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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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Server room 1

Google updates cloud to compete with Amazon and Azure

Wed, 5th Nov 2014
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Google announces updates to its Cloud Platform services, including a new container engine and expanded connectivity options. Prices also cut.
Robot

China aims to dominate the world of robot technologies

Tue, 4th Nov 2014
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China will put resources and energy into creating robotic technologies, says Su Bo, vice minister of industry and information technology.
Appdynamics 500

AppDynamics widens scope to IT managers

Tue, 4th Nov 2014
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AppDynamics enhances software with business intelligence, aiding IT and biz managers with real-time insights at Vegas launch.
Scientist printing 3d

HP ventures into 3D printing territory

Tue, 4th Nov 2014
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Hewlett-Packard (HP) has announced it is entering the 3D printing market, with the first printer to arrive in 2016.
Communications

The next phase of UC solutions, according to Frost and Sullivan

Tue, 4th Nov 2014
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Frost and Sullivan have said on-premise solutions are to give way to hosted and cloud-based UC solutions in Australia.
Money trees

Innovation stage to boost cloud services spending to $127 billion by 2018

Tue, 4th Nov 2014
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A new forecast from IDC shows public IT cloud services spending will grow at unprecedented rates between now and 2018.
Transformation

Spark makes headway with Kiwi IT transformation

Tue, 4th Nov 2014
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supply chain
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customers
Spark advances in IT revamp with Ericsson, speeding up Kiwi mobile services and enhancing customer experience.
Library study

Developers with OpenStack experience in high demand

Tue, 4th Nov 2014
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public cloud
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open source
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software development
As OpenStack's popularity soars, firms scramble to hire skilled developers, facing a sharp shortage in qualified personnel for cloud services.
Wearables resized

Wearables are the latest disruptive technology, Frost and Sullivan says

Sat, 1st Nov 2014
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analyst report
The latest report by Frost and Sullivan raises the question, will wearables be the next enterprise game changer?.
Victory

Schneider Electric takes out three Frost and Sullivan Best Practice Awards

Fri, 31st Oct 2014
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datacentre infrastructure
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power / energy
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Schneider Electric shines at Frost and Sullivan Awards, earning top accolades in UPS, service, and data centre innovation across Asia Pacific.
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The social media frenzy surrounding Lewis Road Creamery Chocolate Milk

Fri, 31st Oct 2014
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What started out as an experiment by Lewis Road and collaborator, Whittaker's Chocolate, is now surrounded by unforeseen hype thanks to social media.
Speed1

Smartphones to grow beyond Samsung and Apple, IDC says

Fri, 31st Oct 2014
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International Data Corporation (IDC) Asia/Pacific says worldwide smartphone shipments have continued to increase and display a move away from Samsung and Apple.
Leader

F5 named Gartner Magic Quadrant leader for eighth consecutive year

Thu, 30th Oct 2014
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F5 Networks has been named a leader in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Application Delivery Controllers (ADCs) for the eighth year in a row.
Cybersecurity

UK school students could be the next cybersecurity whiz-kids

Thu, 30th Oct 2014
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UK secondary students to learn cybersecurity to tackle future skills gap, funded by Cabinet Office and National Crime Agency.
Bainstorm

Inland Revenue creates ICT group in a bid to transform tax system

Thu, 30th Oct 2014
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The Inland Revenue has announced a new group to represent the ICT sector and it's said this will help to transform New Zealand's tax system.
Cloud connectivitiy

EMC Corporation cloud updates to benefit NZ business

Thu, 30th Oct 2014
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orchestration
EMC Corporation has made its Enterprise Hybrid Cloud Solution available and has announced it has acquired three cloud technology companies.
Social media

Should social media be taught in school?

Thu, 30th Oct 2014
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social media
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tablets
As social media becomes a part of everyday life, more people are entering into the discussion about whether it should be covered in the school curriculum.
Anguish

Don't lose your job with one quick tweet

Wed, 29th Oct 2014
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social media
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law
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aras
Social Media and the Law is the newly published book that covers a variety of topics and is said to be essential reading for the business community.
Downloading

US broadband congestion due to backbone business deals, study says

Wed, 29th Oct 2014
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A new study states broadband congestion is caused by the relationships between major broadband providers and internet backbone providers.
Unified comms

Plantronics and the next generation of unified communication

Wed, 29th Oct 2014
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uc
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plantronics
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headsets
The growth of contact centres and changing needs have inspired the newest generation call centre products from Plantronics: the EncorePro 500 series.