About Ben
Ben Moore
News Editor - Channel
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.
FYI, this is an ex-employee of TechDay.
Stories by Ben - Page 47
Wearable device market one to... watch
Mon, 3rd Dec 2018
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wearables
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personal computing devices
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apple
Gartner says shipments of wearables will reach 225 million in 2019, with spending hitting US$42b, with smartwatches still taking the lion’s share.
ComCom outlines plans for telco oversight
Fri, 30th Nov 2018
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uc
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chorus
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commerce commission
The Commerce Commission has released a paper outlining how it will go about approaching service quality management of telecommunications providers.
Review: The Sonos Beam - more than a soundbar
Fri, 30th Nov 2018
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gaming
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reviews
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smart home
Sonos’ is one of the serious contenders in the smart speaker market. Is the Beam soundbar worth taking seriously? I think it actually might be.
Kiwi company brings AI assistant to small business
Thu, 29th Nov 2018
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uc
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martech
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ai
Aider, an AI powered digital business assistant created specifically for small business, has been in beta phase in Australasia for several months.
Healthcare-specific smartphone released to local market
Thu, 29th Nov 2018
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healthtech
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wavelink
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everlea
Wavelink’s Spectralink Versity clinical smartphone is specifically designed to tackle the particular needs of the healthcare industry.
AWS boosts power, lowers costs with new EC2 instances
Wed, 28th Nov 2018
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network infrastructure
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hyperscale
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public cloud
At AWS re:INVENT the company announced the availability of three new instances that can reduce workload cost and run bigger workloads, faster.
Rimini Street emboldened by encouragement in battle v Oracle
Wed, 28th Nov 2018
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oracle
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rimini street
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third-party software support
The company has released a statement in response to support in the legal fight that defines where the line is in the third-party support market.
ComCom report leads to greater focus on telcos, online retail
Tue, 27th Nov 2018
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uc
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ecommerce
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commerce commission
The light is shining on confusing complexities and consumer complaints about online retail and telco marketing behaviours in the new report.
HPE donates refurbished equipment to Tonga via non-profit Heilala
Mon, 26th Nov 2018
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hpe
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e-waste
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csr
Following HPE’s Sydney office refurbishment, the company donated workstations and furniture to organisations in Tonga through non-profit Heliala.
“That’s the open source way!” The Red Hat Sydney Forum Keynote
Fri, 23rd Nov 2018
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devops
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digital transformation
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apm
Two Red Hat execs spoke at the Forum in Sydney about the state of the industry, the IBM acquisition, and how open source culture is the way forward.
Exclusive Gallery: The HP NZ 2018 Partner Awards
Fri, 23rd Nov 2018
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partner programmes
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personal computing devices
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hp
HP New Zealand celebrated its top partners at the 2018 HP Partner Awards, with Ingram Micro taking home the prestigious Distributor of the Year Award.
Gallery: Lenovo’s glamorous top local partners for 2018
Thu, 22nd Nov 2018
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partner programmes
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lenovo
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dicker data
Lenovo honoured top partners at its Business Partner Gala Awards in Sydney, celebrating innovative solutions and exceptional service within ANZ.
Gallery: A tour of the floor at the Red Hat Forum Sydney
Wed, 21st Nov 2018
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hyperscale
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public cloud
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multi-cloud
Delloite, AWS, Juniper, and more were on display in Sydney to demonstrate and explain how they are helping to move the open source community forward.
What the people say - Gartner’s November Customers’ Choices
Tue, 20th Nov 2018
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virtualisation
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data analytics
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martech
A roundup of the latest Gartner Peer Insight Customers’ Choices from Backup and Recovery to Business Intelligence and Analytics, and more.
Report - Nine tips for tech companies to maximise growth
Mon, 19th Nov 2018
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martech
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digital marketing
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it industry
Kiwi high-growth companies have 40% more salespeople than non-high-growth firms, according to the 2018 Market Measures survey.
Five major risks of letting shadow IT go unchecked
Thu, 15th Nov 2018
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data protection
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casb
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cybersecurity
A department creating its own bespoke IT solution may sound like a good idea, but are the risks really worth it?.
Simple, scalable and secure DDI - next level network management
Wed, 14th Nov 2018
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network infrastructure
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sdn
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naas
Infoblox has been the market-leading provider of DDI management for years. Now, thanks to their extensive R&D, they have taken it to the cloud.
Gartner - Global RPA spending hitting its stride
Wed, 14th Nov 2018
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rpa
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ai
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analyst report
The biggest adopters of RPA today include banks, insurance companies, utilities and telecommunications companies.
Zebra finds 10x increase in intelligent APAC enterprises
Wed, 14th Nov 2018
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data analytics
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martech
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iot
Zebra's study shows global intelligent enterprise numbers have doubled, with Asia-Pacific leading the IoT adoption.
Xiaomi fans bubble over at Mi Store grand opening
Sat, 10th Nov 2018
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smartphones
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iot
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xiaomi
The fans filled Auckland’s Westfield Sylvia Park to take advantage of the opening specials and get their hands on some Xiaomi tech.