IBRSiQ April 2026
In April, rising ICT costs and AI complexity drive a shift toward data-led licensing, risk-based funding, and federated governance to ensure value.
IBRS Advisor Team
13 May, 2026
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VENDORiQ: Microsoft Pivots on AI. What We Learned From the AI Summit 2026 – Analysis
Microsoft pivots from AI hype to workflow integration via its three-layer platform, yet adoption faces hurdles regarding governance and cost.
IBRS Advisor Team
13 May, 2026
VENDORiQ: Oracle’s Sydney AI Customer Excellence Centre – The Bigger Picture
Oracle’s Sydney hub offers a pragmatic environment to test agentic AI, provided leaders prioritise robust governance over mere technical adoption.
Joseph Sweeney
13 May, 2026
The Case for Persona-Based Licensing: Why “Everyone Gets E3” Is Your Most Expensive Mistake
Stop wasting budget on blanket E3/E5 licensing. Segmenting users into 4–6 personas based on actual needs typically yields 25% annual savings.
Joseph Sweeney
7 May, 2026
The Forward Deployed Engineer Trap Part 1: Manifesto – The Three Dirty Secrets of Platform Colonialism
The FDE model imposes a cognitive tax by extracting domain expertise to harden vendor products. Without logic sovereignty, you subsidise your own obsolescence and risk ontological lock-in. Executives must audit logic layers now to reclaim strategic autonomy before operational exit becomes impossible. Part 1 of 3 of The FDE Trap series.
Peter Barta
7 May, 2026
Knowledge Management Practice Maturity Evolves with Graph-RAG-TAG Adoption
Ditch manual knowledge decay. Adopt Graph-RAG-TAG architectures to automate service desks, ensuring real-time, self-healing ITSM insights and superior incident resolution.
Mark Unwin
7 May, 2026
Thought Leadership: The AI Myth vs. The Layoff Reality: Why Bad Investments, Not Automation, Are Driving Job Cuts
Recent layoffs stem from poor investment strategies and velocity-over-productivity traps, not AI automation. Success requires human-led oversight and intelligent integration.
Su Jella
7 May, 2026
How Microsoft’s Licensing Creates Copilot Proof of Concept Problems
Microsoft licensing restrictions, particularly the 90-day reassignment rule, hinder traditional PoCs. Executives must reframe initial deployments as permanent implementation phases.
Joseph Sweeney
7 May, 2026
Sourcing Monthly April 2026
IBRS Sourcing Monthly brings you the latest news and deals in the Australian IT world.
Irene Pimentel
7 May, 2026