreading like wildfire.
Microsoft announces new Surface Enterprise Initiative partners at WPC 2016
Wed, 13th Jul 2016
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healthtech
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microsoft
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ibm
Microsoft has announced its new Surface Enterprise Initative partners and programmes at the World Partner Conference in Toronto yesterday.
Incoming Turnbull Govt must act on digital policy, says industry body
Wed, 13th Jul 2016
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australian government
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acs
As Australia ushers in the new Government, the ACS calls for keeping digital policy and innovation at the forefront of the Coalition's mind.
Enterprise mobile strategy may soon be 'breaking barriers' in ANZ
Wed, 13th Jul 2016
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open source
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red hat
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mobility
Enterprise mobile strategy uptake is rising, but it's still not providing all the possible benefits it could give, according to Red Hat.
Acronis announces cloud backup through Microsoft Azure at WPC 2016
Wed, 13th Jul 2016
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datacentre infrastructure
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public cloud
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microsoft
Acronis has announced its new Backup Cloud Extension platform for Microsoft Azure and Azure Stack environments at the WPC conference in Toronto.