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Why Internal Ownership Beats Tier 1 Consultants in Council ERP Upgrades – Inside Local Government Mar 24 2026
Heavy tier 1 consultancy reliance correlates with ERP failure. Prioritise in-house leadership and SaaS models to ensure faster, cost-effective delivery.

Why Internal Ownership Beats Tier 1 Consultants in Council ERP Upgrades – Inside Local Government Mar 24 2026
Heavy tier 1 consultancy reliance correlates with ERP failure. Prioritise in-house leadership and SaaS models to ensure faster, cost-effective delivery.

AI Impact on IT Specialist Skills
Is your workforce under pressure to reduce its reliance on IT specialist skills? Does your organisation experience an inability to attract specialists with the right skills? Is there a perception among your executives that the need for specialists is reducing due to AI? Where is the balance, and how do you meet the challenges AI brings?

Impact of Generative AI on Business Intelligence Part 1 – The Data Literacy Imperative
Regardless of their current data maturity levels, enterprises often encounter challenges in fully engaging their entire workforce in data-driven decision-making. Senior executives are seeking ways to effectively leverage generative AI to implement enterprise-wide business intelligence, enabling every team to access real-time operational data and derive actionable insights.

Higher Education Technology Maturity Model
This advisory paper offers a tech maturity model for higher education, from basic to optimising, helping institutions benchmark and prioritise tech investments.

Modern Digital Governance – Content, Context and Membership
IBRS has previously provided research and advisory on digital governance structures and terms of reference. This advisory goes further, examining the issues, content, and agenda of modern digital governance. What should be the focus of IT governance today?

AI Product Operating Cost Drivers: Demystifying the Path to Strategic Value Realisation – Special Report
Organisations must adopt performance-based contracts for AI to ensure investments deliver tangible value and costs align with business objectives. This approach links payments to measurable outcomes, shifting from traditional input-based pricing.

Measure your Information Security Culture to Supercharge Organisational Cyber Resilience – Webinar and Presentation Kit
Enhancing cyber resilience hinges on evolving cyber security awareness programs to actively measure and influence human behaviour and organisational culture, fostering a shared responsibility beyond the IT department through visible metrics and incentivisation