John Walsh - VP & CTO at Fujitsu - CIO Evolution: From IT Leader to Business Strategist
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Poland 19-3-25 Organising TRIBE Virtual Polish
spotkanie online poświęcone programowi „Nowi MY w IT”, realizowanemu przez Centralny Ośrodek Informatyki. To doskonała okazja, aby poznać założenia i efekty tej inicjatywy mającej na celu rozwój kompetencji IT, wsparcie specjalistów oraz budowanie nowoczesnej społeczności technologicznej.
Read MorePoland 19-3-25 Organising TRIBE Physical Polish
Zapraszamy na spotkanie w Warszawie w ramach programu Cloud & Infrastructure TRIBE.
Read MoreBelgium 20-3-25 Country Members Physical english
A unique event that offers a retrospective lens on the career journey of leading CIOs, as they reflect on the milestones, challenges, and pivotal decisions that shaped their paths. In this interactive session, a panel of seasoned CIOs will share insights on their personal career trajectories—what worked, what they might have done differently, and the valuable lessons they've learned along the way. They'll provide actionable advice on building a robust and fulfilling CIO career, including key opportunities to seize and common pitfalls to avoid.To complement these reflections, we’ll be joined by a headhunter and career strategy expert, who will offer guidance on strategic career planning for IT leaders. This expert will delve into the evolving demands for CIOs, and how to navigate the dynamic landscape to ensure long-term success. Whether you're a current CIO or aspiring to this role, this event will provide practical advice, inspiration, and strategies to accelerate your career and future-proof your leadership in the digital age.
Read MoreUK 20-3-25 Country Members Physical english
Join us for CIOFEST on 20th March in London. Sponsored by Business Partners Cognizant, ITDS, Orange Business, Entelect & Thoughtworks.
Read MorePoland 20-3-25 All Members Physical Polish
CIOFEST: Charting your CIO career
Read MoreSpain Mar 19, 2025 Country Members Physical spanish
Muchas organizaciones ya han migrado sus infraestructuras a la nube, adoptando soluciones híbridas y multicloud para mejorar la flexibilidad y eficiencia operativa. En este contexto están teniendo que afrontar retos como la gestión de la seguridad de los datos, la optimización de costes, la interoperabilidad de plataformas y la dependencia de los proveedores (vendor lock-in). Adicionalmente, las regulaciones en constante evolución y la necesidad de garantizar la privacidad y el cumplimiento son desafíos clave.
Read MoreNetherlands Mar 20, 2025 Public Physical english
A unique event that offers a retrospective lens on the career journey of leading CIOs, as they reflect on the milestones, challenges, and pivotal decisions that shaped their paths. In this interactive session, a panel of seasoned CIOs will share insights on their personal career trajectories—what worked, what they might have done differently, and the valuable lessons they've learned along the way. They'll provide actionable advice on building a robust and fulfilling CIO career, including key opportunities to seize and common pitfalls to avoid.To complement these reflections, we’ll be joined by a headhunter and career strategy expert, who will offer guidance on strategic career planning for IT leaders. This expert will delve into the evolving demands for CIOs, and how to navigate the dynamic landscape to ensure long-term success. Whether you're a current CIO or aspiring to this role, this event will provide practical advice, inspiration, and strategies to accelerate your career and future-proof your leadership in the digital age.
Read MoreItaly Mar 20, 2025 Country Members Physical italian
A unique event that offers a retrospective lens on the career journey of leading CIOs, as they reflect on the milestones, challenges, and pivotal decisions that shaped their paths. In this interactive session, a panel of seasoned CIOs will share insights on their personal career trajectories—what worked, what they might have done differently, and the valuable lessons they've learned along the way. They'll provide actionable advice on building a robust and fulfilling CIO career, including key opportunities to seize and common pitfalls to avoid.
Read MorePoland Mar 20, 2025 All Members Physical Polish
Jaki jest przepis na udaną karierę CIO? To pytanie regularnie wraca w wielu naszych rozmowach. Podczas Community Eventu przyjrzymy się ścieżkom kariery CIO – zarówno w Polsce, jak i na arenie międzynarodowej. Czy odnoszący w Polsce sukcesy CIO zostanie dostrzeżony w strukturach międzynarodowych? Czy CIO w Polsce pełni rolę bardziej operacyjną niż strategiczną? Czy w Polsce dostęp do budżetu na innowacje jest trudniejszy niż dla CIO w firmach globalnych? Spotkanie ma charakter międzynarodowy, w tym samym czasie w różnych krajach CIONET odbędą się dyskusje o karierze dyrektorów IT. Będziemy mieć niepowtarzalną okazję spojrzenia na kariery globalnych CIO, również przez pryzmat ekspertki executive search, która prowadzi rekrutacje na najwyższe, technologiczne stanowiska.
Read MoreGermany Mar 20, 2025 Country Members Physical german
Ein einzigartiges Event, das einen rückblickenden Blick auf die Karrierewege führender CIOs bietet, während sie die Meilensteine, Herausforderungen und entscheidenden Entscheidungen reflektieren, die ihre Pfade geprägt haben. In dieser interaktiven Sitzung wird ein Panel erfahrener CIOs Einblicke in ihre persönlichen Karriereverläufe geben – was funktioniert hat, was sie vielleicht anders gemacht hätten und welche wertvollen Lektionen sie auf ihrem Weg gelernt haben. Sie werden umsetzbare Ratschläge geben, wie man eine robuste und erfüllende CIO-Karriere aufbaut, einschließlich wichtiger Chancen, die man ergreifen sollte, und häufiger Fallstricke, die es zu vermeiden gilt.
Read MoreBelgium Mar 20, 2025 Country Members Physical english
A unique event that offers a retrospective lens on the career journey of leading CIOs, as they reflect on the milestones, challenges, and pivotal decisions that shaped their paths. In this interactive session, a panel of seasoned CIOs will share insights on their personal career trajectories—what worked, what they might have done differently, and the valuable lessons they've learned along the way. They'll provide actionable advice on building a robust and fulfilling CIO career, including key opportunities to seize and common pitfalls to avoid.To complement these reflections, we’ll be joined by a headhunter and career strategy expert, who will offer guidance on strategic career planning for IT leaders. This expert will delve into the evolving demands for CIOs, and how to navigate the dynamic landscape to ensure long-term success. Whether you're a current CIO or aspiring to this role, this event will provide practical advice, inspiration, and strategies to accelerate your career and future-proof your leadership in the digital age.
Read MoreSpain Mar 19, 2025 Country Members Physical spanish
Muchas organizaciones ya han migrado sus infraestructuras a la nube, adoptando soluciones híbridas y multicloud para mejorar la flexibilidad y eficiencia operativa. En este contexto están teniendo que afrontar retos como la gestión de la seguridad de los datos, la optimización de costes, la interoperabilidad de plataformas y la dependencia de los proveedores (vendor lock-in). Adicionalmente, las regulaciones en constante evolución y la necesidad de garantizar la privacidad y el cumplimiento son desafíos clave.
Read MoreNetherlands Mar 20, 2025 Public Physical english
A unique event that offers a retrospective lens on the career journey of leading CIOs, as they reflect on the milestones, challenges, and pivotal decisions that shaped their paths. In this interactive session, a panel of seasoned CIOs will share insights on their personal career trajectories—what worked, what they might have done differently, and the valuable lessons they've learned along the way. They'll provide actionable advice on building a robust and fulfilling CIO career, including key opportunities to seize and common pitfalls to avoid.To complement these reflections, we’ll be joined by a headhunter and career strategy expert, who will offer guidance on strategic career planning for IT leaders. This expert will delve into the evolving demands for CIOs, and how to navigate the dynamic landscape to ensure long-term success. Whether you're a current CIO or aspiring to this role, this event will provide practical advice, inspiration, and strategies to accelerate your career and future-proof your leadership in the digital age.
Read MoreItaly Mar 20, 2025 Country Members Physical italian
A unique event that offers a retrospective lens on the career journey of leading CIOs, as they reflect on the milestones, challenges, and pivotal decisions that shaped their paths. In this interactive session, a panel of seasoned CIOs will share insights on their personal career trajectories—what worked, what they might have done differently, and the valuable lessons they've learned along the way. They'll provide actionable advice on building a robust and fulfilling CIO career, including key opportunities to seize and common pitfalls to avoid.
Read MorePoland Mar 20, 2025 All Members Physical Polish
Jaki jest przepis na udaną karierę CIO? To pytanie regularnie wraca w wielu naszych rozmowach. Podczas Community Eventu przyjrzymy się ścieżkom kariery CIO – zarówno w Polsce, jak i na arenie międzynarodowej. Czy odnoszący w Polsce sukcesy CIO zostanie dostrzeżony w strukturach międzynarodowych? Czy CIO w Polsce pełni rolę bardziej operacyjną niż strategiczną? Czy w Polsce dostęp do budżetu na innowacje jest trudniejszy niż dla CIO w firmach globalnych? Spotkanie ma charakter międzynarodowy, w tym samym czasie w różnych krajach CIONET odbędą się dyskusje o karierze dyrektorów IT. Będziemy mieć niepowtarzalną okazję spojrzenia na kariery globalnych CIO, również przez pryzmat ekspertki executive search, która prowadzi rekrutacje na najwyższe, technologiczne stanowiska.
Read MoreGermany Mar 20, 2025 Country Members Physical german
Ein einzigartiges Event, das einen rückblickenden Blick auf die Karrierewege führender CIOs bietet, während sie die Meilensteine, Herausforderungen und entscheidenden Entscheidungen reflektieren, die ihre Pfade geprägt haben. In dieser interaktiven Sitzung wird ein Panel erfahrener CIOs Einblicke in ihre persönlichen Karriereverläufe geben – was funktioniert hat, was sie vielleicht anders gemacht hätten und welche wertvollen Lektionen sie auf ihrem Weg gelernt haben. Sie werden umsetzbare Ratschläge geben, wie man eine robuste und erfüllende CIO-Karriere aufbaut, einschließlich wichtiger Chancen, die man ergreifen sollte, und häufiger Fallstricke, die es zu vermeiden gilt.
Read MoreBelgium Mar 20, 2025 Country Members Physical english
A unique event that offers a retrospective lens on the career journey of leading CIOs, as they reflect on the milestones, challenges, and pivotal decisions that shaped their paths. In this interactive session, a panel of seasoned CIOs will share insights on their personal career trajectories—what worked, what they might have done differently, and the valuable lessons they've learned along the way. They'll provide actionable advice on building a robust and fulfilling CIO career, including key opportunities to seize and common pitfalls to avoid.To complement these reflections, we’ll be joined by a headhunter and career strategy expert, who will offer guidance on strategic career planning for IT leaders. This expert will delve into the evolving demands for CIOs, and how to navigate the dynamic landscape to ensure long-term success. Whether you're a current CIO or aspiring to this role, this event will provide practical advice, inspiration, and strategies to accelerate your career and future-proof your leadership in the digital age.
Read MoreRecognizing the need for a fresh approach to fuel innovation and efficiency, Nordzucker partnered with Stefanini to reimagine their IT landscape. After nearly two decades of working within the ITIL framework without achieving desired performance metrics, the company embraced a bold "greenfield" strategy.
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ServiceNow IT Service Management
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ING Direct aims to enhance customer experience by providing swift and accurate online support. To achieve this, they seek a solution that can comprehend written customer inquiries and deliver appropriate responses, reducing the need for call center interactions.
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Expert.ai Smart Search
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Inserm relies on external experts to assess job candidates' expertise. This manual process is time-consuming and lacks transparency. To streamline recruitment and enhance efficiency, Inserm seeks an automated solution to verify candidate expertise.
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expert.ai Insight Engine
expert.ai Platform
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Embark on a culinary journey through the ever-evolving world of digital leadership with our third edition of the CIONET Cookbook: Recipes for Digital Success. Unveiling the intricate trilemma faced by today’s Master Chefs, our trailblazing European CIOs address a challenge at the nexus of customer interests, digital transformation strategies, and IT modernisation. Their secret? Synchronising the gearing between customer, business, and technology to create a frictionless movement through the digital landscape.
The CIONET Cookbook uses the analogy of a five-star restaurant to explain the importance of optimally integrated technology, with the CIO as Master Chef. In order to provide the best service to its customers, a top restaurant must have the right atmosphere, an inviting menu, a well-equipped kitchen, talented and committed front-of-house and kitchen staff and smooth-running processes that ensure an enjoyable experience for diners.
In this report, Roger Camrass reviews the financial events of 2024 and presents his opinion on investment prospects for 2025 Roger has followed global finance markets closely for over 40 years and summarises trends in investment reports annually1 As former Research Director at CIONET, Europe’s largest community of digital leaders2, Roger has first-hand knowledge of digital trends
CIONET, in partnership with Cognizant and Google Cloud, has conducted an interview-based survey of CIOs, CTOs, or equivalents from leading retail and consumer packaged goods (CPG) organisations . The results show multiple factors disrupting peak trading patterns, including the transition to online retailing and the impacts of climate change, global conflicts, and macroeconomic pressures .
Our first Business Community Event of 2025 explored the challenges B2B startups face in scaling through enterprise contracts, particularly with FTSE 100 companies. Moderated by Craig Walker, CIONET UK, the panel discussed key strategies for success. Insights included the need for business leaders to prioritize partnerships with innovative startups, and for startups to align their value propositions with enterprise needs. Participants also explored how frameworks like design thinking can define objectives, and how governance hurdles can be streamlined. Other topics included the importance of clear timelines for proof-of-concept studies, simplified integration via APIs, and the role of stakeholder commitment in driving innovation. The event highlighted the value of ecosystem partnerships with incubators and universities in supporting startup growth.
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