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 101
PC market finally on road to recovery - IDC report
Tue, 29th Aug 2023
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market
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pc shipments
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idc
The road to recovery for PCs has been challenging coming off explosive years in 2020 and 2021, but signs of growth are finally returning, IDC finds.
Marketing leaders struggle to allocate budgets amidst AI boom
Fri, 25th Aug 2023
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ai
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martech
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digital marketing
Over 60% of marketing leaders plan to invest in generative AI, with more than half seeing greater reward than risk, according to Gartner.
Fines for mismanagement of data expected to reach $1Bn
Fri, 25th Aug 2023
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cx
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data protection
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martech
Fines for mishandling subject rights will exceed $1 billion by 2026, warns Gartner, urging B2C firms to automate their management.
Thales launch aims to accelerate adoption of cloud-based payments
Fri, 25th Aug 2023
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payment technologies
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cloud adoption
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thales
Thales launches Thales payShield Cloud HSM, a subscription-based digital payments security service for cloud-based infrastructure.
78% of NZ small business owners worried about AI adoption
Fri, 25th Aug 2023
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financial systems
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fintech
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genai
New Zealand small business owners are concerned that the development and adoption of AI is outpacing regulation, according to a study by Xero.
IBM brings GenAI capabilities to watsonx for app modernisation
Fri, 25th Aug 2023
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genai
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ai
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development
IBM has announced watsonx Code Assistant for Z, a new generative AI-assisted product that will help enable faster translation of COBOL to Java on IBM Z.
Google.org launches AI, security and resilience initiative in APAC
Fri, 25th Aug 2023
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strategy
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infoxchange
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google
Google.org, in partnership with Infoxchange and the ADB, will provide digital resilience training to 40 NGOs in Asia and the Pacific.
49% of organisations paid out $1.5Mn following security incident
Thu, 24th Aug 2023
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cybersecurity
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asia pacific
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apac
Cloudflare study reveals that Australian organizations are dealing with fewer cyber attacks, but facing significant financial impacts.
Yahoo acquires Commonstock, builds out retail resources
Thu, 24th Aug 2023
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yahoo
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branding
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investment
Yahoo acquires Commonstock, a social and community-based platform for retail investors, to enhance Yahoo Finance's offerings.
AI causes worry for parents, 51% stop use of ChatGPT for homework
Thu, 24th Aug 2023
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llms
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ai agents
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cyber risk
A new survey from Norton, a Cyber Safety brand of Gen, has found that Kiwi parents now face a new challenge from AI chatbots.
Vietnam's largest telco group chooses Juniper for network refresh
Thu, 24th Aug 2023
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uc
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telco
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juniper networks
The upgrades are designed to help Viettel better scale its consumer mobile and fixed broadband services, especially as networking demands increase.
Xero opens Beautiful Business Fund to small businesses
Thu, 24th Aug 2023
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financial systems
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fintech
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accounting systems
Xero announced submissions are now open and there are four categories Kiwi small businesses can put themselves forward for.
7 in 10 Australians fearful of online risks - report
Thu, 24th Aug 2023
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email security
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risk & compliance
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ai
Almost half of Australians (47%) have been targeted by online scams, with 49% knowing someone who has, according to a survey by Real Insurance and CoreData.
VMware and Oracle expand partnership, empower modernisation
Wed, 23rd Aug 2023
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it automation
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partner programmes
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oracle
VMware has expanded its ongoing partnership with Oracle with the focus on helping customers modernise their VMware workloads on OCI.
Lenovo and VMware reveal first solutions from joint innovations
Wed, 23rd Aug 2023
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it automation
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multi-cloud
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partner programmes
Lenovo and VMware have announced the first turnkey solutions from their joint Edge and Cloud Innovation Labs at VMware Explore 2023.</p>.
Secureworks and Akamai partner to secure modern systems
Wed, 23rd Aug 2023
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soc
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partner programmes
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akamai
The alliance between the companies will aim to empower security operations teams to scale secure access in a hybrid working era.
NCC Group reveals Cl0p ransomware attack continues to dominate
Wed, 23rd Aug 2023
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ransomware
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advanced persistent threat protection
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security vulnerabilities
The findings mark a 154% increase year-on-year (198 attacks in July 2022), and a 16% rise on the previous month (434 attacks in June 2023).
Radiflow teams up with CyCraft to harness the power of GenAI
Wed, 23rd Aug 2023
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partner programmes
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genai
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ai
By harnessing the power of generative AI, this partnership unlocks detection and response capabilities for enterprise customers, MSSPs, and MDRs.
New security vulnerabilities exploited en masse in 2023 - Rapid7
Wed, 23rd Aug 2023
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data analytics
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ransomware
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advanced persistent threat protection
Rapid7 released its 2023 Mid-Year Threat Review, which provides a detailed snapshot of the attack landscape in the first six months of this year.
Execs estimate 40% of workforce will need to reskill due to AI
Wed, 23rd Aug 2023
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ai
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study
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tech jobs
According to the World Bank, there are 3.4bn people in the global workforce, which means roughly 1.4bn people will likely need to be reskilled in the near term.