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France Nov 4, 2025 Country Members Physical french

Maîtriser la souveraineté numérique: du réseau à la donnée

Join us on the evening of 4th November for dinner and discussion in the company of experts from BT and Cisco. Hosted at an exclusive venue, this is the perfect opportunity to network, exchange ideas with your peers and leave with actionable insights.

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Spain Nov 5, 2025 Country Members Physical spanish

GROWTH Quest 2025

Este año, además de analizar las dinámicas habituales de la colaboración entre tecnología y negocio para trascender los desafíos tradicionales de comunicación y alineación, damos un paso más allá para abordar otros temas de interés: cómo evolucionar de cultura de proyectos a producto digital, mejores prácticas en Gobernanza IT eficaz., gestión estratégica del cambio o modelos de innovación en el negocio.

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Italy Nov 6, 2025 Country Members Physical italian

Data & AI

Nel mondo digitale odierno, l'IA e le tecnologie dei dati sono forze trainanti che stanno rimodellando i settori e favorendo livelli senza precedenti di agilità e innovazione. Questo evento presenta avanzamenti all'avanguardia come l'IA generativa e i modelli di base, consentendo alle organizzazioni di offrire esperienze personalizzate e soluzioni trasformative su larga scala. Scopri come l'adozione di strategie agili, potenziate dall'IA, stia supportando i leader aziendali nell'adattarsi ai continui cambiamenti del mercato.

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Belgium Nov 6, 2025 Invitation Only Physical english

CIONET Round Table: Securing Your Digital Crown Jewels

The modern cyber threat landscape has evolved from simple data breaches to sophisticated, systemic attacks designed to cripple an entire organisation. Ransomware, in particular, has made traditional backup and recovery strategies insufficient, as attackers often compromise backups before launching their main assault. In this new reality, the question is no longer "if" an attack will happen, but "when” and how quickly you can recover. Furthermore, regulations like DORA and NIS2 are making robust recovery a legal imperative, compelling businesses to adopt solutions that can guarantee data integrity and business continuity even after a catastrophic cyber event, making a Cybervault a critical component of regulatory compliance.

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Netherlands Nov 10, 2025 Public Physical english

Reis mee: CIO Innovation trip Web Summit 11 nov 2025 Lissabon

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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Germany Nov 11, 2025 Country Members Physical english

München: The Agentic Advantage

On the eve of the ServiceNow World Forum, CIONET invites you to an exclusive dinner in the fabulous Restaurant Little London in the heart of Munich City. Join leading CIOs, CDOs, and ServiceNow product owners for a candid exchange on how to get the most from your ServiceNow investment.

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Rossmann Runs Business-critical Logistics System on OutSystems

With more than 1,500 stores in around 400 cities, Rossmann Poland is the country’s leading drug store chain. And since 2020, the retailer has used a logistics app called “S-Hub” in its central distribution warehouse.That app and 24 others are built on OutSystems, and the number keeps rising.

 
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“OutSystems gives us the ability to build applications we need with virtually no limits, including extensive apps that cover critical operations.” - Robert HaberBusiness Solutions Architect, Rossmann Poland

 
Challenge

Numerous App Dev Technologies Led to Development Silos

Rossmann Poland has a long history of in-house custom software development, which has helped the drug store giant differentiate in its market. Around 300 specialists work in its IT department, and they had a veritable smorgasbord of different software development technologies.

“We were concerned about hitting a wall with low-code. But we’ve found no limits to what we can do with OutSystems. The ability to modify or extend code at the front-end or back-end means we can deliver apps precisely tailored to our needs.” - Piotr JugielDeputy Director of the IT Department, Rossmann Poland

In mid-2019, Rossmann Poland decided to complement and standardize its application development technology, aiming to provide a single, comprehensive application development kit that would speed up the development process and allow developers to focus less on technology and more on solving business problems. This additional element was the choice of a low-code solution.

Ultimately, the company chose OutSystems as the platform met their requirements to deploy on-premises and was suited to multiple use cases, including mission-critical core business systems and smaller web and mobile workplace applications.

 

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Why Rossmann Poland chose OutSystems:
  • Speed-up development and improve agility
  • Independence from mobile platforms
  • Full-stack visual development with no limits
 
Solution

Convincing IT Teams Step by Step

With a large team of experienced developers, Robert Haber, Business Solutions Architect at Rossmann, had to tread carefully to win over colleagues to a new low-code way of working. “Junior developers were very receptive and quick to learn OutSystems,” says Robert, “But, in fairness, it wasn’t easy to convince all of our developers to go low-code.”

“To win over skeptics, presenting low-code as a panacea doesn’t work,” says Robert. “Instead, a step-by-step approach is more persuasive. We pointed out the areas of development where OutSystems gave the most benefits, like UI development and speed. We gradually proved the case with concrete results.”

 

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“To win over skeptics, presenting low-code as a panacea doesn’t work. Instead, a step-by-step approach is more persuasive.”- Robert HaberBusiness Solutions Architect, Rossmann Poland

 
Results

25 Apps and Counting—Including a Mission-Critical Logistics App

Now, just over two years since adopting OutSystems, Rossmann has 25 applications running on OutSystems, serving around 20,000 users every day. Of these, 4,000 are heavy users at head office, and around 16,000 are users in stores.

Rossmann has a blended sourcing approach that combines in-house development with certified developers from OutSystems partners to assist on more complex projects.

“Many developers assume low-code is just for simple tools in the back office,” says Robert. “But we’ve proven the contrary very quickly. OutSystems allows us to build the applications we need with virtually no limits, including extensive apps that cover critical operations.”

So, although Rossmann has several simple applications that do not require extensive integration, it also has more complex business-critical solutions that it has comprehensively integrated with core systems.

S-Hub—A Mission-Critical Logistics App

The S-Hub app is at the center of Rossmann’s supply chain. Installed on Android devices used at Rossmann’s central distribution warehouse, S-Hub scans incoming and outgoing deliveries, streamlining distribution to stores.

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