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Navigating the 2025 Microsoft Enterprise Agreement Reset
Microsoft is ending volume discounts on Enterprise Agreements to fund AI investment, forcing executives to shift from price negotiation to value management and governance.

Navigating the 2025 Microsoft Enterprise Agreement Reset
Microsoft is ending volume discounts on Enterprise Agreements to fund AI investment, forcing executives to shift from price negotiation to value management and governance.

How International Tractors Bulldozed Technical Debt with Pragmatic Virtualisation While Saving Money
The company streamlined key applications and transitioned to virtual machines, overcoming technical debt and infrastructure challenges to improve efficiency by 60 per cent and optimise licensing by 90 per cent.

The $340m Government IT Disaster No One Cared About – AFR – 22 August 2024
The government’s $341 million ERP failure was entirely predictable. The era of monolithic, custom-built systems is over. The future is renting flexible SaaS solutions, not building rigid platforms.

Architecture and Enterprise Platforms as the Key to Responsive ICT
Maximise the benefits of enterprise platforms: A modern architecture approach for quick turnaround and cost efficiency.

Practical Innovation – How IBRS Research Can Help You On The Journey – Part 2
Part 2 of our practical innovation tool. Discover how to innovate in IT successfully.

Failure Causes and Success Factors in Enterprise Machine Learning
Uncover the secrets to successful machine learning (ML) projects in enterprises, from avoiding common pitfalls to driving significant business value.

Generative AI Success Stories from Australia
After nearly two years of hype, speculation, use case analysis, pilots, and scaling deployments, generative artificial intelligence in the enterprise has some results to show for the multi-billion dollar investments made by the big tech vendors. Explore success stories and key lessons from Australian enterprises.