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Looking for Patterns Instead of Exceptions: A Better Way to Clean Dirty Data in Power Query

Replace dozens of Power Query steps with one let expression that finds the number in messy text. Read the full blog for the step by step walkthrough.

“AI escaping containment”: what to check this week

The Medicare portal incident is a boundary problem, and it is yours too. Reports of AI “escaping containment” mix three different things. Here is what is established, and five checks to make this week.

Fortnightly Bulletin- AU-first regulatory & governance watch

AI news fortnight: agents breaching real companies, models hiding mistakes, Claude Opus 5.5 at 40% cheaper, and Washington split on slowing down AI.

Fortnightly Bulletin- AU-first regulatory & governance watch

This fortnight in AI: agents break into real firms, Claude Opus 5.5 launches 40% cheaper, and Washington divides over slowing down.

Fortnightly Bulletin- AU-first regulatory & governance watch

Regulators are sending a clear message: AI awareness is no longer enough. From APRA, ASIC and the FCA to emerging agent-related incidents, this bulletin explores why boards must move from policy to evidence, proving AI governance, resilience and oversight in practice.

Fortnightly Bulletin- AU-first regulatory & governance watch

Last fortnight I asked you to name one control in your AI stack you had personally seen tested. This fortnight the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre published the list of controls it thinks you should be able to demonstrate for autonomous agents — and one of them is beautifully, brutally binary: can you stop it? Not raise a ticket. Not convene a working group.

Agile Insights Achieves Microsoft Solutions Partner Designation for Infrastructure (Azure)

We’re proud to announce that Agile Insights has achieved the Microsoft Solutions Partner for Infrastructure (Azure) designation.

Fortnightly Bulletin- AU-first regulatory & governance watch

Last bulletin led with OpenAI’s models escaping a sandbox and hacking Hugging Face, and framed it as the best real-world argument yet for agent-level controls that are tested rather than assumed. Two weeks later it turns out that wasn’t an incident, it was a category.

Microsoft Fabric VNet Gateway vs On-Premises Data Gateway: When to Use Each

When designing a Microsoft Fabric solution, one of the early architecture decisions is how Fabric will connect to private data sources.

Fortnightly Bulletin · AU-first regulatory & governance watch

For a year, the Australian picture has been steady: no new AI-specific law, just the tightening of obligations you already have — privacy, work health and safety, government policy. This fortnight that changed.

Agile Insights Achieves SOC-2 Attestation, Reinforcing Our Commitment to Data Security and Trust

We’re proud to announce that Agile Insights has achieved SOC-2 attestation, an independent, third-party validation of the strength of our security, availability, and confidentiality controls.

The Hidden Cost of VertiPaq Scans

Learn how a simple DAX measure rewrite reduced execution time from 14ms to 7ms and cut Storage Engine queries by 60%, improving Power BI performance at scale.
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