Enterprise Architecture As The Blueprint For Your IT’s Future 24/06/2015 by woutercioforum “Why should one need an enterprise architecture ?” Inno.com’s Johan Van Looy started the masterclass on EA with a legitimate question. The answer is quite straightforward, he believes: “Enterprise architectures allow you to secure added value for your investments today and in the future.” Read More
The Internet of Things is a big opportunity for IT 27/05/2015 by woutercioforum The past decade, computing power has grown by factor three thousand. This has enabled new digitalization capabilities and we’re entering a new era: the internet of things. As a business, we have to understand customers have adopted new, digital habits and be more human or customer-centric. Digitalization makes us reinvent the value chain. The internet of things will allow us to bridge the physical and digital worlds. Read More
IT is to bring Speed and Flexibility 27/05/2015 by woutercioforum IT has been struggling for recognition from the business ánd a seat in Corporate Boards. In that perspective it is interesting to hear the view of a multinational’s CEO on the importance of IT to his company and the strategy he’s approved. Marc Grynberg has led IT twice, first as CFO early 2000s and now again, as CEO of Umicore. Read More
Disruption is everywhere 03/04/2015 by woutercioforum Should we be afraid of the future? And, more important, will we CIOs still have a place in it? We’ve asked ourselves the question a couple of times already – discussing many hours on the role of the CIO in 2020. But, and this hasn’t been discussed before at the CIOforum, our society is changing as well. We’re almost done digitizing and ready to drive future prosperity. The test days of the second machine age are behind us. Are we ready for it? Not just yet, it seems. Read More
Security, Risk and Privacy 01/03/2015 by woutercioforum Since Edward Snowden, NSA and a few local ‘digital burglaries’, cyber security is all over the news. It seems logic, if you quantify it: there are 70 million cybersecurity events per day, with small and bigger impact. Read More