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Addressing AI Governance Debt: Moving From Hesitancy to Orchestration
In a recent analysis by TechPartner.News, IBRS future of work advisor Dr Joseph Sweeney provides critical context to the current debate on AI adoption in Australia
VENDORiQ: Diffusion LLMs Hit the Market – What You Need to Know
dLLMs’ parallel processing offers tenfold speed gains, reducing costs and enabling sovereign AI on standard GPUs, a key strategic shift for ICT.
IBRS Framework for Enterprise SaaS Solution Before and After Benchmarking
SaaS implementation benchmarking reveals tangible improvements across twelve key areas, from cost savings to enhanced decision-making, validating cloud investment success.
Calculating the Economic Impact of Emerging Technology: Practical Insights and Actions to Prepare Your Business for 2035 – Webinar and Presentation Kit
Explore the limitations of conventional ROI and TCO models in the current technological landscape
VENDORiQ: Workday Agentic AI: Industrial AI Agents are Coming to Your Core Systems!
Workday’s latest development for seamless integration into core systems.
VENDORiQ: Zoho Reveals the Shape of Things to Come with Agentic AI for Tier-Two ERP
Analysis of Zoho’s agentic AI for tier-two ERP vendors.
VENDORiQ: AWS’s Federal Deal Signals Trend in Australian Government ICT Strategy
Discover how AWS’s federal contract with the Australian government is reshaping ICT strategies and driving innovation in the public sector.
VENDORiQ: Google’s Gemini 2.0 Series: Smaller and More Efficient Models Challenge AI Giant LLMs
Uncover the paradigm shift in AI models with Google’s Gemini 2.0 Series, offering efficiency and performance tailored to specific business needs.
Generative AI: Show Me the Money!
Generative AI is reshaping work activities by enabling new capabilities and the transition to fully automated workflows.
Machine Learning as Intellectual Property
How can machine learning (ML) models be safeguarded through intellectual property (IP) rights in a rapidly evolving tech landscape?
Five key principles to building better dashboards
A good dashboard design tells a clear story with correctly represented and comprehensible data in order to provide useful information.
The Future of Microsoft Access: When End-of-Life is Just the Beginning
Microsoft Access has long been a trusted tool for mission-critical applications, but as organisations face increasing demands for scalability, security, and compliance, its limitations are becoming clear.
VendorIQ: Google’s Workspace AI is the Shape of Things to Come, Even for Microsoft 365 Customers!
AI integration race accelerates as Google bundles Gemini into Workspace
VDI Downtime: The Cost and Factors to Consider
The costs of Virtualised Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) downtime to your organisation go beyond the numbers. Mitigate and address its effects through a well-thought-out strategy.
China AI Hopeful DeepSeek Rocks Wall Street’s Magnificent Seven – AFR – 27 January 2025
The emergence of high-performance, low-cost AI from China, such as DeepSeek, is reshaping the competitive landscape, offering Australian organisations significant cost advantages and challenging the dominance of US-based providers.
VENDORiQ: Impact of Trump’s Stargate Program
How will President Donald Trump’s Stargate program impact Australia?
AirTrunk’s Khuda Hails Trump’s $800b Data Centre Grand Plan – AFR – 22 January 2025
The US ‘Stargate’ initiative, a massive $500bn AI investment, threatens to create an AI chip shortage, impacting Australia’s own AI infrastructure deployment and sovereignty.
Are Bots Destroying Your Email Marketing Efforts?
Bots scanning emails inflate metrics, with 2M out of 14M ‘opens’ annually being non-human. Don’t let false data drive your decisions.
Is There an Alternative to Microsoft 365?
Are SaaS costs rising out of control, or is there more to the story?
Microsoft 365’s pricing has sparked debate among ICT and finance leaders.
VENDORiQ: Salesforce’s Agentforce Testing Center Addresses an Urgent Need for AI in 2026
Explore how Salesforce’s Agentforce Testing Center is reshaping AI agent lifecycle management with cutting-edge testing capabilities.
VENDORiQ: Google is making Space for its AI Agents
Explore the evolving landscape of AI technologies and vendor ecosystems with a deep dive into Google’s AI Agent Space program.
Best Practices for Deciding On & Implementing Microsoft Fabric
Organisations can streamline data operations and enable advanced analytics with this unified platform.
Enhancing Large Language Models: The Power Trio of Prompt Engineering, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, and Fine-Tuning
Does your organisation know the potential of large language models (LLMs) with advanced techniques? Enhance artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities for improved performance and accuracy.
The A to Z of AI: How to Build and Implement an AI Strategy Your Board Will Love – Webinar and Presentation Kit
A comprehensive guide to developing an AI strategy that resonates with your board, focusing on realistic expectations, quick wins, service evolution, and best practices for transitioning from pilot to production.
CBA Explores Replacing Local Call Centre Staff with AI – AFR – 17 September 2024
CBA’s venture into AI-powered call centres is an economic inevitability, promising hyper-personalised service but facing significant hurdles around financial advice regulations, data security, and job displacement.