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Catherine Knowles
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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.

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SUSE buys Losant to boost open source industrial IoT

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SUSE acquires Industrial IoT platform Losant, vowing to open source the tech as it expands from edge infrastructure into automation software.
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Evergreen accelerates MSP deals with UK B Corp buy

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Evergreen seals 47 deals in 2025 and snaps up its first UK B Corp MSP, Optimising IT, to deepen global managed services expansion.
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Aeris & Palo Alto link SASE to secure global IoT fleets

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Aeris links its IoT Watchtower with Palo Alto Networks' Prisma SASE 5G to unify zero-trust security and connectivity for global IoT fleets.
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Simbian unveils AI agent for continuous pentesting

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Simbian launches an AI Pentest Agent that runs continuous, adaptive penetration tests, promising faster, context-aware vulnerability detection.
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Qodo 2.1 adds AI-driven rules for smarter code review

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Qodo 2.1 debuts an AI-driven rules layer that learns from code history to enforce consistent standards and analytics-led code review.
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12Port unveils AI session intelligence for PAM security

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12Port adds AI-powered session intelligence to its agentless PAM platform, promising real-time detection and disruption of risky admin activity.
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Gr4vy adds Sardine tools to unify fraud & payments

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Gr4vy integrates Sardine fraud and AML tools into its payments orchestration platform, offering merchants unified risk and routing in one layer.
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DryvIQ unveils Nasuni connector for unified governance

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DryvIQ launches Nasuni connector to unify governance, migration and AI-ready insight across dispersed unstructured enterprise content.
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VQ unveils Advanced Conferencing Centre for Cisco users

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VQ launches Advanced Conferencing Centre to give Cisco Meeting Server users tighter control over complex, operator-led multi-room calls.
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Centacare boosts cyber resilience & halves Azure bill

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Centacare overhauls disaster recovery with 11:11 Systems, boosting cyber resilience while slashing Azure data storage costs by half.
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LockBit 5.0 ransomware targets Windows, Linux, ESXi

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New LockBit 5.0 ransomware hits Windows, Linux and ESXi in single campaigns, widening blast radius across mixed and virtualised environments.
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Google Lens to unlock medicine data via GS1 barcodes in Australia

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Google Lens will soon read GS1 barcodes on Australian medicine packs, giving patients instant access to digital leaflets via phone cameras.
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Atturra wins five-year Haileybury deal for Scholarion

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Atturra secures a five-year deal to roll out its Scholarion cloud platform across Haileybury, one of Australia's largest independent schools.
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RecordPoint's data surge as AI drives governance push

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RecordPoint now processes over 15 million data transactions daily as AI adoption fuels a surge in demand for stricter data governance controls.
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MYOB taps Mastercard to boost SME open banking feeds

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MYOB will make Mastercard-powered open banking feeds the default for SMEs by 2026, promising faster, more secure data connections.
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Veriff & Data Zoo partner to combat AI identity fraud

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Veriff taps Data Zoo's global data network to bolster multi-layered ID checks and help digital firms fight fast-evolving AI identity fraud.
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Kenvue joins Pharmx to streamline pharmacy ordering

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Kenvue adds 450-plus consumer health lines to Pharmx Marketplace, giving Australasian pharmacies a more integrated digital ordering hub.
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ExtraHop boosts agentic SOC with richer network insight

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ExtraHop sharpens its network detection tools with deeper identity and Kubernetes insight to power more reliable agentic SOC automation.
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Australia to enforce tougher rules on smart devices

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Australia will impose mandatory cybersecurity standards on smart devices from March 2026, forcing stronger passwords and update guarantees.
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Cognizant deepens Google Cloud pact for agentic AI

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Cognizant is expanding its Google Cloud partnership to accelerate enterprise deployment of agentic AI using Gemini Enterprise at scale.