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Kalman Tiboldi - CTO & Founder at GemOne-TVH - Simplify or Die: Why Complexity Is the Real IT Challenge
Germany Oct 20, 2025 Country Members Virtual german
Die Realisierung des Potenzials von KI und datengesteuerten Strategien stellt nicht länger nur einen Wettbewerbsvorteil dar, sondern ist Heute auch entscheidend für den langfristigen Erfolg eines jeden Unternehmens. Unsere Wissensaustausch-Briefings "AI & Data Knowledge Transfer" zielen darauf ab, CIDOs und Senior Digital Leaders praktische Anwendungen aufzuzeigen und umsetzbaren Erkenntnissen von Fachexperten zu vermitteln, die den Weg für die transformative digitale Reise ebnen und beschleunigen.
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Belgium Oct 21, 2025 Invitation Only Physical english
In today's competitive landscape, customer expectations have never been higher. They demand a personalised, seamless experience at every touchpoint, from initial marketing contact to post-sale service. Unified data is at the heart of creating engaging customer experiences and is meant to fuel the 360 profile. However, for many organizations, a complete picture of the customer is fragmented, with critical data scattered in disconnected systems and departments. This exclusive roundtable will bring together Digital Leaders active in multiple industries to discuss a critical challenge: breaking down data silos to build a true 360° view of the customer. We will explore how to solve the complex integration challenges that prevent a unified view, and how to transform disparate data into a single source of truth. Join us to: Discover how to overcome the technical hurdles of integrating critical business systems, such as ERP and CRM platforms, to unify customer data. Explore real-world case studies on how organisations have successfully created unified customer insights to enhance personalisation and boost commercial and operational efficiency. Discuss best practices for turning fragmented data into actionable insights that can anticipate customer needs, drive revenue growth, and foster long-term loyalty. This is a unique opportunity for Digital Leaders who are ready to transform their customer engagement strategy and unlock the full potential of their data.
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Spain Oct 22, 2025 Country Members Physical spanish
Descubre cómo las organizaciones están utilizando la tecnología para impactar en el negocio a través de casos reales de uso y aprendizajes clave en áreas como ciberseguridad, automatización o data, contados por los protagonistas. Un espacio diseñado para inspirarte, conectar con expertos y potenciar la innovación en tu organización.
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Belgium Oct 22, 2025 Invitation Only Physical english
Enterprises are questioning whether private networks and stacked firewalls are still worthwhile investments. A newer approach operates on the open internet with Zero Trust, eliminates perimeter complexity, and reframes cybersecurity as a business performance metric for boards and audit committees. This is a closed-door, peer discussion, not a lecture. We’ll examine the promise and its pitfalls: Are the promised savings significant, or are they too good to be true? What risks do you introduce? How does this collide with your installed base, legacy OT, entrenched processes and team competencies, and how do you overcome that without breaking operations or credibility with the board? Two senior leaders from global companies will spark the dialogue with lived experience: Kurt De Ruwe, CIO AkzoNobel Frank Bolata, CIO Syensqo
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Poland Oct 23, 2025 Invitation Only Physical Polish
Cloud UP! ’25 to miejsce spotkań managerów, którzy chcą świadomie i skutecznie rozwijać swoje organizacje, wykorzystując najnowsze technologie. Nieformalnym hasłem tegorocznej edycji jest “Chmura gotowa na AI” - będziemy rozmawiać o tym, co sztuczna inteligencja naprawdę potrafi oraz pokazywać, jak wdrażać ją w praktyce. Wspólnie z ekspertami przeanalizujemy, jakie warunki muszą zostać spełnione, aby wdrożenia AI były zarówno skuteczne, jak i bezpieczne. Zerkniemy za kulisy najnowszych rodzimych produktów AI-owych, by zobaczyć ich możliwości, a także poznamy najciekawsze wdrożenia z wykorzystaniem Agentspace. Po raz kolejny spotkamy się w formule Share.Explore.Execute. Stawiamy na wymianę wiedzy i doświadczeń zdobytych podczas realizacji projektów. To one stanowią punkt wyjścia do odkrywania, testowania i skutecznej implementacji najlepszych rozwiązań w organizacjach. Cloud UP! ’25 to cztery ścieżki tematyczne, na które złożą się prezentacje, rozmowy, sesje live-demo oraz pogłębione dyskusje w formule roundtables: AI: Beyond the Hype Data Mastery Resilience & Regulatory Advanced Practitioners Dołącz do liderów chmurowych innowacji w Polsce i spotkaj się z nami już 23 października w Event Hall w Fabryce Norblina.
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Belgium Oct 23, 2025 Invitation Only Physical english
How to lead responsibly when technology can deceive better than a human? AI’s ability to shape our perceptions and create new realities is becoming increasingly sophisticated. While it opens significant opportunities, it also carries risks. What happens when AI goes beyond data and algorithms to influence - or even deceive - our senses? How does this change not only our understanding of reality but also the foundations of trust, creativity, and truth in business? AI isn’t just transforming business, it is altering how we experience and interpret everything around us. From AI-generated deepfakes to personalised experiences designed to influence behaviour, the line between truth and illusion is increasingly blurred. This event combines a roundtable discussion among peers with a hands-on sensory workshop, where you will experience illusions through sight, sound, taste, smell, and touch. Through these experiments, we will confront the ethical dilemmas that arise when AI has the power to fabricate realities and influence decisions.
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Helping a global financial services company migrate to SD-WAN
Enabling transformation at speed and scale with our enhanced SD-WAN solution.
Overview
Customer service is king. Three-quarters of customers say a positive experience influences their purchasing decisions when banking1. That’s why when one of Europe’s biggest banks asked us for help, we needed to step up and meet these demands. We needed to transform our customer’s infrastructure to provide a secure cloud experience, while offering an innovative new digital service. Agile Connect Nuage SD-WAN was a clear winner, allowing the organisation to fully embrace this technology without increasing their costs.
The challenge
Offering a range of financial services, the customer needed to restructure its architecture to help it deliver on visibility, control and security capabilities for all its branches and subsidiaries worldwide. Operating in more than 30 countries, its vast global reach meant that they needed to upgrade their networks so they could benefit from the improved performances and lower complexity that SD-WAN provides. This would also allow them to meet the needs of their customers and end-users anywhere, anytime. It would also enable them to offer innovative tools that would make customers' lives easier and enhance their ongoing experience, like mobile apps and telematics.
But the customer’s existing network couldn’t keep up with its ambitions. The organisation needed higher bandwidth to keep up with its increased digital demand. But doubling the capacity of its MPLS infrastructure would also significantly increase the cost. In addition, setting up new offices, embracing remote working and cloud connectivity is performed at a much faster pace. But MPLS has strong benefits and moving to the internet also presents security challenges – a key consideration for an industry where security and safeguarding data is paramount.
Moving to an over-the-internet connection would solve many of these problems. But the customer was facing the challenge to provide the same level of service in all countries. They also couldn’t afford to handle a network transformation like this in-house. A managed SD-WAN solution was the obvious choice.
In order to foster innovation and support their digital transformation, our global customer can fully leverage our managed SD-WAN solution, Agile Connect. This provides them with the platform to grow and expand worldwide, in a consistent and predictable environment. Combined with Managed Fortinet Firewall, there is no compromise on security as they can rely on us to protect each and every site, without facing the challenge to invest on highly skilled resources to deploy and maintain such infrastructure globally.”
BT client director
The solution
With Agile Connect, we were able to provide the customer with the speed and scale they needed. The SD-WAN solution is built on Nokia's Nuage Networks, so it can dynamically adapt to traffic needs as they change. Despite being an internet-based solution, it's integrated into our global network. Every user is connected through a single platform. And offices and remote workers get seamless performance, wherever they are.
With Agile Connect's centralised management provided by BT, customers are better able to see and control their entire infrastructure and security. And the network is segmented too. So if a breach happens in one area, data in other areas stays protected. To secure our global customer sites, the SD-WAN is combined with BT Managed Fortinet Firewall. This is a very cost-effective way of securing your SD-WAN by detecting malicious activity at the edge of the network, so you're protected right away. While built-in SSL decryption keeps every user safe.
The result
As a result of deploying Agile Connect and Managed Fortinet Firewall, our customer gained simpler deployment and greater control over their network. In return, the customer has been able to enjoy higher bandwidth, greater connectivity and flexibility at lower costs.
By completely revamping the network infrastructure, not only did the customer benefit from the latest innovations but they were able to free up internal resources, allowing them to invest more in their digital transformation. Now they can benefit from a centrally managed and secure network that is agile and cost-effective. Whilst also creating opportunities to open new offices, access the cloud and foster innovation.
All without compromising their security. Sites are now managed through a single pane of glass, deployed in a standard and secure way in each location to ensure business continuity and data protection.
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