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
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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
IBRS Advisor Team
31 October, 2025
End-User Testing: Why is it So Critical in Today’s ICT Operations? – Webinar and Presentation Kit
End-user testing is crucial; it guarantees new systems truly meet user needs, enabling a smoother operational handover via service desk and project team collaboration.
David Beal
9 October, 2025
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
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
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.
Joseph Sweeney
21 August, 2025
Australian Jobs to Go as Part of Microsoft’s Global Workforce Cull – AFR – 14 May 2025
Microsoft’s recent staff cuts are not about AI taking jobs. The real story lies in the company’s massive infrastructure spending and global economic uncertainty.
Joseph Sweeney
14 May, 2025
Generic Project Register Template
The Generic Project Register template contains 5 worksheets to record risks, issues, changes and benefits and once the project is finished lessons learned.
David Beal
25 September, 2024
Microsoft’s Copilot now available to SMEs – itnews, January 16 2024
With Microsoft launching their new subscriptions for their Copilot AI Companion, the timing reflects a problem common to large vendors offering broad-based AIs according to IBRS advisor Dr Joseph Sweeney.
IBRS Advisor Team
23 January, 2024