About Catherine

Catherine Knowles

News Editor

10,456 stories published

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.

Australian Stories

DevOps

Hostopia Australia extends AWS partnership with latest appointment

Hostopia Australia expands its AWS cloud offering with the appointment of Gerald Bachlmayr as chief architect - AWS Cloud.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Wed, 3rd Feb 2021

Unico Computer Systems

uSpark launches new partner program focused on supporting startups

uSpark has launched a new partner program to offer Australian startups the opportunity to fast track their products to market.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Wed, 3rd Feb 2021

EduTech

AIIA launches new skills hub to boost Aussie ICT industry

The hub was created as a digital skills platform to connect ICT training needs of industry and employees with VET, tertiary and industry digital courses.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Fri, 29th Jan 2021

Cybersecurity

Australian Department of Defence renews license with archTIS for NC Protect

Nucleus Cyber, a subsidiary of archTIS, has renewed its software subscription contract with the Australian Department of Defence.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Tue, 26th Jan 2021

Global Stories

Identity and Access Management

Ping Identity launches new verification service to reduce fraud

Ping Identity launches PingOne Verify, a cloud service that simplifies customer onboarding and reduces fraud. It uses facial recognition and ID validation.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Wed, 3rd Feb 2021

Artificial Intelligence

6clicks raises A$5 million, sets sights on global expansion

Australian-based company 6clicks secures A$5 million in capital raise for rapid global expansion, bringing total investment to A$7.7 million.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Tue, 2nd Feb 2021

Distributed Denial of Service

Imperva updates WAAP and Data Security offerings with emphasis on simplicity

Imperva has enhanced its Web Application and API Protection products to help businesses tackle complex cyber threats.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Tue, 2nd Feb 2021

Customer Relationship Management

Zendesk launches messaging solution with advanced capabilities

Zendesk launches messaging solution for enterprise customers to bring simplicity to the enterprise software space.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Tue, 2nd Feb 2021

Leadership

ConnectWise snaps up Service Leadership, data-driven TSP consulting firm

ConnectWise acquires Service Leadership, the data-driven technology solution providers consulting firm, to enhance its TSP software and services platform.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Tue, 2nd Feb 2021

Marketing Technologies

commercetools extends partner program with three new levels

The organisation has introduced three levels of partnership: Premier Partners, Select Partners and Registered Partners.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Tue, 2nd Feb 2021

Multi-cloud

Veritas recognised with Gartner Peer Insights Customers' Choice for NetBackup

Veritas has been recognized as a 2021 Gartner Peer Insights Customers' Choice in Data Center Backup and Recovery Solutions for the second year running.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Fri, 29th Jan 2021

Unified Communications

TripleBlind expands into APAC with focus on game-changing data collaboration

TripleBlind expands into Asia-Pacific, offering data collaboration solutions for enterprises in South Asia and Australia.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Fri, 29th Jan 2021

Tencent

Merger and acquisition activity recovers from COVID-19 setback

Tencent leads M&A activity in the tech, media, and telecom sector with 9 deals worth a total of $6.6bn in 2020, according to GlobalData.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Thu, 28th Jan 2021

Unified Communications

Motorola Solutions launches new smart radio for enterprise environments

Motorola Solutions launches Mototrbo Ion smart radio with voice, data, and multimedia capabilities to aid businesses.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Thu, 28th Jan 2021

Customer Relationship Management

Big Data Exchange launches new workspace initiative across data centers

Big Data Exchange (BDx) is set to launch shared Business Continuity Plan (BCP) Workspaces across its data centers.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Thu, 28th Jan 2021

Firewalls

Service providers seek better networking and security integrations

Network and security convergence is an increasing focus for service providers, new research from Juniper Networks shows.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Wed, 27th Jan 2021

Risk & Compliance

One Identity reaches out to SolarWinds customers following breach

One Identity offers free security risk assessment to SolarWinds customers to uncover vulnerabilities and improve security posture amid growing threats.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Wed, 27th Jan 2021