The consulting sector has come up trumps on this year’s list of best workplaces compiled by the AFR, with SixPivot named overall winner and Slalom taking home the medium bracket award.

US accounting and consulting firm Sensiba has acquired Australian-headquartered cyber audit and risk assurance specialist AssuranceLab, expanding its reach into the Asia Pacific and Europe.

The technology division of professional services firm FTI Consulting has been celebrating this past week, winning both company-wide and individual awards for cybersecurity and data privacy.

A suspect report in The Australian has claimed the current Labor government has recently spent almost as much on ‘expensive consultants’ as during the peak of its Coalition predecessors.

Australian data, technology and cybersecurity services firm Anchoram Consulting has set the next step in its international growth strategy with the launch of a new arm in Canada.

RecordPoint, an international provider of data management and governance solutions, has inked a strategic partnership with Oceanic Consulting Group, one of the nation’s leading consultancies.

Australian supply chain consultancy Prological is celebrating 15 years of operation this month, marking a significant milestone in the firm’s growth and impact.

After earlier working in the US and Europe, Alvarez & Marsal’s former Middle East co-leader Neil Hayward jumped at the opportunity to rejoin the consultancy when it set up shop in Australia.

Australian organisations have several key reasons to double down on data management.

PwC has refreshed its brand positioning and identity for the first time in 14 years. The launch is being rolled out globally and supported by the Nike-style campaign ‘So You Can’.

As well as its own advisory engagements, the Australian government’s in-house consulting arm has been guiding federal agencies on how to manage external consultants, and their slippery tactics.

IBM Consulting has appointed Andrew Lovrek to lead the Microsoft cloud consulting brand Neudesic in Australia.

New Zealand’s largest telecommunications and digital services company Spark has signed a multiyear agreement with Infosys focused on advancing its technology delivery model.

Global cloud services and technology firm Rackspace Technology has elevated Sydney-based regional COO Adhil Badat as its new managing director for the Asia Pacific and Japan.

Global technology consultancy Infosys has forked out almost $100 million for Sydney-headquartered cyber solutions and consulting firm The Missing Link, adding a team of more than 200 staff.

A new IT advisory has launched in Australia – Alchemy Technology Consulting – led by managing director Duncan Hayes in Perth and director Ryan Grunwaldt based out of Melbourne.

Canberra-based advisory BellchambersBarrett has continued to add former Big Four talent, with ex-Deloitte partner Kate Ahern and one-time director Tim Bennett joining the firm as partners.

Global strategy consultancy Bain & Company is pledging to provide $2 billion worth of pro bono social impact services by 2035, having already delivered $1.1 billion over the past decade.

The South Australian branch of Moore has celebrated its 25th anniversary, originally opening its doors in Adelaide under the Hayes Knight banner at the dawn of the new millennium.