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 - Page 419
Kathmandu picks Dimension Data to go global
Tue, 3rd Mar 2015
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partner programmes
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dimension data
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managed cloud
Dimension Data has been selected to deliver the next stage of Kathmandu’s global cloud infrastructure to support its global growth.
The Apple Watch will replace your keys and health coach
Tue, 3rd Mar 2015
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gaming
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wearables
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digital entertainment
Tim Cook, Apple CEO, has said the Apple Watch will replace car keys, fuelling rumours that Apple will enter the automative industry.
War of the wearables comes to the enterprise
Mon, 2nd Mar 2015
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wearables
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iot
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personal computing devices
Businesses brace for the 'BYOW' shift as wearables in the workplace are set to surge, with a £14bn market forecast by 2019.
Shadow IT on the rise: Are you prepared?
Mon, 2nd Mar 2015
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casb
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risk & compliance
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cybersecurity
86% of cloud apps go unchecked, CipherCloud warns, exposing firms to unseen cyber risks amidst the shadow IT surge. Are your defences ready?.
CA Technologies embraces apps, urges enterprises to follow suit
Fri, 27th Feb 2015
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devops
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iot
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apm
CA Technologies is focusing on helping businesses succeed in the 'landscape where the app is everything' with an updated portfolio of products.
The biggest challenges and opportunities for the data centre
Thu, 26th Feb 2015
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virtualisation
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hyperscale
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dc
Data centres are challenged to address evolving business demands and to provide energy efficiency, resource consumption and sustainability features.
Myth buster: Mobile phones don’t give you brain tumours
Thu, 26th Feb 2015
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smartphones
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gaming
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digital entertainment
New research from the University of Auckland shows the risk of brain tumours cannot be linked with with increased mobile phone use.
Kaspersky dangles the ‘enhanced partner programme’ carrot
Thu, 26th Feb 2015
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cybersecurity
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kaspersky
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partners
Kaspersky boosts its APAC B2B Partner Program, promising substantial benefits and resources to bolster partner growth in IT security.
NZ SME market on the hunt for better, cheaper products
Thu, 26th Feb 2015
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iaas
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cloud services
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actifio
Cloud and other emerging tech are helping SMEs disrupt larger businesses, driving demand for agile and affordable products in NZ market.
How ICT links families and early education
Thu, 26th Feb 2015
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edutech
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ict
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ministry of education
Linking family and community is one of the four key principles of the early childhood curriculum, and ICT has become a critical component of this.
Harold the Giraffe embraces the digital age
Wed, 25th Feb 2015
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edutech
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microsoft
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mobility
Harold the Giraffe enters the digital age with a newly outfitted mobile classroom, enhancing health education for 245,000 children annually via modern tech.
Samepage challenges Evernote at its own game
Wed, 25th Feb 2015
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uc
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collaboration
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evernote
Samepage launched earlier this month as ‘the world’s first contextual engagement platform’ and has already announced new features.
ServiceNow acquires Intreis, launches new GRC offering
Wed, 25th Feb 2015
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risk & compliance
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acquire
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servicenow
ServiceNow, the enterprise cloud company, has announced it is acquiring Intreis and is expanding its governance, risk and compliance (GRC) offering.
VoIP: On the rise
Wed, 25th Feb 2015
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uc
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voip
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telephony
Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) is becoming an increasingly popular choice and is undeniably on the rise in the enterprise and SME space.
Spark Chief Turnaround Officer out, new focus in
Wed, 25th Feb 2015
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uc
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cloud services
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lightbox
Spark New Zealand has announced that Matt Crockett, its Chief Turnaround Officer, will be leaving the company in the middle of this year.
Android and iOS inch toward world domination
Wed, 25th Feb 2015
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smartphones
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personal computing devices
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ios
Android and iOS are continuing to move toward total domination of the worldwide smartphone market following results from 2014.
Wavelink brings on new vendor to target ANZ education market
Tue, 24th Feb 2015
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edutech
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distributors
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lms
Wavelink, a value added distributor of enterprise mobility and uc solutions, has signed a distribution agreement with Lightspeed Systems for ANZ.
Education costs pile up, Cyclone to the rescue
Tue, 24th Feb 2015
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martech
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commerce systems
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payment technologies
Cyclone and Debitsuccess have teamed up to provide parents and caregivers with an education expense solution designed to help save money.
Will MYOB gain a competitive edge with its API program?
Tue, 24th Feb 2015
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fintech
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partner programmes
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financial systems
MYOB has announced its API program is 2,000 API developer partners strong after two years, when MYOB introduced APIs for its flagship products.
Rackspace targets ANZ region with DevOps offering
Tue, 24th Feb 2015
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devops
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it automation
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apm
Rackspace, the managed cloud company, has announced it’s launching its DevOps Automation Service in Australia and New Zealand.