GUEST RESEARCH:  New report shows how AI adoption and advanced identity practices separate leaders from laggards

Headline findings:

• Identity maturity gap widens – 63% remain stuck at basic levels as advanced programs surge ahead.
• AI adoption multiplies success – Organisations with AI-enabled identity security are 4x more likely to deploy advanced capabilities unlocking greater cost savings, productivity and risk reduction
• Deployment best practices overcome barriers –  Organisations that prioritisedata cleanup before migrationand adopt stage-appropriate practices like automated app onboarding are significantly more likely to advance.
• Identity + data + security trifecta – Enterprises that unify identity as the control point, strengthen data practices, and advance security controls achieve higher ROI and greater AI readiness.

Supporting Policy-Driven Workflows, Precision Deletes, and Compliant Object Mobility

“Customer Zero” Initiative Sets New Benchmark with 93% Clean Core Achievement and Future-Proofs Enterprise Operations

When Rimini Street’s Luiz Mariotto speaks about the difficulties many organisations are having in being forced to upgrade their SAP ERP system to S/4HANA, people should listen.

Atlassian and AWS have joined forces to speed up the transfer of millions of enterprise users off Atlassian’s Data Centre business and on to Atlassian Cloud.

GUEST OPINION:  It’s been a big year for automation in Australia. Against a backdrop of widespread efficiency drives, the technology has proven its effectiveness and value across a broad array of use cases, easing the administrative burden on lean operational teams and helping them to absorb growing business-as-usual demands without a linear increase in costs.

Many organisations have a significant number of legacy applications that often require specialised expertise to operate and are usually expensive and time-consuming to maintain.

If enterprises are going to execute exceptional workload performance and IT services in today’s rapidly evolving landscape, there is a growing need to refresh legacy data center infrastructure used to run virtual machines (VMs).

Global Law firm Ashurst has advised AGL Energy Limited on its end-to-end contractual suite for the customisation of Kaluza Ltd's energy billing platform, the migration of AGL's customer base to the Kaluza platform, as well as the acquisition of a 20% equity interest in Kaluza. The cash consideration to be paid by AGL for the equity investment is ~AUD$150m, valuing Kaluza at ~AUD$750m.

COMPANY NEWS: Organisations migrating workloads to the AWS cloud can seamlessly install and deploy Dynatrace for their observability needs, facilitating smooth end-user experiences

The trusted partnership will enhance illion’s technology capabilities and transform it from the private to public cloud

COMPANY NEWS:Interactive, a leading technology service provider, is building on its partnership with illion, a leading data and analytics company providing information and insights for businesses and consumers, to assist in the migration of their digital technology and security infrastructure to the public cloud.

COMPANY NEWS:  New solution provides comprehensive endpoint control in one centralised view and single-click visibility, protection, and response, revolutionising endpoint protection

Asking for help is not always easy. In a Harvard Business Review articleWhy it’s so hard to ask for help, Manfred F.R. Kets de Vries points out: ‘Although humans are social creatures, ready to both give and accept help, many of us struggle to actually ask for it.’

GUEST OPINION:  Should an organisation move to Google Workspace? Maybe. The answer should be based on an evaluation of multiple factors specific to how the organisation does business. It’s not an easy yes or no.

GUEST OPINION: Microsoft Teams has revolutionised the way people work. The platform’s features allow for a lot of flexibility in how people collaborate and access resources. But many organisations are discovering, after a few years of experience, that flexibility needs to be balanced with control.

COMPANY NEWS:  Recognises the company’s unified observability and security platform as a trusted solution for helping organisations identify, resolve, and defend against threats to their AWS environments

GUEST OPINION: In a recent online video, Mark, a seasoned IT consultant who calls himself The Cloud Geezer, shared his discovery about the 'free' cross-tenant migration tool from Microsoft. He discovered that it's not free.

GUEST OPINION: Beware of migration failure, it's what often keeps techies awake at nights!

GUEST OPINION: Since Microsoft announced it will soon end support for Office 2013, some IT administrators are scrambling to upgrade. Others are not.

GUEST OPINION: A new year is a time when most people take stock of what they have accomplished and make plans for the year ahead. New opportunities await those who are prepared and know where to find them.