IBRS

Name

IBRS

Legal name

Intelligent Business Research Services Pty Ltd

Website

https://ibrs.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Hazelbrook

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Research & Advisory Subscriptions: Ongoing advisory service providing deep advice and guidance to CIOs and their teams. Includes regular advisor meetings, inquiries, strategic and project reviews.
2. Vendor Research Programs: Custom strategic and thought-leadership research for ICT vendors, maintaining independence and rigour in research engagements.
3. Assurance Services: Independent expertise throughout project stages including health checks and project assurance.
4. Consulting Services: Highly experienced talent backed by research, best practice frameworks and practical processes.
5. Cyber & Risk Network: Vendor-independent forum for CIOs providing time-critical information sharing, better practices, case studies, and peer support network.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

IBRS provides subscription-based Research & Advisory services, project Assurance & Health Checks, a CIO Cyber & Risk Network (CYRIN) peer forum, Consulting engagements, custom Vendor Research Programs, facilitated Whiteboard Sessions, and an AI Advisory Agent to Australian CIOs and IT leaders. Offerings centre on independent, vendor-agnostic advice covering ICT strategy, digital transformation, cyber security and risk, data and AI, IT finance, and program management to help client teams successfully implement technology strategies and programs.

Product overview

IBRS is Australia's leading local ICT advisory company offering a portfolio of advisory services rather than a unified software product. The core offerings include Research & Advisory (ongoing deep advice), the Cyber & Risk Network (CYRIN, a peer forum for CIOs), Assurance & Health Checks, Consulting Services, Vendor Research Programs, Whiteboard Sessions, and an AI Advisory Agent. These services work together to provide pragmatic, actionable recommendations to Australian CIOs and IT teams, with the AI Advisory Agent representing their technology-enabled advisory capability. The portfolio emphasizes independence, Australian market expertise, and vendor-agnostic advice.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Vendor Research Programs: Custom strategic, thought-leadership research for ICT vendors.
• Cyber & Risk Network

Products and services

• Research & Advisory Subscription-based, ongoing deep advice and guidance to clients and their teams to ensure successful implementation of strategies and programs of work, delivered by senior IBRS advisors to Australian CIOs and IT leaders.
• Assurance & Health Checks Independent expertise throughout every stage of projects, including project assurance and health checks, designed to ensure clients receive the right advice for the best chance of project success.
• Cyber & Risk Network (CYRIN) Vendor-independent forum for CIOs to share with and learn from peers, providing practical time-critical information sharing, better practices, case studies, and a peer support network for cyber and risk leaders.
• Consulting Services Highly experienced IBRS talent backed by IBRS research, best-practice frameworks, and practical processes, working closely with clients to ensure outcomes are owned by the organisation across strategy, transformation, and execution engagements.
• Vendor Research Programs Custom strategic and thought-leadership research engagements delivered to ICT vendors, with all research engagements retaining IBRS's independence and rigour.
• Whiteboard Sessions Facilitated workshops with key stakeholders to review processes, gain approval, and achieve stakeholder alignment, often used to obtain feedback and initial agreement on proposed approaches.
• AI Advisory Agent AI-powered advisory tool that provides research and advisory support to IBRS clients, augmenting the firm's researcher-led advisory capability with an interactive AI experience.

Quantifiable outcome

• Essential Eight can prevent up to 85% of cyber incidents when properly implemented
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Gartner: Gartner is the world's largest IT research and advisory firm, serving CIOs and IT leaders with research, advisory, consulting, and conferences. Directly comparable to IBRS's research and advisory subscription model, but at vastly greater scale and global reach, making it the dominant incumbent in IBRS's category.
• McKinsey & Company (McKinsey Digital): McKinsey is a global management consulting firm with a substantial technology and digital practice serving CIOs on IT strategy, transformation, and operating model design. Comparable to IBRS in management consulting for senior IT leaders, but at vastly larger scale and broader scope.
• Bain & Company: Bain & Company is a global management consulting firm with a technology and digital practice advising CIOs on IT strategy, operating model, and transformation. Comparable to IBRS in providing CIO advisory, though broader in scope and larger in scale.
• Deloitte (Consulting): Deloitte is a global professional services firm with a large technology and transformation consulting practice serving CIOs on digital strategy, cyber, and cloud. Comparable to IBRS in CIO advisory and IT assurance services, but with much broader consulting portfolio and global delivery capability.

Direct peers

• Forrester Research: Forrester is a major global research and advisory firm offering subscription research, advisory, consulting, and events targeting technology and customer experience leaders. Closely comparable to IBRS in research-driven CIO advisory, with overlapping customer segments in technology strategy and digital transformation.
• International Data Corporation (IDC): IDC is a global provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events for the IT, telecommunications, and consumer technology markets. Closely comparable to IBRS in IT market research and CIO advisory, with strong vendor research programs serving ICT suppliers.
• Telsyte: Telsyte is an Australian technology analyst and research firm focused on the Australian and New Zealand ICT market, serving CIOs and IT decision-makers. Directly comparable to IBRS as a regional competitor in Australian ICT advisory and research subscriptions.
• Frost & Sullivan: Frost & Sullivan is a global research and consulting firm offering industry analysis, growth advisory, and corporate training across technology and other sectors. Comparable to IBRS in providing research-driven advisory to technology vendors and enterprise buyers.
• Omdia (formerly Ovum): Omdia is a global technology research and advisory group formed from the merger of Ovum, IHS Markit technology research, and others. Closely comparable to IBRS in delivering subscription research and advisory to telecom, IT, and media industry decision-makers.
• 451 Research (part of S&P Global): 451 Research provides syndicated research, advisory, and consulting on enterprise IT innovation, with deep coverage of cloud, cybersecurity, and data center topics. Comparable to IBRS in research-driven IT advisory to enterprise and vendor clients.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles21 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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