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.
Stories by Shannon - Page 177
Financial firms to build on productivity gains following pandemic
Wed, 1st Feb 2023
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productivity
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employment
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covid-19
The Covid-19 pandemic saw productivity levels at Australian and New Zealand-based financial organisations improve, but gains are set to erode.
Financial impact of skills shortage is set to increase for Australian employers
Wed, 1st Feb 2023
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recruitment
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robert half technology
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skills gap
Seven in 10 Australian employers state they expect to be negatively impacted financially by not having access to the required skills in 2023.
Cycloid unveils new GreenOps cloud carbon footprint tool
Wed, 1st Feb 2023
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finops
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cloud services
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carbon footprint
Cycloid has unveiled Cloud Carbon Footprint, a new GreenOps tool that accurately displays deployed cloud carbon footprint data alongside cloud costs.
Mobile operators urged to be more vigilant against cyberattacks
Wed, 1st Feb 2023
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cybersecurity
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mobile operators
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cyber attacks
Mobile operators urged to enhance network security following T-Mobile breach, which compromised data of 37 million customers.
Financial firms scaled investments in next-gen tech in 2022
Fri, 27th Jan 2023
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digital transformation
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fintech
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investment
A majority of firms view digital transformation as essential to their business and are already looking to the next wave of technology to help get ahead.
Half of organisations have experienced an insider threat in past year
Fri, 27th Jan 2023
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advanced persistent threat protection
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cybersecurity
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cyber threats
More than half of organizations have experienced an insider threat in the past year, according to a new report by Gurucul and Cybersecurity Insiders.
Australian business embracing next gen financial tech
Fri, 27th Jan 2023
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fintech
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ar, vr & metaverse
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content creation
Businesses are embracing the next generation in financial technology to help fuel new growth in digital channels despite current economic uncertainty.
UCaaS market to reach US$85.7 billion by 2031, driven by remote working
Fri, 27th Jan 2023
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uc
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hybrid & remote work
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healthtech
The demand for UCaaS is rising as businesses around the globe are looking to have more unified communications capabilities.
Australian software spending set to increase in 2023
Fri, 27th Jan 2023
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cloud services
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b2b
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it spending
Economic instability and a global pandemic have seen many businesses rapidly digitising and investing in various tech solutions.
Retailers to leverage technology to get ahead of customer demand
Fri, 27th Jan 2023
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cx
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martech
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consumers
Against an uncertain macro environment, customers are going to be increasingly selective with how and where they spend their money in 2023.
Growing urgency for observability and security to converge
Thu, 26th Jan 2023
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digital transformation
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application security
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devsecops
Australian CIOs say extending a DevSecOps culture to more teams is key to accelerating digital transformation and driving faster, more secure software releases.
Extreme Networks named leader for wired and wireless LAN infrastructure
Thu, 26th Jan 2023
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wireless networks
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agentic ai
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copilots
Extreme offers the networking industry's only AIOps-powered digital twin capabilities, available through ExtremeCloud IQ CoPilot.
87% reduction in time to resolve threats with ExtraHop
Thu, 26th Jan 2023
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advanced persistent threat protection
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cybersecurity
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extrahop
Enterprises need to focus on strengthening their overall security postures, starting with reducing the likelihood of a damaging cyber intrusion.
Zero trust strategies top of mind to reduce risk - Gartner
Wed, 25th Jan 2023
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risk & compliance
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zero trust security
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cybersecurity
10% of large enterprises will have a mature zero trust program by 2026, up from less than 1% today, according to Gartner.
Gigaclear appoints Clancy for fibre broadband roll-out
Wed, 25th Jan 2023
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uc
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fibre
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telco
Clancy will manage the installation from Gigaclear's telecoms exchange to customer premises, delivering new connections to households across the county.
IT professionals concerned over the security of Kubernetes
Wed, 25th Jan 2023
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virtualisation
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open source
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cybersecurity
New research has revealed that more than half of IT professionals have concerns over the security of Kubernetes.
Red Hat goes green with new operational GHG goals
Wed, 25th Jan 2023
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open source
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cleantech
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sustainability
Red Hat has announced its ambition to achieve net-zero operational greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 to address the global climate crisis.
Gone phishing: Business emails remain top threat strategy
Wed, 25th Jan 2023
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phishing
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advanced persistent threat protection
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email security
Phishing emails continue to be one of the most common and effective methods to maliciously impact a variety of organisations around the world.
Sentinels fights financial crime with new transaction monitoring progam
Wed, 25th Jan 2023
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saas
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apm
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risk & compliance
The SaaS platform is designed to help financial institutions detect and eliminate financial criminality with greater speed and accuracy.
Adopting climate neutral data centre pact targets saves enough energy to power a city
Fri, 20th Jan 2023
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hyperscale
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dc
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cleantech
The operators of medium sized data centres could save Europe eleven terawatt hours of electrical power every year, the same as a medium-sized city.