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 21
Verseon adopts FHEnom for AI to secure clinical research data
Thu, 2nd Oct 2025
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data protection
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encryption
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ai security
Verseon has adopted DataKrypto's FHEnom for AI to secure continuous encryption of sensitive medical research and clinical trial data.
Stampede & Square launch PayOS to boost hospitality personalisation
Thu, 2nd Oct 2025
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cx
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martech
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supply chain
Stampede has partnered with Square to launch PayOS, a unified hospitality platform integrating sales, payments, and guest data to boost customer engagement and revenue.
Peak unveils Agentic AI suite to boost retail & manufacturing
Thu, 2nd Oct 2025
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it in manufacturing
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supply chain
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retailtech
Peak, a UiPath company, launches Agentic AI suite to enhance retail and manufacturing efficiency, already adopted by Hain Celestial and Speedy Hire.
Sophos launches new services to help plug organisational cyber gaps
Thu, 2nd Oct 2025
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firewalls
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devops
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network security
Sophos has launched Advisory Services, a new suite of cybersecurity tests to identify and fix security gaps within organisations, enhancing cyber resilience.
Ransomware attacks rise again as insurance uptake drops in 2025
Thu, 2nd Oct 2025
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dr
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advanced persistent threat protection
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email security
Ransomware attacks rose to 24% of businesses in 2025, while insurance uptake fell to 46%, amid smarter cybercriminal tactics and AI-driven threats.
SambaNova debuts Hume AI voice models for emotional speech AI
Thu, 2nd Oct 2025
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llms
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ai
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customer service
SambaNova launches Hume AI voice models on SambaCloud, offering enterprises real-time, multilingual, emotionally responsive speech AI in 11 languages by June 2024.
Repetitive tasks cost UK finance GBP £179 billion & harm morale
Thu, 2nd Oct 2025
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hcm
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productivity
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market research
Repetitive tasks in UK finance departments cost businesses GBP £179 billion annually, harming productivity and driving 74% of workers to consider quitting.
Harbr Data & Databricks partner on secure AI data platform
Thu, 2nd Oct 2025
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risk & compliance
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data privacy
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ai
Harbr Data joins Databricks as a partner, integrating a secure AI data marketplace to enhance compliant data sharing for enterprises and governments.
Secolve marks five years with 57% growth & global expansion
Thu, 2nd Oct 2025
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iot security
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advanced persistent threat protection
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risk & compliance
Secolve celebrates five years with 57% growth, serving 100 global clients and expanding its operational technology cybersecurity services internationally.
Dashmote raises $6 million to launch AI agent for field sales
Thu, 2nd Oct 2025
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crm
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data analytics
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llms
Dashmote has raised $6 million to launch DashSalesAI, an AI agent boosting efficiency for field sales teams via mobile platforms like WhatsApp.
AI vulnerability reports surge as hackbots reshape cyber risks
Thu, 2nd Oct 2025
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devops
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advanced persistent threat protection
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physical security
AI vulnerability reports surged 210% as organisations boosted AI security by 270%, with prompt injection attacks rising 540%, HackerOne's report shows.
Kyndryl unveils enhanced AI framework for secure enterprise scale
Thu, 2nd Oct 2025
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digital transformation
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ai security
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ai
Kyndryl enhances its Agentic AI Framework to help enterprises securely scale AI projects, focusing on compliance, governance and productivity across industries.
Zyxel Networks unveils six new WiFi 7 access points for SMEs
Thu, 2nd Oct 2025
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firewalls
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network infrastructure
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network security
Zyxel Networks launches six affordable WiFi 7 access points for SMEs, expanding its portfolio to 13 models for diverse business environments.
Chainlink & major banks unite to cut $58 billion costs in global corporate actions
Thu, 2nd Oct 2025
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digital transformation
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crypto
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blockchain
Chainlink and 24 major banks collaborate to reduce $58 billion global corporate actions costs, using AI and blockchain for real-time data sharing and automation.
Cosmo5 launches globally to drive AI-powered brand engagement
Thu, 2nd Oct 2025
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data analytics
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partner programmes
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ai
Cosmo5 launches globally, merging 23 firms to offer AI-powered marketing across 18 countries, helping brands transform with data, media, and technology expertise.
CEOs put greater emphasis on AI and data centre capacity
Thu, 2nd Oct 2025
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robots
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digital transformation
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hyperscale
In Q3 2025, CEOs focused less on tariffs, with mentions down 28%, while AI discussions rose to 45%, highlighting a shift to digital transformation priorities.
ServiceNow launches unified AI Experience with multimodal agents
Thu, 2nd Oct 2025
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crm
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digital transformation
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cx
ServiceNow unveils AI Experience, a unified, multimodal AI platform that streamlines enterprise workflows with voice, text, image, and web agents for smarter work.
Detour Dog exploits DNS to target 30,000 sites with covert malware
Wed, 1st Oct 2025
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malware
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firewalls
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network security
Threat group Detour Dog has exploited DNS to covertly infect over 30,000 websites since 2020, shifting from scam redirects to malware delivery via server-side attacks.
RecordPoint launches free tool to tackle shadow AI at work
Wed, 1st Oct 2025
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casb
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risk & compliance
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data privacy
RecordPoint has launched RexCommand, a free tool to help organisations manage and govern AI use, tackling risks from unauthorised 'shadow AI' at work.
ENGIE Refrigeration secures key data centre deals in Asia, Europe
Wed, 1st Oct 2025
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datacentre infrastructure
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hyperscale
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dc
ENGIE Refrigeration has won contracts to supply advanced cooling systems for data centres in Korea and the Netherlands, supporting AI and energy efficiency needs.