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.
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Showpad launches AI platform for field sales teams
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saas
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crm
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manufacturing
Showpad rolls out AI-native revenue platform to help field sales teams cut admin, unify coaching and lift execution across customer visits.
8x8 launches AI Studio for customer experience agents
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saas
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uc
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data protection
8x8 unveils AI Studio to let customer experience teams build agents with natural language, aiming to cut integration delays and costs.
Loftware launches Connect for global supply chains
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manufacturing
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digital transformation
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supply chain
Loftware unveils Connect platform to link trading partners and standardise product identification across global supply chains.
Wireless Broadband Alliance sets Wi-Fi security rules
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uc
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firewalls
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data protection
Wireless Broadband Alliance issues new rules for public and enterprise Wi‑Fi, pushing stronger authentication, privacy and roaming protections.
Amex GBT adds AI to Egencia & links Concur Expense
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uc
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data analytics
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digital transformation
Amex GBT gives Egencia agentic AI and Concur Expense integration, aiming to streamline business travel bookings and cut manual claims work.
Kumo launches KumoRFM-2 for enterprise relational data
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data analytics
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crypto
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data science
Kumo says its new foundation model for relational enterprise data outperforms supervised rivals, scales to 500 billion rows and answers queries in natural language.
Fastly & LALIGA target pirate live football streams
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edge computing
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physical security
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digital entertainment
Fastly and LALIGA have unveiled an AI-powered system to pinpoint and shut down illegal live football feeds, as piracy continues to drain broadcast revenue.
System1 adds AI-led tools to Test Your Ad platform
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data analytics
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martech
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partner programmes
System1 adds AI-led reporting and predictive tools to Test Your Ad, aiming to speed up creative analysis while keeping consumer testing central.
Cloudsmith survey finds SBOM gaps before cyber law
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devops
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cloud security
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application security
Cloudsmith survey finds most engineering teams still lack automated SBOM checks, leaving many unready for fast EU Cyber Resilience Act audits.
Perpetuals.com launches on-prem AI for hedge funds
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crypto
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fintech
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data science
Perpetuals.com wins exclusive Forgentiq.ai rights as it prepares an on-premises AI system for hedge funds and crypto managers.
Remote acquires Bravas to add identity & device management
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mdm
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hcm
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socs
Remote has acquired Bravas in a move that expands its global work platform into identity and device controls for distributed teams.
Atlassian adds AI Remix & partner agents to Confluence
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data analytics
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digital transformation
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rpa
Atlassian rolls out Confluence Remix and partner agents for Lovable, Replit and Gamma to turn pages into visuals, prototypes and presentations.
MSPs face AI adoption hurdle over governance rules
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data protection
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dr
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digital transformation
AvePoint and Omdia find governance and compliance are stalling AI adoption for MSP customers, as demand outpaces providers' readiness.
Persistent launches merchant fraud tool on Databricks
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fintech
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partner programmes
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rpa
Persistent and Databricks launch Merchant Risk Management and Fraud Detection solution for banks and payment providers facing rising digital payment fraud.
Kyndryl launches AI Digital Twin for the workplace
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data analytics
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hcm
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it automation
Kyndryl's AI workplace Digital Twin uses Microsoft Foundry to spot IT faults before staff are hit, as firms seek faster, predictive support.
Shoppers turn against AI social content, survey finds
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cx
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martech
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partner programmes
Shoppers increasingly prefer human-led social posts over AI-generated material, with Gen Z driving brands towards micro-influencers and niche creators.
OpenNebula 7.2 adds gRPC API for sovereign AI clouds
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storage
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virtualisation
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data protection
OpenNebula 7.2 adds gRPC APIs, NVIDIA support and tighter security controls for sovereign cloud and AI deployments.
Layercake & Ceeblue launch sub-second streaming service
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edge computing
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digital entertainment
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rpa
Layercake joins Ceeblue to offer sub-second live video streaming with automated failover, broad CDN support and instant VOD replay.
Custodia warns of AI record-keeping risk in finance
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uc
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risk & compliance
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genai
Custodia says financial firms must widen record-keeping to cover collaboration tools, messaging apps and AI-generated content as regulators step up scrutiny.
Westcon-Comstor adds Cato to AWS Marketplace programme
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saas
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firewalls
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network infrastructure
Westcon-Comstor broadens AWS Marketplace programme with Cato Networks, aiming to help EMEA partners tap cloud budgets and speed SASE sales.