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Kalman Tiboldi - CTO & Founder at GemOne-TVH - Simplify or Die: Why Complexity Is the Real IT Challenge
Italy Sep 25, 2025 Invitation Only Physical italian
Nel percorso verso l’AI e la trasformazione digitale, dati e automazione sono gli elementi centrali di ogni strategia tecnologica. Ma senza una governance chiara, rischiano di diventare non solo fonte di inefficienza, ma anche di rischi e incoerenza. Come garantire che i dati siano completi, accessibili e affidabili? Come automatizzare le operation IT e i processi aziendali mantenendo controllo, compliance e sicurezza? Durante questa roundtable esclusiva, organizzata da CIONET Italia e IBM, affronteremo: La governance come abilitatore di dati affidabili e automazione sicura. Come prepararsi a un’adozione dell’AI realmente scalabile. Il ruolo di controllo, resilienza e gestione del rischio nell’innovazione.
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Belgium Oct 16, 2025 Invitation Only Physical english
AI isn’t just another tool. It changes how we work, how we think, how we organise ourselves.Yet most organisations still approach it like a digital upgrade, deploying assistants, automating workflows, testing use cases inisolation.The results are predictable. Short-term wins. Long-term confusion.Effort spent. Value unclear.Many companies can’t connect AI to their actual strategic goals,and the promised ROI never materialises.At the same time, something deeper is shifting.AI can now reason, decide, adapt. Not just mimic processes butcontribute to them.The technology is evolving, but the way we implement it hasn’tcaught up.If your AI still fits inside a single department, you’re likely solvingthe wrong problem.If it works only for individuals, you're missing how your teamsactually deliver value.If it replaces people instead of supporting them, you're buildingfor today, not tomorrow.The next step isn’t more AI. It’s the right AI.Built for your business, your teams, your way of working.Not a tool to add but a structure to build around.Are we ready to treat AI as a shared capability, not a scatteredexperiment?Can we move beyond individual efficiency and build systems thatcollaborate, learn and adapt with us?Those are the questions we’ll explore at the round table.
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Germany Oct 28, 2025 Country Members Physical german
Am 28. Oktober lädt CIONET CIOs und Digital Leaders nach Köln ein: hier stellen wir reale Anwendungsfälle vor, in denen KI-Agenten Aufgaben autonom übernehmen, Prozesse beschleunigen und Entscheidungen vorbereiten – mit messbarem Nutzen für das Business.
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France Nov 4, 2025 Country Members Physical french
À l’ère des mutations géopolitiques et réglementaires, l’établissement d’une souveraineté numérique est devenu un élément stratégique essentiel pour les entreprises. Ce dialogue stratégique mettra en lumière le rôle fondamental du réseau dans la mise en place du contrôle, de la confiance et de la résilience. Nous explorerons comment une infrastructure moderne et résiliente permet d’appliquer des politiques de gestion des données et d’assurer la continuité opérationnelle. Ce dialogue stratégique, réservé à un groupe restreint de pairs, est conçu pour permettre aux leaders du numérique d’échanger sur l’un des enjeux les plus urgents aujourd’hui. Nous discuterons des réseaux « sovereign-ready » et débattrons des préoccupations croissantes autour de la souveraineté des données, qui motivent l’adoption de politiques de confidentialité et de protection des données de plus en plus strictes à l’échelle mondiale.
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Netherlands Nov 10, 2025 Public Physical english
CIONET Nederland vertrekt met een groep Nederlandse CIO's en digital leaders 10 t/m 12 november 2025 voor de geheel verzorgde CIO Innovation Trip naar de Web Summit in Lissabon, Portugal. Reis jij mee of neem je collega(s) mee!
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England and Wales Cricket Board Enables Fast, Flexible Innovation
Hindered by long development cycles, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) was struggling to apply data in the right ways. By using the OutSystems platform, the organization has enabled a fast, collaborative approach to development-cutting costs and putting the right tools in the right hands when they’re needed most.
"Engaging with OutSystems and embracing low-code development has been truly life-changing."Damian Smith, Head of IT, England and Wales Cricket Board
Challenge – The England and Wales Cricket Board exists to promote and grow the game of cricket. One way the board can demonstrate its success and ensure continued investment in the game is by tracking and managing massive amounts of data on everything from uptake at over 6,000 local clubs, to viewership of First Class and International games.
Tasked with bringing the organization’s huge volumes of diverse data together and applying it in innovative ways that support players, coaches, and the growth of the game, ECB IT head Damian Smith needed to transform the way apps were developed and acquired internally.
The organization needed a faster approach to development, and one that would enable users and idea generators to get closer to the development process. That’s when Damian engaged with OutSystems.
Solution – By using the OutSystems platform for low-code development, ECB has changed the way it approaches development and meets internal demand for new solutions. Because development is so fast and simple with low-code, ECB can now experiment with more ideas, quickly identifying what’s worth exploring and what isn’t.
According to Smith, “OutSystems has given IT the opportunity to enhance its collaboration with the business to provide innovative solutions rapidly.” Using the platform, developers can sit alongside whoever has come up with an app idea and turn fresh concepts from across the organization into release-ready applications in just a few weeks.
One such app was the ECB’s new fast-bowling coaching app. Players with high potential would visit England’s Cricket Performance Center at Loughborough University every few months, gaining valuable insight into their own performance that could be used to guide training and reduce the risk of injury.
Previously, however, as soon as the player left the center, they’d lose touch with the expert sports scientists and coaches and the insight and data they’d generated–meaning that a lot of their good work may be undone. To solve that issue, ECB used OutSystems to create a new app that would bring all of a player’s fast-bowling data–including sensor data, video, coach observations, and training plans–together in one place.
The app ensures players and coaches stay connected to performance center data and input between their visits, enabling continuous player improvement and development, and tight collaboration between everyone involved in their coaching and training at all levels.
Results – Using the OutSystems platform, the ECB can now develop game-changing apps in a fraction of the time it took previously. But, as a seasoned ultramarathon runner, Damian knows that speed is just one part of what it takes to deliver long-term success.
By using OutSystems, Damian has driven a major culture shift across the ECB that has brought numerous organizational benefits. The new development approach supported by OutSystems has brought IT, developers and users closer together, making app innovation a truly collaborative process.
As a result, IT better understands what people need from them, and people feel truly enabled by the department. For Damian personally, this shift has been “life-changing.”
According to Damian, “this new development culture has helped improve the speed of decision-making at the ECB, specifically helping me focus investment more wisely.”
“We’ve become far more evidence-based in how we choose the projects to invest in, which gives us a lot more credibility across the entire business. We’re extremely connected to the business now, and we’re able to deliver inspired solutions that users are truly proud of.”
Because the OutSystems platform is so simple to use, it’s also hugely expanded the range of opportunities and ideas that ECB can explore effectively. When new skills are needed, it’s as simple as outsourcing to the right OutSystems partner, something that has proven very simple and convenient.
The ECB’s innovative fast-bowling app was fully developed in just two months with the help of accomplished OutSystems partner Sports Data Services–a project that previously would have taken over a year. It’s now the key system for player coaching and development, enabling total collaboration between players and coaches.
Plus, because low-code makes it so easy for Damian and the ECB team to iterate on existing apps, it’s only getting better–with new capabilities and functionality being added incrementally, in line with evolving player and coach needs.
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