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

Confluent launches new cloud capabilities to enhance data streaming
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Confluent has announced new Confluent Cloud capabilities that help organisations build a secure shared services platform for data streaming.

Okta study reveals top threats to digital identities
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cybersecurity
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customers
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digital
"The first step towards implementing CIAM securely is to understand why and how adversaries are attacking these customer-oriented businesses."

Environmental sustainability makes it to top 10 of CEO priorities
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Environmental sustainability has become a top 10 business priority for CEOs, demanding aligned environmental performance from souring functions.

TeamViewer chosen to streamline Henkel's IT department
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it
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connectivity
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digitisation
With TeamViewer Tensor, the company was able to simplify its global internal IT support and make it more efficient.

NICE and Cognizant partner up on CX transformation initiative
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cloud
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strategy
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cognizant
NICE and Cognizant have announced the launch of a global strategic go-to-market partnership to accelerate customer experience transformation.

Progress named leader for network detection and response
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network security
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cybersecurity
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leadership
Flowmon ADS landed squarely in the report's Technology Leaders quadrant, the category with the highest customer impact and technology excellence.

Fortinet reveals winners of Australian partner awards
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innovation
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awards
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fortinet
"Fortinet is proud to announce the winners of the Australian partner awards and thanks all its partners for their efforts throughout the past year."

OpenText completes acquisition of Micro Focus, looks ahead to 2023
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customers
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opentext
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"Digital life is life, and with Micro Focus great products and talent, we will help organisations of all sizes accelerate their digital transformation."

Tecala commits to climate change activism with latest announcements
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partnerships
Tecala has achieved the Climate Active Carbon Neutral Standard for Organisations and is now certified as carbon neutral for its Australian business operations.

Rimini Street sticks with 4-day work week following 'favourable results'
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oracle
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The decision to adopt the program followed favourable results for both employees and the company during a six-month trial phase in 2022.

UniSuper chooses Oracle to improve HR function and internal ops
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oracle
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hr
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superannuation payments
“These actions help us to retain great talent, reduce time spent on manual HR tasks and enhance efficiencies across the business."

Internet users actively seeking best brands from sea of options
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internet
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social media
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meltwater
Analysis of the data suggests that people are looking for more purposeful internet use, with a focus on quality over quantity, the researchers state.

Value for money top of the list in building brand loyalty - report
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research
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study
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consumer
When asked which brand characteristics are essential for building customer loyalty, value for money was the most popular, chosen by 77% of respondents.

Zoom Virtual Agent launch promises big things for ANZ businesses
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ai
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contact centre
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chatbots
"While 2023 will be a challenging year for many businesses across ANZ, Zoom is working to support these businesses with secure, scalable solutions."

Yubico extends subscription programme, raises prices
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cybersecurity
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hardware
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subscriptions
Yubico has launched its enhanced YubiEnterprise Subscription program, expandedSecurity Key Series, and updated pricing structure.

DDoS attack volumes up dramatically in last 20 years - report
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cybersecurity
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technology trends
Recent data has firmly established the link between geopolitical conflicts and these types of cyber attacks, according to new NETSCOUT research.

UK's CEF embarks on digital transformation journey with HPE
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digital transformation
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it infrastructure
The HPE GreenLake platform is set to enable CEF to optimise their infrastructure management and improve security using the disaster recovery capabilities of Zerto.

DigiCert rolls out new comprehensive digital trust solution
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it solutions
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integration
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digicert
Trust Lifecycle Manager tightly integrates with DigiCert's public trust issuance for a full-stack solution governing management of corporate digital trust infrastructure.

Mental Health Concern chooses Talend to improve patient care
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talend
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mental health
"We needed to start basing our decisions on data rather than hunches, and we needed modern tools that could give us insights today and grow with us."

Zoom Virtual Agent launched to assist customers and employees
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ai
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customers
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zoom
Zoom has officially launched Zoom Virtual Agent, an intelligent conversational AI and chatbot solution designed to transform customer and employee assistance.

Data sovereignty now key factor in shaping IT decision making
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compliance
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idc
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analyst report
"IDC expects data sovereignty and industry compliance considerations to be of increasing importance to decisions about IT architectures."

Storage Area Network to account for 7% of next-gen data storage market
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storage
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san
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analyst report
The global market reached a valuation of US$19,576 million in 2021 and further expand at a valuation of US$26,867 million by the year 2029.

Venafi's TLS Protect for Kubernetes secures machine identities
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machine identity
"Through the Venafi Control Plane, we’re modernising machine identity management and making managing machine identities in cloud native environments easier."

Oracle introduces logistics capabilities into Fusion Cloud SCM
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To help organisations increase the efficiency of global supply chains, Oracle is introducing new logistics capabilities within Oracle Fusion Cloud SCM.