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.
Former TechDay team member.
Stories by Sara
Ransomware response and recovery: Challenges and solutions
Tue, 1st Jun 2021
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malware
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data protection
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ransomware
Ransomware is causing significant business impacts such as business disruption, data loss, reputational damage, remediation costs, and legal costs.
UPDATED: IT systems down at Waikato Hospital & DHB, 'cybersecurity incident' confirmed
Wed, 19th May 2021
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cybersecurity
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healthtech
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outage
Waikato Hospital has this morning begun turning outpatients away from scheduled bookings after a major outage affecting its IT and phone systems.
The sky's the limit: Serko & Booking.com bring corporate travel to life
Thu, 22nd Apr 2021
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uc
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public cloud
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microsoft
With travel comes the requirement for flights, rental cars, and hotels. Behind all of that is a Kiwi success story by the name of Serko.
UPDATED: Election 2020 - Which parties care about tech's role in New Zealand
Tue, 6th Oct 2020
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edutech
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nztech
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digital divide
Technology should be flying high when it comes to government investment and commitment from New Zealand's political parties. But is it?.
10 billion records sit in unsecured databases - China leads the pack
Tue, 11th Aug 2020
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vpns
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cybersecurity
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cloud services
A white hat hacker hacker uncovered a total of 9517 unsecured databases worldwide, collectively containing more than 10 billion entries.
AWS launches fully-managed fraud detection service
Fri, 31st Jul 2020
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hyperscale
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public cloud
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ai
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched a fully-managed fraud detection service that can identify potential fraud activity in 'milliseconds'.
Interview: Workday defines its commitment to local NZ businesses
Wed, 15th Jul 2020
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devops
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supply chain
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apm
We spoke to Workday Australia and New Zealand managing director and vice president Stephen Jack about the company's local operations across New Zealand.
NTT declares itself 'business avenger' for UN sustainability goals
Thu, 9th Apr 2020
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wearables
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clean technologies
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sustainability
The UN Global Goals call for action to end poverty, protect Earth, and encourage peace and prosperity by 2030.
NZ takes #2 spot in best markets for women entrepreneurs
Thu, 28th Nov 2019
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martech
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commerce systems
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supply chain
New Zealand is second only to the United States for being the most conducive country to women's entrepreneurship, a new report from Mastercard revealed today.
ManageEngine leverages AU data centres to bring data closer to home
Tue, 12th Nov 2019
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manageengine
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cloud data center
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zoho
ManageEngine is now utilising Melbourne and Sydney data centres to align with Australian data privacy laws, ensuring data residency and compliance.
Agritech co-op LIC appoints Andrea Black as new CIO
Tue, 1st Oct 2019
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agricultural technology
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farming
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cio
Agritech co-operative LIC has appointed former Genesis Energy executive Andrea Black as its new chief information officer.
AWS EC2 strengthens compute power for ML applications
Tue, 24th Sep 2019
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hyperscale
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public cloud
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ai
Amazon EC2 will leverage G4 instances to boost resources required to tackle computationally demanding tasks that could benefit from additional GPU acceleration.
You're invited: The 2019 Digital Workplace Conference, Sydney
Wed, 24th Jul 2019
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uc
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digital transformation
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microsoft
This is the time to enhance your digital transformation journey, and uncover new ways of working, communication and collaboration.
Sophos highlights dangers of remote desktop protocol attacks
Wed, 24th Jul 2019
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firewalls
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network infrastructure
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network security
Sophos research reveals that remote desktop protocol (RDP) is the preferred method of attack for cybercriminals targeting vulnerable devices.
NVIDIA expands DGX-Ready Data Center program globally
Mon, 15th Jul 2019
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hyperscale
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ai
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nvidia
The program is designed to aid companies in finding modern data center facilities for their artificial intelligence-based infrastructure.
CyrusOne signs up three new senior execs for Europe
Wed, 17th Apr 2019
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power / energy
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clean technologies
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renewable energy
CyrusOne expands its European team with three senior executives in leadership roles to drive growth in key markets like Amsterdam, Frankfurt, and London.
Park Place Technologies hires new EMEA managing director
Tue, 16th Apr 2019
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datacentre infrastructure
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supply chain
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park place technologies
Park Place Technologies appoints Sean Sears as the new managing director for EMEA, focusing on growth, customer satisfaction, and operational efficiencies.
Microsoft HoloLens 2 more 'immersive' than ever
Mon, 25th Feb 2019
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ar, vr & metaverse
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microsoft
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microsoft azure
The original HoloLens was released in 2016 but since then, mixed reality has come a long way, according to Microsoft's Julia White.
Germany watchdog calls out Facebook's 'abuse of power'
Fri, 8th Feb 2019
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data privacy
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google
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facebook
Germany's Bundeskartellamt has ruled Facebook abused its power through unrestricted data collection, demanding user consent to merge data from various sources.
GDPR: 59,000 breach reports, 91 fines and counting
Thu, 7th Feb 2019
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breach prevention
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data privacy
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cybersecurity
Since GDPR's inception in May 2018, over 59,000 data breaches have been reported, leading to 91 fines, including a EUR €50 million fine for Google.