About Shannon

Shannon Williams
Journalist
Shannon is a freelance editor and writer. As a professional content creator over the last ten years, Shannon has worked across many industries including tech, business and travel, in a variety of mediums including media, publishing, communications and social media. She has a knack for finding the right voice for her audience and relishes the opportunity to tell stories.
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APAC cyber risk declines, but successful attacks to come
Tue, 11th Jul 2023
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risk & compliance
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cybersecurity
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trend micro
Trend Micro's Cyber Risk Index finds cyber preparedness in APAC is improving, but more can be done to train employees and secure infrastructure.

Budgeting crucial component of application development
Tue, 11th Jul 2023
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apm
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software development
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developers
Building an app is a complex undertaking that requires careful consideration of a number of factors, including budgeting.

Human8 empowers employees to collaborate with generative AI
Tue, 11th Jul 2023
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genai
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ai
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employees
Human8 has announced the launch of an employee AI prompt school supported by the introduction of a proprietary Square AI research assistant.

Australians prioritise value-for-money as economic pressures mount
Tue, 11th Jul 2023
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martech
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commerce systems
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ecommerce
Australian shoppers are more stressed about the cost of groceries than housing, a new study from Shopify has revealed.
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In-house intelligence teams not fit-for-purpose – report
Tue, 11th Jul 2023
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data analytics
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advanced persistent threat protection
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iam
Most in-house intelligence teams lack the in-country experience and access to quality intelligence necessary for avoiding costly and embarrassing mistakes.

Increasing telecom fraud highlights importance of blockchain
Tue, 11th Jul 2023
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uc
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blockchain
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cybersecurity
One of the primary aspects driving market expansion is growing security concerns among telecom enterprises around the world.

Edtech surging across Asia Pacific and Latin America
Tue, 11th Jul 2023
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edutech
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martech
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commerce systems
As the market grows, companies are expanding their offerings and improving their financial infrastructure to remain competitive.

Southeast Asia gains 8.5 million fintech users in Q1
Tue, 11th Jul 2023
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fintech
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ecommerce
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banking
The main increase in the number of customers occurred due to the growth of e-Commerce, which gained 6.2 mln new users.

Research follows comeback of infamous botnet Emotet
Fri, 7th Jul 2023
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cybersecurity
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botnet
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eset
ESET Research has published a summary of what happened with the Emotet botnet since its comeback after a limited takedown.

New report highlights shocking business cybercrime costs
Fri, 7th Jul 2023
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cybersecurity
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hackers
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cybercrime
Cybercrime attacks cost US and UK businesses into the hundreds of thousands with the majority targeted multiple times.

Mobile satellite services driving satellite communication market
Fri, 7th Jul 2023
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spacetech
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ai
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fact.mr
The satellite communication market is expected to reach a sum of US$192.09 billion by 2032, according to a new report from analyst firm Fact.MR.

UK & Ireland organisations struggling with data sprawl
Fri, 7th Jul 2023
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private cloud
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public cloud
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cloud services
Two-thirds of UK & Ireland organisations struggling with high costs of getting insights from data, according to new report.

Public cloud services revenues surpass $500 billion in 2022
Fri, 7th Jul 2023
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public cloud
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cloud services
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it spending
Most organisations rank their public cloud provider as their most strategic technology partner, with general agreement among IT leaders and business leaders.

STT GDC affirms commitment to sustainable digital future
Fri, 7th Jul 2023
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hyperscale
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dei
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dc
Relentless focus on innovation and investing in renewable energy sources achieves 52% renewable energy usage across the group.

Major surge in memory-based attacks as hackers evade traditional cloud security defences
Thu, 6th Jul 2023
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cloud security
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application security
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cybersecurity
Protecting workloads with tools that understand how to interpret attacks on cloud runtime environments is crucial.

Perth to be NEC's base for new digital government Centre of Excellence
Thu, 6th Jul 2023
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digital signage
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displays & projectors
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government
NEC Australia has selected Perth, Western Australia, to be the home for its new Australian Centre of Excellence in digital government.

UK universities draw up guiding principles on AI literacy
Thu, 6th Jul 2023
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edutech
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ai
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higher education
UK universities have announced they are drawing up a set of guiding principles to ensure that students and staff are AI literate.

Equinix launches second xScale data center in Tokyo
Thu, 6th Jul 2023
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hyperscale
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dc
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microsoft
Addressing the growing demand for cloud services in Tokyo, Japan, Equinix announced the opening of TY13x, its second Tokyo-based xScale data center.

Cloudera expands open data lakehouse for enterprise AI
Wed, 5th Jul 2023
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llms
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ai
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ai models
Cloudera expands open data lakehouse offerings, enabling customers to analyze and use their data across the cloud and on-premises.

Enterprises must adapt to Shadow AI to avoid data breaches
Wed, 5th Jul 2023
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casb
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breach prevention
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risk & compliance
Insider data breaches are set to rise due to poor data controls and the use of generative AI tools, warns Imperva.