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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.
Former TechDay team member.

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Microsoft Asia signs up Kevin Wo as new Singapore managing director

Thu, 17th Nov 2016
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Microsoft has announced this week that Kevin Wo will be taking over from Jessica Tan as the company's new managing director for Singapore.
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Cognizant's IoT partner approach recognised in HfS Winner's Circle

Thu, 17th Nov 2016
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partner programmes
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Cognizant's IoT approach earns accolades for visionary partner strategy and digital blend in HfS Winner's Circle for second year.
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Dropbox doubles down on corporate data protection

Thu, 17th Nov 2016
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cloud security
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Dropbox says it's doubling down on corporate data protection with new security controls designed to protect data and make it easier to collaborate.
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Dropbox welcomes security giants Symantec to Partner Network

Thu, 17th Nov 2016
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partner programmes
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Dropbox has officially welcomed Symantec to the company's Partner Network, alongside other security industry heavyweights.
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Spark waives early termination & moving fees for quake-affected customers

Thu, 17th Nov 2016
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uc
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earthquakes
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broadband
Spark broadband customers who have been forced to move due to the earthquakes no longer need to deal with early termination & moving fees.
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Survey reveals ANZ organisations evolving to become more data-centric

Wed, 16th Nov 2016
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data analytics
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data science
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martech
ANZ organisations are on their way to becoming data-centric and will eventually leave simple data analytics behind, says Teradata.
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Optus & Huawei record 'ground-breaking' 5G speed trial

Wed, 16th Nov 2016
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uc
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5g & beyond
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wireless networks
Optus and Huawei have now successfully completed a 'ground-breaking' 5G trial, which achieved a transmission rate of 35Gbps.
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SugarCRM's new APJ vice president stays committed to partner ecosystem

Wed, 16th Nov 2016
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crm
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martech
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partner programmes
Mark Troselj is taking over as SugarCRM's vice president of Asia Pacific and Japan, and vows not to compete with its partners.
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Hands-on Review: Rapoo V720 mechanical gaming keyboard

Tue, 15th Nov 2016
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gaming
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digital entertainment
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rapoo
Depending on your desk space and preference, this could be a keyboard for you. Give it a shot! You might just be on to a winner.
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NTT Com, NTT Data, Intel & Pivotal collaborate on cloud-native solutions for enterprises

Tue, 15th Nov 2016
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apm
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software development
NTT Communications (NTT Com), NTT Data, Intel and Pivotal will work together with Intel to bring cloud-native solutions to enterprises.
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Perfect storm ahead: Cybersecurity skills gap becoming a 'chasm'

Tue, 15th Nov 2016
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isaca
Cybersecurity skills shortage in Australia leaves companies vulnerable to data breaches, says ISACA. Breach costs average $3.46m. #cybersecurity.
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Polycom ANZ hires two senior execs to energise local channel growth

Tue, 15th Nov 2016
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hybrid & remote work
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wfh
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channel development
Polycom ANZ has appointed Tina Bandilovski and Mark Braxton as the two new channel directors who will help drive growth and distribution initiatives:.
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VeloCloud's 'industry first' solution powers voice quality monitoring direct to SD-WAN

Tue, 15th Nov 2016
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network infrastructure
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sd-wan
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hyperscale
VeloCloud has unveiled what it calls an 'industry-first' SD-WAN solution to include Voice Quality Monitoring (VQM) capability.
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Scanning documents to email? You could be risking your business

Tue, 15th Nov 2016
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document management
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ecm
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martech
If employees in your business scan documents direct to email, it could be a huge security risk and breach privacy requirements, according to Y Soft.
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RXP Services, Capgemini and NEC scoop top spots at Informatica's Inform Partner Awards

Tue, 15th Nov 2016
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digital signage
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partner programmes
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displays
RXP Services, Capgemini and NEC have all scooped top awards at the INFORM Partner Awards, Informatica's annual awards ceremony.
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BYOD: With greater device choice comes greater responsibility, Australian survey finds

Mon, 14th Nov 2016
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mdm
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cybersecurity
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byod
Choose Your Own Device (CYOD) & Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) workplaces are common but so are the problems that go with them, a new Jamf survey finds.
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Gartner Magic Quadrant recognises OpenText as 'leader' in ECM

Mon, 14th Nov 2016
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ecm
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martech
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opentext
Enterprise information management provider OpenText has been positioned as a leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Content Management.
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IntegrationWorks joins global group to help tackle banking industry conundrum

Mon, 14th Nov 2016
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fintech
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banking
Kiwi-based IntegrationWorks has shown 'commitment' to the banking industry, by joining the Banking Industry Architecture Network (BIAN).
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QNAP launches new rackmount enterprise-class NAS drives

Mon, 14th Nov 2016
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storage
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dr
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cloud services
QNAP's latest NAS drives in the TES-x85U series are now on the market, bringing high performance to a new level in enterprise-class storage backup.
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IBM & VMware partnership brings applications to hybrid cloud 'within hours'

Fri, 11th Nov 2016
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virtualisation
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hyperscale
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public cloud
VMware Cloud Foundation is now being hosted on IBM cloud, which is helping to move existing enterprise applications to the cloud 'within hours'.