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Ben Moore
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Ben was born in the UK and was promptly shuffled across the universe to Auckland at a young age. He is a total geek but tries to be pretty casual about it. He was sucked into theatre in his teens, which led to a lot of time on stage, as well as writing and directing when he could. After spending four years as high-school Drama teacher, Ben decided that it was about time for him to move on and see what else the world has to offer. However, wherever he goes he will always be sure to return home to his best-friends/cats.
Former TechDay team member.

Stories by Ben

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GCloud updates capabilities with Anthos enhancements

Mon, 31st Aug 2020
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Google Cloud has announced improvements for hybrid compatibility, services, development, migration and identity security with updates to Anthos.
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Video: How secure is your SD-WAN architecture?

Mon, 6th Jul 2020
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Ingram Micro solution architect Andy Hill explains how Fortinet integrates next-gen security with best-of-breed SD-WAN to safely optimise a network.
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Video: Every PC decision is a security decision

Tue, 9th Jun 2020
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HP personal systems product evangelist Carlin Diprose walks us through how HP can provide vital security in a work from home world.
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Survey: poor backup planning can cripple online retail

Thu, 4th Jun 2020
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e-commerce
New survey finds one in four retailers have permanently lost critical business data, damaging sales and revenue.
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11 new orgs join fight against insidious Stalkerware

Tue, 2nd Jun 2020
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malware
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cybersecurity
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malwarebytes
Founded last year, the Coalition Against Stalkerware brings together cybersecurity vendors, domestic violence organisations, and digital rights advocates.
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8x8 ditches AWS for Oracle for video

Thu, 14th May 2020
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public cloud
8x8 moves its video meetings hosting from AWS to Oracle Cloud for a 25% performance boost per node and 80% savings on network costs.
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Four IoT giants team up for security solution

Tue, 17th Mar 2020
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public cloud
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iot security
Thales, Telstra, Microsoft and Arduino partner to deliver cellular network-based scalable trust for easy-to-deploy IoT applications.
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StorageCraft 'doubles down' on channel engagement

Mon, 16th Mar 2020
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hybrid cloud
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cloud security
The 100% channel company has announced a series of initiatives and a new global sales head to improve its momentum globally.
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Data visualisation market growing US$900 million a year

Mon, 9th Mar 2020
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planning
The biggest increase in the use of data visualisation tools is expected to be in academia and research, financial services and healthcare.
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Rapid7 Leader in Magic Quadrant for SIEM

Thu, 27th Feb 2020
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network infrastructure
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siem
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ueba
Among six other vendors, the company has been named a leader in Gartner's 2020 Magic Quadrant, noted for its ease of use.
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Cohesity named customers' choice for data centre B&R

Thu, 27th Feb 2020
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For the third time in a row, based on feedback from end-user professionals who purchase, implement, and/or use the product or service.
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Zscaler updates partner programme

Thu, 27th Feb 2020
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digital transformation
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partner programmes
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ai security
Zscaler launches the Summit Partner Program, aiming to incentivise resellers and service providers with training and rewards based on technical expertise.
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Malwarebytes enhances enterprise, channel cloud offerings

Thu, 27th Feb 2020
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ransomware
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partner programmes
Malwarebytes has enhanced its Nebula cloud platform for enterprises with advanced features, and introduced an MSP partner programme and operations console.
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Cybersecurity market growing billions each year

Thu, 13th Feb 2020
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The overall cybersecurity software revenue is expected to reach US$25.1 billion in revenue in 2020, growing 4.8% year-on-year.
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Computer vision tech market unchallenged by controversy

Wed, 12th Feb 2020
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surveillance
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biometrics
GlobalData reports that the global computer vision market will continue to head upwards, even in the face of fears around facial recognition.
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Chch voicemail-to-text startup eyes global market

Tue, 11th Feb 2020
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voicemail
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vxt
The Christchurch-based SaaS company with 2500 active users is looking to expand to Australia, the UK, the USA and Canada by November this year.
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Microsoft IE vulnerability to go unpatched until mid-Feb

Tue, 28th Jan 2020
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microsoft
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internet explorer
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zero day malware
A blog post from security vendor ESET has outlined the risk of the zero-day for those who are still using the relic browser of internet-past.
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Smart building market boosted by climate change concerns

Tue, 28th Jan 2020
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iot
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clean technologies
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smart building
New sustainability regulations will create growth opportunities for the market which is projected to reach US$109.48 billion by 2026.
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Kaspersky named top dog in Canalys channel satisfaction report

Tue, 21st Jan 2020
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firewalls
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network infrastructure
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network security
The company was named the top cybersecurity vendor for channel satisfaction after achieving the highest overall rating against 10 others.
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LogicMonitor acquires AIOps company Unomaly

Mon, 20th Jan 2020
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devops
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datacentre infrastructure
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apm
Aims to use new tech to enhance observability, help IT pinpoint log issues faster and drive intelligent action.