Responsible disclosure helps to find security breaches 02/12/2016 by raftirmarche Our fellow organisation in the Netherlands put cybersecurity on their 2016 agenda too. Very much like CIOforum Belgian Business, the CIO Platform Nederland continuously strives – as an association – to help its members in the right direction. With regard to cybersecurity, the CIO Platform Nederland focuses on three areas: cooperation, guidance and awareness. Read More
Ten tips for OT security 30/11/2016 by raftirmarche As we move forward in industrial automation and Industry 4.0, cybersecurity of industrial control systems becomes ever so important too. Read More
Governance for better data quality 24/10/2016 by raftirmarche So data analytics can make pumps speak. Machinery give information and this single version of the truth leads to predictive maintenance in manufacturing environments. In most organisations though, both big and small, quality is still a concern. “The reason for this is a lack of governance”, says Sophie Angenot, President of the Data Quality Association. Read More
Rich data is about finding information faster 21/10/2016 by raftirmarche In our previous post, we already said that companies with advanced analytics make better decisions, take them faster and execute them better, leading to better results and value. This is only possible if we manage to convert raw data. Because as long as the larger part of information remains unstructured, rich also means poor information. If it isn’t smart, it’s not usable. On average office workers spend 1.5 hours a day looking for information. In 42% of the cases they get their answer from colleagues and not from information systems. People don’t find information, remain uninformed and there’s no value to grab. Read More
Rich data to make everyone and everything smarter 20/10/2016 by raftirmarche We have all produced so much information in recent years that we’ve entered the zettabyte era. By 2018, every storage specialist will need to maintain three times as much data as today. Do companies really need to sit on that much information? We see three reasons to answer favourably: one – some are obliged to in order to comply with sector or country regulations, two – the price per terabyte is plummeting and three – information can be transformed into insight and insight into value. Rich data leads to knowledge and insights. Read More
BREXIT: Een belangrijke boodschap voor ons, technologiefanaten 23/09/2016 by mixette Op 23 juni besliste Het Verenigd Koninkrijk per referendum om de Europese Unie te verlaten. Na een dag van emoties ontstaat geleidelijk aan ruimte voor reflectie over de centrale vraag: Waarom ? Daar zal in de komende maanden nog genoeg worden over geschreven, maar één ding is voor mij alvast duidelijk. Er is vooral ‘leave’ gestemd door de ‘vermeende’ verliezers van de Europese integratie en in uitbreiding de globalisering. Read More