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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
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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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US County Sheriff’s Office enhances public safety data protection with Trend Micro Apex One
Enhances public safety data protection with Trend Micro Apex One
OVERVIEW
With close to one million residents, this law enforcement agency accommodates one of the largest jails in the state. In addition to protecting public safety, the County Sheriff’s Office is focused on protecting data, using Trend Micro Apex One and Trend Micro Apex Central™.
With the previous solution I used, monitoring sometimes worked and sometimes it didn’t. Trend Micro has proven to be reliable.
IT Lead, The County Sherrif's Office
CHALLENGES
Law enforcement agencies are a common target for cybercriminals. After several agencies within the state were hit with ransomware recently, the County Sheriff’s Office leaders wanted to learn from those experiences and ensure they were protected. Since its jurisdiction includes a large inmate facility, this County Sheriff’s Office collects a lot of data.
The facility has a full medical wing that collects patient data (including IoT data from medical devices) and a payment card industry (PCI) group that collects credit card information from families to fund inmate canteen accounts. Most of this data is collected digitally.
“We have everything a corporate business or hospital would have, but it’s all under one roof. Hackers see us as a prime target for bragging rights and to steal personally identifiable information. Our data is an important asset, and we need to protect it,” says the IT Lead at the County Sheriff’s Office.
With a few thousand employees that could potentially expose the organization to vulnerabilities, the County Sheriff’s Office needed a strong security partner.
“If a threat hits us, public safety could be put at risk—deputies may not be able to respond to incidents, medical history could be compromised, and overall operations could crash. Our network, endpoints, and email are attacked all day long. We needed very strong protection and backups in place,” says IT Lead.
WHY TREND
“As a longtime customer, we know Trend Micro’s endpoint security is very reliable when it comes to catching ransomware, malware, and spyware. Having a partnership with a strong security vendor is the key to keeping the lights on, the bad guys out, and the good guys working,” says the IT Lead.
Trend Micro’s solutions also help provide the County Sheriff’s Office with a clearer picture of external threats.
“A lot of police agencies don’t understand the systems that support them and convincing people you need to invest in security is often a big hill to climb. Trend Micro allows us to see and share what we’re up against in this unique atmosphere,” says the IT Lead.
Reliability and flexibility were other key reasons in choosing Trend Micro.
“I can monitor our systems 24/7 from anywhere. With the previous solution I used, monitoring sometimes worked and sometimes it didn’t. Trend Micro has proven to be reliable,” says IT Lead.
With Trend Micro, we don’t have to worry about ransomware. Trend Micro constantly monitors our environment for new ransomware threats and blocks them.
IT Lead, The County Sherrif's Office
SOLUTION
The County Sheriff’s Office recently migrated 2,800 machines to Trend Micro Apex One—a solution that combines vulnerability protection and antivirus for endpoints.
“Prior to Trend Micro Apex One, we were running two servers on every device, which is difficult with 2,800 machines. Trend Micro Apex One combines the two, allowing us to manage all of our devices through one agent, and Trend Micro Apex Central allows for a higher level of management with one interface. We get more tools, but use less equipment,” says IT Lead.
RESULTS
The County Sheriff’s Office didn’t encounter a single problem during the migration process. The migrations also happened quickly, which is critical, especially for deputies in the field who can’t be offline.
“Since dispatchers track deputies through GPS, as well as their calls, data is constantly going back and forth. Their systems cannot be down. With Trend Micro, upgrading was easy. Deputies can restart whenever they want and they are still protected,” adds IT Lead.
Trend Micro Apex One also protects the County Sheriff’s Office endpoints from unintended exposure to vulnerabilities. The solution had already picked up 33 known threats within the first few weeks of use.
“Trend Micro Apex One blocks those suspicious, dangerous websites. If a user downloads something suspicious, it’s automatically captured, blocked, and reported,” says IT Lead.
WHAT'S NEXT
The County Sheriff’s Office is currently considering Trend Micro Vision One™ to add a forensics layer to its solution and enable the use of artificial intelligence and extended detection and response.
“Ransomware is a big problem right now with every agency and every commercial organization. With Trend Micro, we don’t have to worry about ransomware. Trend Micro constantly monitors our environment for new ransomware threats and blocks them.”
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