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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MSPs warned as cyber criminals weaponise trusted access
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firewalls
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dr
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ransomware
Cyber criminals are hijacking MSP trust relationships, abusing valid credentials and VPNs as AI turbocharges phishing and ransomware.
LiveRamp unveils AI agents for data-driven marketing
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data protection
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data analytics
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martech
LiveRamp launches partner-built AI agents in its platform, automating audience planning, cross-media measurement and privacy-safe optimisation.
Google AI more negative than ChatGPT for brand reputation
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cx
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martech
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risk & compliance
AI search tools cast brands in starkly different lights, with Google skewing early negative and ChatGPT souring sentiment near purchase.
Endor Labs unveils AURI to secure AI-driven coding
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devops
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application security
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devsecops
Endor Labs has launched AURI, an AI-aware security platform that embeds continuous code checks directly into agent-driven development workflows.
Keeper connects Jira workflows with privileged access
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siem
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digital transformation
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pam
Keeper launches native Jira integrations to tie security incident workflows directly to privileged access approvals while retaining zero-knowledge controls.
LevelBlue & Tenable expand exposure tools for partners
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devops
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digital transformation
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cloud security
LevelBlue debuts Exposure Management for Partners with Tenable, giving MSSPs and MSPs tiered, unified exposure and risk visibility tools.
Levanta unifies creator & affiliate tools for Shopify
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martech
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commerce systems
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cdp
Levanta's new Shopify integration unifies creator and affiliate programmes across Shopify, Amazon and Walmart to streamline tracking and payouts.
Monjur unveils AI contract tool with built-in lawyers
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data protection
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digital transformation
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it automation
Monjur launches Monjur Pilot, an AI contract tool for MSPs that automates redlining and escalates tricky issues to specialist lawyers.
Atlassian brings AI agents to Jira with MCP support
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saas
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devops
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digital transformation
Atlassian launches Jira AI agents with MCP support, embedding governed automation in existing workflows rather than separate chat tools.
Global eSIM shipments surge as traditional SIMs endure
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uc
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mdm
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iot
Global eSIM shipments jumped 18% to 605m in 2025 as adoption widened across regions and devices, even as traditional SIMs held firm.
SHAREit pivots from file sharing app to ad powerhouse
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martech
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commerce systems
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ai
SHAREit shifts from offline file-sharing staple to AI-fuelled ad platform, chasing emerging-market growth with 2.4 billion users.
VAST & TwelveLabs bring AI video search on-premises
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private cloud
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hybrid cloud
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public cloud
VAST and TwelveLabs partner to bring customer‑managed AI video search on‑premises for governed, large‑scale, hybrid video archives.
HONOR unveils AI robot phone concept & Magic V6 foldable
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robots
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smart home
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ai
HONOR debuts Robot Phone concept, flagship Magic V6 foldable, MagicPad 4 and a humanoid robot in an AI-first hardware push at MWC.
BeyondTrust named Leader in 2026 GigaOm CIEM Radar
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hybrid cloud
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hyperscale
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pam
BeyondTrust's Pathfinder platform has been named a Leader and Outperformer in GigaOm's 2026 CIEM Radar, praised for unified identity security.
Language model benchmarks widely 'contaminated', study finds
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risk & compliance
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erp
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llms
A new NE2NE study finds over half of common AI benchmarks are “contaminated”, casting doubt on headline model rankings and marketing claims.
Contrast integrates with ServiceNow for app risk triage
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application security
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partner programmes
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devsecops
Contrast links its sensors with ServiceNow workflows to sync app and API risk data, aiming to cut false positives and speed remediation.
Firstup boosts employee comms with new personalisation tools
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digital transformation
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martech
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hcm
Firstup unveils new personalisation tools to tailor employee homepages, refine content targeting and expand analytics for HR integrations.
Ataccama adds AI data observability to ONE platform
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uc
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data analytics
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risk & compliance
Ataccama adds AI-driven data observability to its ONE platform, unifying pipeline monitoring, alerting and governance for regulated users.
Phishing gangs weaponise .arpa DNS to evade defences
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firewalls
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network infrastructure
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network security
Phishing gangs abuse .arpa DNS and IPv6 tunnels to hide brand-impersonation scams in core internet plumbing that most defences ignore.
AI system choices seen as crucial to women's tech careers
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saas
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virtualisation
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edutech
AI structure design, data foundations and mentoring, not just hiring targets, have a significant impact on women's careers in tech.