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IBRSiQ October 2025
Lately, the big questions for CIOs have revolved around strategic ICT challenges, ensuring proper governance and maximum value from IT investments. The key trend is artificial intelligence (AI), with senior leaders keen to understand the AI landscape, including practical uses for generative AI, to guide investment decisions and ensure the new tools align with established principles
IBRSiQ October 2025
Lately, the big questions for CIOs have revolved around strategic ICT challenges, ensuring proper governance and maximum value from IT investments. The key trend is artificial intelligence (AI), with senior leaders keen to understand the AI landscape, including practical uses for generative AI, to guide investment decisions and ensure the new tools align with established principles
VENDORiQ: Inception’s Diffusion Mercury Models: Is it time for the big game?
Inception’s updates to Mercury models, including a larger context window, tool calling, and data privacy controls, make them a viable enterprise-grade alternative.
VENDORiQ: Google’s Sovereign AI push
Google’s new sovereign AI capability in Australia, with Gemini 2.5 Flash processing locally, addresses data residency concerns for regulated industries, strengthening GCP’s market position.
VENDORiQ: Google’s Kaggle Game Arena sets a New Standard for AI Evaluation
Benchmarking AI with strategic games offers a transparent, dynamic assessment of reasoning and adaptability beyond static, traditional tests.
Your Community Wants Better Digital Services. Can You Deliver? – GN – 8 August 2025
Citizens want simple, clear online council services, but most aren’t getting them. The fix isn’t complex technology, but rather empathetic, user-centric design.
VENDORiQ: Accenture Acquires Australian Cyber Security Leader CyberCX
Accenture has announced an agreement to acquire Australian cyber security leader CyberCX in a landmark deal reportedly valued at over $1 billion.
AI Governance: Principles and Best Practices – Webinar and Presentation Kit
Robust AI governance is a strategic necessity to navigate new risks, ensure compliance, and build stakeholder trust in an AI-driven landscape.