
Strategic Procurement and the Revised Commonwealth Procurement Rules (17 Nov 2025)
The 2025 rules raise tender thresholds to $125k, prioritising Australian SMEs and enabling smarter, more strategic procurement outcomes.

The 2025 rules raise tender thresholds to $125k, prioritising Australian SMEs and enabling smarter, more strategic procurement outcomes.

IBRS Sourcing Monthly brings you the latest news and deals in the Australian IT world.

Realise value by treating AI as a portfolio: balance risky experimentation with scalable adoption to bridge the ROI gap.

Put the Blueprint Before Bot: The CIO’s Guide to Sustainable Agentic AI.

Leaders are prioritising operational optimisation and procurement, whilst navigating AI governance to future-proof their digital strategies.

Microsoft Ignite ushers in autonomous agents, creating an immediate need for financial oversight and zero-trust security to manage unpredictable operational costs.

Unsustainable AI vendor economics demand a strategic focus on governance, true costs, and open-source models for lasting innovation and competitive advantage.

Microsoft’s new sandboxed Copilot extends its reach from data synthesis to autonomous execution, creating governance and compliance challenges, especially around paywalled data and security.

Adobe’s unified Firefly AI platform streamlines creative production, offering choice via a multi-model ecosystem while shifting vendor lock-in to the overarching Creative Suite.