Diversus

15/10/2026

How do you turn a promising technology idea into an investment decision the business can confidently support?

At next week's WA IT Leadership Summit, our Principal Consultant Simon Rivers will explore this challenge in his presentation:

Intention, Inertia, Investigate, Invest: Evidencing realisable value to overcome FUD and press the case for improvement.

Simon will share practical insights on how organisations can move from identifying opportunities to building a stronger case for change, including:
• Starting with the business problem, rather than the technology.
• Using rapid prototypes and proof of concepts to demonstrate potential value with lower risk.
• Establishing clear criteria to assess whether an idea is worth pursuing.
• Involving the right decision-makers and budget holders early.

We're excited to be partnering with Amazon Web Services at this year's WA IT Leadership Summit, where we'll share practical perspectives on building stronger business cases for technology investment and making informed decisions about change.

Attending the summit? We'd love to see you there.

📍 The Westin Perth
📅 20–21 October 2026

13/10/2026

An intranet should make work easier. So why do so many employees still struggle to find what they need?

A useful intranet is more than a place to store documents, policies and company updates. It should help people find information, connect with colleagues and get things done without unnecessary steps.

When reviewing an intranet, there are a few questions worth asking:
🔎 Can people find what they need?
📅 Is the content relevant and current?
⚙️ Does it support everyday tasks?
👥 Are employees involved in its design?

Technology is only part of the solution. A successful intranet also needs thoughtful design, clear governance and ongoing improvement.

Because the best digital workplace experiences are built around the people using them.

Learn more about our Modern Workplace services: https://diversus.com.au/Our-solutions/Modern-workplace?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=organic_social

09/10/2026

AI creates value when it moves beyond the idea.

As an Amazon Web Services Advanced Tier Services Partner with the AWS AI Competency, Diversus brings validated technical expertise and proven experience turning AI opportunities into practical solutions on AWS.

Our competency reflects AWS-validated customer work and the technical, governance and delivery practices behind it, demonstrating our ability to take AI from concept through to real-world implementation.

For our clients, it provides independent validation that our AI capability has been assessed against AWS requirements and demonstrated in real environments.

Together with AWS, we’re helping organisations apply AI with purpose, solving real challenges and creating measurable value.

Learn more about our AI experience and AWS AI Competency: https://diversus.com.au/News-and-Insights/Diversus-AWS-AI-Competency-validates-15-years-of-real-world-AI-expertise?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=organic_social

02/10/2026

The AI conversation needs to move beyond “What can we automate?”

A better question is: “What should we make easier for people?”

AI can process more information, accelerate repetitive work and surface insights faster. But speed alone doesn’t create value.

The real opportunity is in how that capability changes the way people work, giving them better information, reducing friction and creating more time for judgement, creativity and meaningful decisions.

That requires more than choosing the right technology. It means understanding the people using it, the problem you’re solving and what a better outcome actually looks like.

AI should amplify what people do well, not simply automate what they do today.

Explore our approach to AI: https://diversus.com.au/Our-solutions/AI-Consulting?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=organic_social

29/09/2026

Microsoft has disrupted EvilTokens, an AI-enabled cybercrime platform linked to more than 12,000 compromised inboxes across 10,000 organisations, with Australia among the most affected countries.

The platform used device-code phishing to trick people into approving access through Microsoft’s legitimate sign-in process. Once inside, its AI tools could analyse emails, identify financial decision-makers and create targeted fraud messages.

It is an important reminder that identity security is about more than passwords and MFA.

Organisations should consider:
• Blocking device-code authentication where it is not required
• Reviewing Conditional Access policies
• Monitoring suspicious inbox rules and device registrations
• Revoking active tokens and sessions following a compromise
• Giving employees a clear way to verify unusual sign-in requests

Security controls matter. Helping people recognise when a legitimate process is being misused matters just as much.

Is your organisation confident its identity controls would detect this type of attack?

Explore how Diversus can help strengthen your cybersecurity posture:
https://diversus.com.au/Our-solutions/Cybersecurity?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=organic_social

24/09/2026

A promising pilot is a starting point. The harder question is what happens next.

Before scaling, leaders need to know what the results have shown, who will own the next phase, and what needs to change for people to use the solution in their day-to-day work.

That’s where digital transformation becomes practical: connecting the business goal, the technology and the people who will make it work.

At Diversus, we help organisations turn promising ideas into clear plans for delivery. If you’re deciding what to scale, change or stop, let’s talk: https://diversus.com.au/Contact?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=organic_social

18/09/2026

The hard part of enterprise AI is shifting from building an impressive demonstration to operating an agent safely over time.

Amazon Web Services has introduced persistent runtime instances for Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, with sessions that can continue for up to 14 days. It has also added real-time vector search to DynamoDB, supporting memory and retrieval for AI workflows. Both capabilities are available to Australian organisations, including through the Sydney region where applicable.

This removes some of the infrastructure work, but it does not remove the operating decisions.

Before moving an agent into a live workflow, organisations still need clear answers on:
• what business outcome it owns
• what data and systems it can access
• how identity and permissions are controlled
• how activity, cost and performance are monitored
• when a person must step in

Production readiness is an operating model, not simply a technical milestone.

Ready to move AI from idea to impact? Diversus can help you design, build and operate an AI solution that works safely in the real world. Get in touch: https://diversus.com.au/Contact?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=organic_social

15/09/2026

Diversus has been featured in The West Australian, sharing our perspective on the real cost of AI and why greater use doesn’t always mean greater productivity.

Claude De Lucia and Dien Tang discuss the importance of starting with the business problem, measuring whether AI is delivering genuine value and keeping people at the centre of technology decisions.

The article also reflects on 20 years of Diversus, our plans for national growth and why communication, problem-solving and relationship-building will matter even more in an AI-enabled workplace.

Read the article: https://thewest.com.au/business/ai-bill-shock-as-wa-business-burns-through-500k-in-a-month-c-22847496?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=organic_social

A Perth tech consultancy says a client blew a $500,000 AI budget in a month as businesses start asking whether the productivity gains justify the mounting cost.

13/09/2026

We’re pleased to announce that Diversus has partnered with Varonis to help organisations better understand, govern and protect their sensitive data.

As organisations adopt more cloud and AI tools, protecting sensitive data is becoming more complex. Before introducing technologies such as Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT and Claude, organisations need to know what information they hold, where it lives and who can access it.

That’s where our partnership with Varonis can help.

By combining the Varonis data security platform with our experience across Microsoft, cloud, cybersecurity and AI governance, we can help clients:

🗃️ Find and classify sensitive data
💻 Identify unnecessary access and data exposure
🪪 Strengthen security across Microsoft 365, file systems, Azure, AWS and other SaaS platforms.
🔏 Improve privacy and compliance
👨‍💻 Build a safer foundation for AI adoption

We’ll support clients from the initial assessment through to implementation, ongoing monitoring and optimisation.

It’s a practical addition to how we help organisations modernise while keeping their data secure.

Learn more about our partnership with Varonis and what it means for organisations: https://bit.ly/3SMXsdc

11/09/2026

Last week, members of our team joined Western Rock Lobster for its Digital Ecosystem Roadshow in Hillarys and Geraldton.

The sessions gave fishers a closer look at how Member Central brings tools such as FishOps, Wharf Talk, weather and trip planning, safety resources, industry analytics and Back of Boat services together through one secure login.

It was valuable to see the ecosystem in action and speak directly with the people who will use it in their day-to-day work.

Thank you to Western Rock Lobster for bringing the industry together, and to Veris, Oceanum Group and Dragonfly for the collaboration throughout the roadshow.

The experience reinforced the value of listening to users, understanding how they work and designing technology around their practical needs.