About Catherine
Catherine Knowles
Journalist
Currently working as a freelance writer and content creator, Catherine has a keen interest in all areas of technology and storytelling in our digital age. Having worked with a number of businesses and people across media, education, publishing and communications, Catherine has a definite respect for common sense, great content and turning ideas into reality.
Stories by Catherine - Page 104
Foldable phones to reach market value of $29B, IDC finds
Thu, 17th Feb 2022
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smartphones
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technology gifts
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samsung
Despite their small market share, foldables represent a major opportunity for vendors and is a segment that can't be ignored.
ExtraHop CEO retires, IT veteran Patrick Dennis steps in
Thu, 17th Feb 2022
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extrahop
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advanced security
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strategy
Dennis will work alongside the ExtraHop executive leadership team to increase the company's current momentum and accelerate operations.
ASI Solutions acquires Microsoft and workplace specialist
Thu, 17th Feb 2022
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microsoft
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asi solutions
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m&a
ASI Solutions expands its end-to-end solutions by acquiring Tablet PC, enhancing training and education capabilities for Microsoft solutions.
Sydney Trains advances cloud-first strategy with Tricentis
Thu, 17th Feb 2022
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cloud services
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sydney
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transport
Sydney Trains has implemented Tricentis Tosca for codeless test automation, resulting in a 100% regression test automation and a 66% reduction in testing time.
JobAdder reveals how COVID-19 has impacted recruitment
Thu, 17th Feb 2022
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jobs
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recruitment
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talent
Job growth in Australia experienced a slight decline in Q4 2021 as the Omicron variant spread, according to the 2021 JobAdder Global Industry Report.
Asana launches new suite of offerings to empower workflows
Wed, 16th Feb 2022
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big data
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data analytics
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bi
Asana has launched Asana Flow, a suite of offerings designed to democratise the ability to build, run and improve workflows.
Edge AI adoption to explode in 2022 - ABI Research
Tue, 15th Feb 2022
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vr
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5g
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metaverse
The COVID-19 pandemic quickened the pace of digital transformation, placing technologies at the very centre of how people live and work, ABI Research states.
Kaspersky strikes up new distributor agreement in ANZ
Tue, 15th Feb 2022
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cloud services
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partner programmes
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cybersecurity
Kaspersky and Leader have struck a new partnership across Australia and New Zealand, commencing February 2022.
Cyber attacks rise 2,650% from January to December
Tue, 15th Feb 2022
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firewall
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phishing
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email security
Detected and blocked spam accounted for the majority of the attacks, with a 2,775% increase between January and December.
Pure Storage enters three year strategic engagement with AWS
Fri, 11th Feb 2022
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cloud services
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virtualisation
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storage
Pure Storage has partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to help enterprises move Kubernetes workloads into production.
Westpac enters strategic partnership with Microsoft
Fri, 11th Feb 2022
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cloud services
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microsoft
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public cloud
The partnership includes increased investment in Microsoft’s cloud computing service, Azure, which will help to modernise Westpac.
Masabi and Fujitsu Australia extend partnership for ANZ
Fri, 11th Feb 2022
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martech
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commerce systems
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partner programmes
Masabi has formed a strategic relationship with Fujitsu Australia to deliver the next phase in ticketing and payment innovation to cities across ANZ.
Public cloud computing spend to overtake traditional IT
Fri, 11th Feb 2022
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cloud services
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public cloud
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gartner
Gartner finds that by 2025, 51% of IT spending will have shifted from traditional solutions to the public cloud, compared to 41% in 2022.
AI succeeds where humans fail to identify biometrics spoofs
Fri, 11th Feb 2022
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biometrics
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ml
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ai
Computers are better than humans at identifying biometric spoofing attacks, with a 0% error rate, according to research by ID R-D.
Qualys Context XDR launched to rapidly identify threats
Fri, 11th Feb 2022
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advanced persistent threat protection
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compliance
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xdr
Incident response and threat hunting teams need an accurate picture of their attack surface to maintain an effective security program, Qualys states.
AI assistant tech increasingly popular in Australia
Thu, 10th Feb 2022
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ai
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voice assistant devices
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australian
The survey shows Australian consumers are increasingly open to businesses using voice AI assistants in their communications.
Organisations fail to deliver on growing customer demands
Thu, 10th Feb 2022
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contact centre
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crm
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martech
Over half of customer service agents struggle with accurately recording customer requests, leading to frustration, according to a study by Pegasystems.
NZ's first year for Diploma in Cyber Security a success
Thu, 10th Feb 2022
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voip
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contact centre
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edutech
In response to the growing demand for skilled cybersecurity specialists, the Ara Institute of Canterbury established the Diploma in Cyber Security.
Aussie fintech Slyp raises $25M in latest funding round
Wed, 9th Feb 2022
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fintech
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nab
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funding
Off the back of the raise, additional products and features will be expedited with Slyp announcing payment linked loyalty is on the roadmap for 2022.
Kiwibank strikes up partnership with ACI Worldwide
Wed, 9th Feb 2022
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saas
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microsoft
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martech
The agreement will see ACI provide and run Kiwibank's newly installed, full capability Payment Hub: a SaaS solution hosted in the Microsoft Azure cloud.
TCS named 'large player' for IoT consultancy services
Wed, 9th Feb 2022
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cloud services
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iot
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tcs
TCS has built a set of industry-specific IoT solutions with predictive and self-aware systems that use AI and machine learning.
Backbase appoints new VP of tech in Asia Pacific region
Wed, 9th Feb 2022
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banking industry
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backbase
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executive interview
Backbase appoints Chris Vanden Berghe as regional VP of technology for Asia Pacific to drive product development and expansion.
Forrester uncovers top upcoming payments innovations
Wed, 9th Feb 2022
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crm
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martech
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commerce systems
Payments innovation will shift from consumers to businesses in the next decade as tech firms create autonomous payments in connected devices, says Forrester.
APAC organisations forking out millions due to ransomware
Fri, 4th Feb 2022
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ransomware
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malware
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compliance
80% of organisations in APAC were affected by ransomware attacks in 2021, with over half paying the ransom, according to a report by Claroty.