Sourcing Monthly September 2025
IBRS Sourcing Monthly brings you the latest news and deals in the Australian IT world.
Irene Pimentel
7 October, 2025
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Security Policy Template Generator
Developing comprehensive security policies can be difficult. Use the IBRS service to quickly generate a tailored policy template, ready for customisation.
IBRS Advisor Team
2 October, 2025
VENDORiQ: AWS’s New Zealand Region – Business as Usual or a Sign of Shifting Priorities?
AWS’s New Zealand region is essential expansion, yet broader investment shifts toward high-risk, high-reward AI infrastructure will affect core cloud services.
Joseph Sweeney
1 October, 2025
VENDORiQ: Atlassian’s $1Bn Browser Bet: A Productivity Play or a Costly Distraction?
Atlassian’s $610m browser acquisition is a high-stakes bet on secure, specialised AI productivity against free, embedded Microsoft/Google competition.
Mark Unwin
1 October, 2025
VENDORiQ: Cubesys – Is Outsourcing Azure Desktop Services Management a Sensible Path to VDI Efficiency?
For Azure Virtual Desktop, executives must choose: fully outsourcing daily ops, or empowering internal teams with specialised management platforms.
IBRS Advisor Team
30 September, 2025
Value and Pricing in the Intangible Economy: B2B Commercial Excellence for Buyers – Webinar and Presentation Kit
Modernising B2B contracts is key to value creation, shifting from time-and-materials to rewarding outcomes for sustainable, innovative partnerships.
Peter Barta
17 September, 2025
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.
Joseph Sweeney
15 September, 2025
VENDORiQ: Neo4j’s Infinigraph – A Step Towards a Unified Graph Architecture?
Neo4j’s Infinigraph architecture unifies transactional and analytical workloads at scale, simplifying data ecosystems and enabling real-time insights for AI.
Joseph Sweeney
11 September, 2025
VENDORiQ: Copilot Consolidation – Getting Value from a Classic Microsoft Bundling Strategy
Microsoft is bundling its specific Copilots into the main M365 license, signaling a shift to specialised AI tools embedded in daily workflows.
Joseph Sweeney
11 September, 2025