Insights
Useful, or it doesn't get published.
Checklists, benchmarks and straight answers for mid-market leaders. Every piece exists to help you make one decision better.
Pricing
How much does an IT audit cost in Australia?
Almost nobody in this market publishes pricing, which tells you something about how it gets sold. Here is the honest picture of what independent IT reviews cost in Australia in 2026, what drives the price, and what we charge.
Read the guideCost Control
The MSP contract renewal checklist every CFO should run
Most MSP contracts renew on autopilot, which is exactly how their pricing drifts from market. Before your next renewal, run these nine checks. Each one is a question your provider can answer easily if the arrangement is healthy, and will resist if it is not.
Read the guideBenchmarks
IT budget benchmarks for the Australian mid-market, 2026
Every CFO asks the same question: are we spending too much on IT? The honest answer is a range, not a number, but the range is knowable, and knowing it changes every vendor conversation you have.
Read the guideAI Governance
Shadow AI: the policy gap sitting inside your business right now
In one recent independent audit by our principals, 30% of employees were using unapproved AI tools with company data. Not a rogue few: nearly a third of the workforce, invisible to the board. If you have not looked, assume something similar is true of your business, because the pattern is the norm, not the exception.
Read the guideBoard Governance
The 10 cyber questions every Australian board should ask
Cyber resilience sits inside directors' duties, and the ACSC and AICD now publish exactly the questions boards are expected to ask. Here are the ten that matter, with the shape of a good answer for each. The pattern to notice: every good answer involves evidence, and most of that evidence should be independent.
Read the guide2x value identified, or you don't pay.
The 4-Week Commercial IT Health Check is fixed fee, non-disruptive, and guaranteed in writing: if we don't identify value worth at least twice our fee, we refund it.