The Hybrid Cloud Paradox: Unmasking the True Cost of Ownership
Hybrid Cloud’s TCO is often triple-budgeted due to overlooked integration, data transfer fees, and lack of FinOps governance.
Joseph Sweeney
6 November, 2025
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VENDORiQ: AI Orchestration Over Model Supremacy – Adobe’s Enterprise Conductor Strategy
Adobe’s strategy signals a shift from tool vendor to AI workflow orchestrator, prioritising efficient, brand-compliant content scaling over raw AI model power.
Jaie Obillo
6 November, 2025
VENDORiQ: Bespoke Generative AI – The New IP Control Layer for Content at Scale
Adobe’s new Firefly Foundry offers bespoke, brand-specific Generative AI models using proprietary IP, securing brand integrity while scaling content production.
Jaie Obillo
6 November, 2025
VENDORiQ: Here Comes StarCoder 2… How Does it Compare?
StarCoder2, an open-access code LLM, offers customisation for enterprise development, but requires governance for DevOps integration.
IBRS Advisor Team
6 November, 2025
Sourcing Monthly October 2025
IBRS Sourcing Monthly brings you the latest news and deals in the Australian IT world.
Irene Pimentel
3 November, 2025
VENDORiQ: AI Innovation Recap – October 2025
A recap of important vendor announcements this month, such as a product launches, M&A, or changes in licensing agreements.
IBRS Advisor Team
3 November, 2025
Acceptable Usage of IT Systems and Data Policy
This Acceptable Usage of IT Systems and Data Policy template is based upon the ASD Essential 8, NIST CSF 2.0 (2024) and ISO 27001:2022 – Information Security Management Systems (ISMS).
Andrew Fox
31 October, 2025
VENDORiQ: Oracle AI World – Oracle CEO Mike Sicilia Keynote. Why is it Important?
Oracle’s vision: AI-as-a-Service built into OCI and applications will drive productivity, minimise customisation, and secure business outcomes.
Mike Mitchelmore
28 October, 2025
VENDORiQ: CustomGPT Levels Up Business Processes with Enhanced Image Analysis
CustomGPT.ai’s new visual processing allows AI agents to incorporate images (diagrams, screenshots) as visual citations into responses, leveraging existing multimodal large language model (LLM) technology.
IBRS Advisor Team
28 October, 2025