DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION: FROM KEEP UP TO STEP UP Posted April 21st, 2016 | filed under news. There’s a longlist of former top companies that have lost market share or totally disappeared. Digital disruption may be a threat to your company as well. Do CEOs realize it? According to a PricewaterhouseCoopers survey, 86% of them acknowledge the importance of digital, but a mere 56% see it as an asset for increased competition and disruption in their markets. Only 45% see it as a growth strategy. As a result, most or 83% of the CEOs don’t have a clear strategy. That’s scary. Read more
THE MAGIC MOSTLY HAPPENS FAR FROM YOUR COMFORT ZONE Posted April 21st, 2016 | filed under news. As an outlook for the remainder of the year, we had Global Perspectives as our first 2016 event earlier this month. Perspectives to look ahead, and find out what you need to do to stay ahead of the pack, what your organization needs to do to avoid disruption. Thanks to Moore’s law, computing power has evolved exponentially over the last few decades. Read more
We worden een beetje moe van de stelling dat CIO’s die bezig zijn met hoe IT moet gerund worden er niet toe doen Posted March 1st, 2016 | filed under news. Beste Peter, Graag willen we reageren op je opiniestuk ‘de meest radicale CIO’s bollen het gewoon af’ dat verscheen in Datanews op 23 november 2015 jongstleden. Laat ons onmiddellijk met de deur in huis vallen: We worden een beetje moe van je stelling dat CIO’s die bezig zijn met HOE IT moet gerund worden er niet toe doen en zichzelf uitrangeren. In Nederland hebben ze voor zo’n stelling een mooi woord: geneuzel. In Vlaanderen zeggen we gewoon…. flauwekul. Read more
Erwin Verstraelen replaces Freddy Van den Wyngaert as president Posted December 11th, 2015 | filed under news. Thanks for your massive presence on monday: good content, interesting speakers and good conversations afterwards. Strong indicators of a vibrant community. A special thank you also to Freddy Van den Wyngaert who has led our community with so much enthusiasm and passion the past six years as president: CIOforum wouldn’t be what it is today without him. Read more
Peter Bal (WABCO) is CIO of the Year 2015 Posted December 11th, 2015 | filed under news. We proudly announce that Peter Bal from Wabco became officially the newly elected CIO of the Year 2015! Peter is Board member and EOC president of our CIOforum Belgian Business community! Congrats to Peter Bal who takes the torch from Veerle Lozie also a CIOforum Board member who represented, during 2014, the obligations of the CIO of the Year! Thanks to both for your commitment, to the profession and our community. Read more
The Year End Event 2015 at 360° Posted December 10th, 2015 | filed under news. We provide you with the link to access the 360 degrees recording of Johan Driessens’ presentation at our Year End Event. Allows you to get a feel of the potential. To play this video, use Google Chrome instead of Safari or other browsers. On mobile phones this video can be played using the Youtube App (available from apps stores). Read more