How Much Do Managed IT Services Cost in Australia?

PIP — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 12:00:05 +0000

Most providers will not tell you how much managed IT services cost until you are in a sales process. Here is what the published Australian ranges actually say — and, more usefully, how to tell whether one quote is even

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Acceptable Use Policy: What an Australian Small Business Needs to Include

PIP — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 07:52:02 +0000

Most small businesses either have no acceptable use policy or copied one from a university — and both fail for the same reason: nothing in them is actually enforced. The short version An acceptable use policy sets out what staff

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Business Continuity Plan vs Disaster Recovery: What an Australian SMB Actually Needs

PIP — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 04:25:17 +0000

A business continuity plan and a disaster recovery plan get used as if they mean the same thing. They do not — and the difference decides whether your business can keep taking orders while your IT is being fixed. The

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Self-Service Password Reset (SSPR) in Microsoft 365: How to Set It Up Properly

PIP — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 07:12:55 +0000

Self-service password reset (SSPR) removes the single most common helpdesk ticket there is — the forgotten password. But where you configure it changed in 2025, and most Microsoft 365 tenants are still carrying a policy gap they can’t see. The

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The Threats Your Antivirus Can’t See

PIP — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:20:32 +0000

Over the past couple of weeks we’ve seen a lot more of a kind of attack that doesn’t look like a virus and isn’t really a trojan. There’s no malware for your antivirus to catch — because the attacker never

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Windows 10 End of Support: What It Actually Costs Your Business to Stay Put

PIP — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:13:01 +0000

The headlines said Microsoft extended Windows 10 support for free. If you run a business, that extension isn’t for you — and staying on Windows 10 after end of support now carries a real, escalating cost. The short version Windows

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Replacing the ASD Essential Eight: What the Essentials Series Means for Your Business

PIP — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 23:47:58 +0000

The Australian Signals Directorate has confirmed it is replacing the ASD Essential Eight with a new Essentials series. But this is an evolution, not a demolition — and the worst response available to an Australian business is to stop work.

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Cyber Security Act 2024: What the Ransomware Payment Reporting Rules Mean for Your Business

PIP — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 23:43:03 +0000

The Cyber Security Act 2024 has been law since 2024, and its ransomware payment reporting rules have been in force since 2025. Most Australian businesses captured by them have no idea the obligation applies — until the 72-hour clock is

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Fortibleed Fortinet Breach 2026

PIP — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 23:26:35 +0000

The Fortinet breach now circulating as FortiBleed has exposed administrator and VPN credentials for roughly 74,000 FortiGate firewalls across 194 countries — about half of every internet-facing FortiGate on the planet. It isn’t a new vulnerability, and that’s exactly why

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What’s New in Proxmox Datacenter Manager 1.1

PIP — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 13:33:08 +0000

Proxmox Datacenter Manager 1.1 shipped on 28 May 2026, and it’s the release where PDM starts earning its place in the management stack. Automated host provisioning, cross-remote guest and snapshot management, unified Ceph monitoring, and a geographic dashboard view —

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