by CPI Staff | Apr 24, 2026 | Blog, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Intune, Windows 365
Too many IT teams are still managing endpoints through three different operating models at once. Physical laptops sit in one stack, remote access sits in another, and virtual desktops sit somewhere else again. That fragmentation is expensive. It slows onboarding,...
by CPI Staff | Apr 24, 2026 | Blog
Too many IT teams are still managing endpoints through three different operating models at once. Physical laptops sit in one stack, remote access sits in another, and virtual desktops sit somewhere else again. That fragmentation is expensive. It slows onboarding,...
by CPI Staff | Apr 24, 2026 | Blog, Cyber Security Strategy & Governance
Too many organisations still treat the Essential Eight as a maturity exercise they will get to later. That position is getting harder to defend. In March 2026, the Australian Cyber Security Centre published a joint advisory on INC Ransom and its affiliate network,...
by CPI Staff | Apr 22, 2026 | Blog, Cybersecurity, Email Security, Essential 8, Microsoft 365 Security, Microsoft Teams
A new wave of social engineering attacks is targeting Australian organisations through a channel most IT teams still treat as safe: Microsoft Teams. Threat actors are impersonating internal IT helpdesk staff, reaching users via external Teams chats and federated...
by CPI Staff | Apr 22, 2026 | Blog, Cybersecurity, Essential 8, Microsoft 365 Security, Microsoft defender XDR, Microsoft Intune
For years, Australian IT leaders treated macOS as the “quiet corner” of the fleet. A handful of executives and designers on MacBooks, a sprinkle of engineers, and a general assumption that Apple’s built-in protections were enough. That assumption no...
by CPI Staff | Apr 22, 2026 | Azure, Blog, Cloud Cost & FinOps
Cloud cost has returned to the top of the CIO priority list. Budgets are tighter, AI workloads are expensive, and boards are asking harder questions about return on cloud investment than they were two years ago. Microsoft has been steadily refreshing its cost...
