About Catherine
Catherine Knowles
News Editor
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
Atlassian brings AI agents to Jira with MCP support
3 days ago
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saas
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devops
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digital transformation
Atlassian launches Jira AI agents with MCP support, embedding governed automation in existing workflows rather than separate chat tools.
Kinatico unveils AI-driven platform for workforce compliance
3 days ago
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saas
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digital transformation
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hcm
Kinatico launches AI-powered Compliance platform to simplify workforce checks, promising real-time oversight for Australian employers.
SHAREit pivots from file sharing app to ad powerhouse
3 days ago
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martech
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commerce systems
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ai
SHAREit shifts from offline file-sharing staple to AI-fuelled ad platform, chasing emerging-market growth with 2.4 billion users.
Skills shortages persist despite surge in job applicants
3 days ago
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digital transformation
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hcm
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risk & compliance
Australia's hiring market swells with applicants, yet firms still battle to secure scarce finance, data, AI and cybersecurity skills.
Cyber extortion tops 2025 attacks as AI risks escalate
3 days ago
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data protection
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ransomware
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mfa
Cyber extortion has overtaken email scams as the top 2025 attack, as AI-powered threats grow and financial firms become prime targets.
VAST & TwelveLabs bring AI video search on-premises
3 days ago
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private cloud
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hybrid cloud
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public cloud
VAST and TwelveLabs partner to bring customer‑managed AI video search on‑premises for governed, large‑scale, hybrid video archives.
Mortar AI partners with DAIVID to support marketers
4 days ago
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sky
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financial results
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roi
Mortar AI and DAIVID launch MMM + Creative, fusing emotional response data with marketing mix models to link creative quality to sales.
Quanton rebrands as AI partner to take pilots to scale
4 days ago
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digital transformation
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it automation
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rpa
Quanton ditches pure automation tag to relaunch as an AI transformation partner, promising to help ANZ firms push pilots into production.
VAST & CrowdStrike ally to secure enterprise AI data
4 days ago
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hyperscale
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cloud security
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dc
VAST and CrowdStrike join forces to secure enterprise AI data pipelines and multi-tenant environments across the Asia-Pacific region.
Chaty links AI voice receptionist with ROLLER bookings
4 days ago
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digital transformation
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cx
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martech
Chaty links its AI voice receptionist to ROLLER, letting attractions take bookings, payments and manage calls automatically around the clock.
HONOR unveils AI robot phone concept & Magic V6 foldable
Last week
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robots
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smart home
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ai
HONOR debuts Robot Phone concept, flagship Magic V6 foldable, MagicPad 4 and a humanoid robot in an AI-first hardware push at MWC.
Firmus inks multi-year Nvidia AI factory deal in Melbourne
Last week
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hyperscale
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dc
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hpc
Firmus secures multi-year deal to host about 18,400 Nvidia GB300 GPUs in Melbourne, marking a major step for Australia's AI factory ambitions.
BeyondTrust named Leader in 2026 GigaOm CIEM Radar
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hybrid cloud
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hyperscale
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pam
BeyondTrust's Pathfinder platform has been named a Leader and Outperformer in GigaOm's 2026 CIEM Radar, praised for unified identity security.
Language model benchmarks widely 'contaminated', study finds
Last week
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risk & compliance
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erp
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llms
A new NE2NE study finds over half of common AI benchmarks are “contaminated”, casting doubt on headline model rankings and marketing claims.
Contrast integrates with ServiceNow for app risk triage
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application security
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partner programmes
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devsecops
Contrast links its sensors with ServiceNow workflows to sync app and API risk data, aiming to cut false positives and speed remediation.
Firstup boosts employee comms with new personalisation tools
Last week
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digital transformation
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martech
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hcm
Firstup unveils new personalisation tools to tailor employee homepages, refine content targeting and expand analytics for HR integrations.
Ataccama adds AI data observability to ONE platform
Last week
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uc
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data analytics
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risk & compliance
Ataccama adds AI-driven data observability to its ONE platform, unifying pipeline monitoring, alerting and governance for regulated users.
Phishing gangs weaponise .arpa DNS to evade defences
Last week
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firewalls
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network infrastructure
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network security
Phishing gangs abuse .arpa DNS and IPv6 tunnels to hide brand-impersonation scams in core internet plumbing that most defences ignore.
N-able adds real-time alerts to protect backup policies
Last week
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firewalls
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data protection
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dr
N-able adds real-time anomaly alerts to Cove Data Protection, flagging risky backup policy changes linked to identity-driven attacks.
AI system choices seen as crucial to women's tech careers
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saas
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virtualisation
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edutech
AI structure design, data foundations and mentoring, not just hiring targets, have a significant impact on women's careers in tech.