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.
Stories by Catherine
Kenvue joins Pharmx to streamline pharmacy ordering
Today
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saas
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data analytics
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supply chain
Kenvue adds 450-plus consumer health lines to Pharmx Marketplace, giving Australasian pharmacies a more integrated digital ordering hub.
Babcock extends AUT Women in Tech STEM partnership
Today
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edutech
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aut
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higher education
Babcock extends its AUT Women in Tech partnership for three more years, boosting mentoring and career pathways for women in STEM.
ExtraHop boosts agentic SOC with richer network insight
Today
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virtualisation
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hybrid cloud
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pam
ExtraHop sharpens its network detection tools with deeper identity and Kubernetes insight to power more reliable agentic SOC automation.
HD Hyundai adopts Siemens platform for digital shipyards
Today
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manufacturing
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digital transformation
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digital twins
HD Hyundai will deploy Siemens Xcelerator across its shipyards, creating a unified digital platform from ship design to production by 2030.
Australia to enforce tougher rules on smart devices
Yesterday
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iot
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smart home
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soc
Australia will impose mandatory cybersecurity standards on smart devices from March 2026, forcing stronger passwords and update guarantees.
Cognizant deepens Google Cloud pact for agentic AI
Yesterday
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digital transformation
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partner programmes
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lcnc
Cognizant is expanding its Google Cloud partnership to accelerate enterprise deployment of agentic AI using Gemini Enterprise at scale.
Access Group invests GBP £1.5m in AI apprenticeships
Yesterday
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data analytics
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digital transformation
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cx
Access Group is investing £1.5m of Apprenticeship Levy funds to train 115 staff on new AI programmes across roles and skill levels.
Vertiv unveils UK UPS trade-in to cut e-waste & costs
Yesterday
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hyperscale
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dc
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partner programmes
Vertiv launches UK-wide UPS trade-in, offering up to 40% discounts plus free collection and recycling to cut costs and e-waste.
Sustainability & resale reshape how US consumers shop
Yesterday
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supply chain
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e-commerce
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clean technologies
US shoppers increasingly demand transparent sustainability data and are driving a boom in second-hand and resale as reCommerce goes mainstream.
AI-powered telecoms comparison marketplace launched in India
Yesterday
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saas
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uc
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digital transformation
Telecoms Supermarket India unveils AI-driven marketplace to simplify how businesses and households compare and buy telecoms services.
Estate agents file fewer suspicious activity reports as lawyers file more
Yesterday
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digital transformation
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fintech
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iam
Estate agents report fewer suspicious property deals as lawyers’ alerts surge, widening the anti-money laundering gap between the sectors.
TerraPay, Sabre expand instant cross-border payouts
Yesterday
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fintech
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risk & compliance
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erp
TerraPay and Sabre have struck a multi-year deal to power instant cross-border bank payouts for travel agencies, airlines and hotels.
AI becomes core to US auto dealers’ retail strategy
Yesterday
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crm
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digital transformation
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cx
US auto dealers make AI central to retail strategy, ramping investment as squeezed margins and online-first buyers demand faster response.
Ramco unveils Chia, an AI agent for service workflows
Yesterday
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saas
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uc
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digital transformation
Ramco launches Chia, a no-code conversational AI agent to orchestrate complex, multi-step service workflows across enterprise systems.
Topol unveils Lettr transactional email tool for Laravel
Yesterday
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uc
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email security
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rpa
Topol launches Lettr, a Laravel-first transactional email tool promising domain control and no-code templates for product teams.
AI drives shift to persistent, low‑level cyber conflict
Last week
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malware
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firewalls
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network infrastructure
Cyber operations have become constant, covert pressure in geopolitics, with AI-fuelled identity abuse replacing headline-grabbing cyberattacks.
UK IT departments most confident on AI future-readiness
Last week
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saas
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digital transformation
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partner programmes
UK IT teams are Europe’s most confident on AI and cybersecurity, yet a survey shows many still lag in turning that optimism into maturity.
ABB to buy Premium Power to boost power advisory work
Last week
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hyperscale
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dc
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risk & compliance
ABB is acquiring Irish consultancy Premium Power to bolster its European power systems advisory services amid rising grid complexity.
Vape Guardian raises funds to develop vape-detection tech
Last week
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iot
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partner programmes
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healthtech
Vape Guardian secures seed funding of GBP £350,000 via Angel Investment Network to expand its vape-detection tech in schools and beyond.
Manchester & Galway hubs forge start-up expansion pact
Last week
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ai
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hybrid & remote work
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healthtech
Manchester’s GBP £1.7bn Sister hub and Galway’s Platform94 sign a 12-month pact to ease cross-Irish Sea expansion for start-ups.