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 - Page 9
UCWeb undergoes 'strategic change' with new GM appointment
Fri, 16th Dec 2016
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UCWeb has gone through what it calls a 'strategic' change in its business, and has now appointed a new general manager, Damon Xi.
Avnet extends distribution agreement with Veeam for 'cutting edge' data center needs
Thu, 15th Dec 2016
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Avnet is targeting the data center market in a major expansion of its distribution agreement with Veeam Software in India.
Go2Group looks to recruit channel partners through new Hong Kong hub
Fri, 9th Dec 2016
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Application development provider Go2Group is opening a new Hong Kong office to keep on track with market growth, and it's after new channel partners.
ResellerClub to offer G Suite through 200,000 sub-resellers worldwide
Thu, 8th Dec 2016
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The ResellerClub platform is offering Google's G-Suite to around 200,000 sub-resellers in more than 150 countries, including China & Indonesia.
CA Technologies' new India channel chief keen to drive business success
Thu, 1st Dec 2016
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CA Technologies has appointed industry veteran Saivijay Khanagav as the new senior director of its Partners and Alliances Business for India & SAARC.
Reliance Group & Cisco Jasper launch new IoT venture for Indian enterprises
Tue, 29th Nov 2016
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Reliance Group and Cisco Jasper join forces to bring IoT services to India, with businesses recognising its potential.
Zscaler dominating Asia Pacific cloud security market with all-round growth
Tue, 29th Nov 2016
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Cloud security company Zscaler now 'owns' 40.6% market share of the Network-based Advanced Malware Analysis (NAMA) market in Asia Pacific.
Pi Datacenters & Suse team to bring cloud SDDC services to India
Thu, 24th Nov 2016
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Pi Datacenters and SUSE team up to bring cloud and SDDC services to India through SUSE OpenStack cloud platform.
PCCW chooses Dijbouti Data Center to connect AAE-1 undersea cable
Thu, 17th Nov 2016
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Hong Kong telco PCCW Global has chosen an African data center to further colocation and undersea fibre networks in Asia, Africa, Middle East & Europe.
Tata Communications to resell SwiftStack storage through data centers
Wed, 9th Nov 2016
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SwiftStack has signed on Tata Communications, Vizrt, Avere and Mirantis as reseller partners for its object storage and asset management.
Rubicon Red switches on dual status as Oracle Cloud partner and customer
Wed, 9th Nov 2016
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Australian-based cloud provider Rubicon Red is now becoming an Oracle PCS and SOACS customer - while being part of Oracle's PartnerNetwork.
Thai entrepreneurs to visit NZ and find out how Kiwis do tech business
Mon, 7th Nov 2016
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Thai innovators to visit New Zealand to learn about tech developments as part of ASEAN Young Business Leaders Initiative.
India is catching up in the global tech market, Gartner finds
Mon, 7th Nov 2016
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India catching up to global tech markets with a 150% increase in foreign direct investment, according to Gartner.
US-based provider Host Color launches dedicated server capacity across major Asian cities
Fri, 4th Nov 2016
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US-based cloud provider Host Color launches new infrastructure hosting services, named 'Worldwide Dedicated Servers', in five locations across Asia.
APAC as-a-Service industry sees boom while traditional sourcing market weakens
Wed, 2nd Nov 2016
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The Asia-Pacific as-a-Service industry is growing and has now surpassed traditional outsourcing levels for the very first time.
New IDC stats show Galaxy Note7 debacle hasn't slowed Samsung down
Fri, 28th Oct 2016
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New statistics from IDC show that despite Samsung's Galaxy Note7 being removed from the market, this has had no effect on global smartphone shipments.
Gartner forecasts Indian Government spending will reach $7.2 billion in 2016
Wed, 12th Oct 2016
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Government spending on IT in India will reach US $7.2 billion in 2016, a 2.4% increase compared to last year, new Gartner research has shown.
Unisys keeps operations local in Asia Pacific with new security experts
Tue, 11th Oct 2016
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Unisys is reaffirming its commitment to the Asia Pacific region, with the appointment of three new security experts covering design, sales & delivery.
Commvault's long-term commitment to the APAC channel
Mon, 10th Oct 2016
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Commvault expands into Asia Pacific market with a focus on resellers, distributors and partners. Impressive list of partners.
NxtGen furthers hybrid cloud progress with OnApp platform
Wed, 28th Sep 2016
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NxtGen's public cloud is about to expand its Infinite Datacenter hybrid cloud service as it integrates OnApp's cloud platform & OnApp Federation.