Australian IT leaders report strong confidence in their organisation’s resilience — yet the SolarWinds 2025 IT Trends Report shows a more complicated reality. While most believe they can withstand today’s demands, that confidence drops when facing challenges like AI adoption, cyber threats, or evolving regulations such as CPS 230. Nearly half of IT teams still spend a significant portion of their week addressing critical issues, suggesting resilience may be overestimated. The report highlights that real resilience depends on the strength of teams, clarity of workflows, and the effectiveness of tools. It calls for organisations to examine how people work together, where processes break down, and whether technology genuinely supports outcomes. True resilience is built through visibility, alignment, and continuous improvement, not assumptions.

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