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Belgium 1-10-25 Invitation Only Physical english
In today’s rapidly evolving technological landscape, organisations face a critical challenge: how to modernise their legacy systems while managing costs, maintaining security, and ensuring operational continuity. This exclusive round table discussion brings together CIOs, CTOs, and Digital Leaders to explore best practices for legacy and lifecycle management. Key topics include extending the lifespan of existing systems, mitigating cyber security risks, optimising costs, and integrating legacy platforms with modern technologies. We’ll also delve into sustainability, workforce challenges, and future-proofing IT infrastructures to navigate technological obsolescence.
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Architecture doesn’t happen in diagrams. It happens in minds, seasoned, curious, sharp minds that understand how the pieces fit. But who’s shaping these minds? Who’s growing the next generation of digital architects? If you’re responsible for complex systems, and for the people designing them, this session is for you.
Read MorePoland 7-10-25 Invitation Only Virtual Polish
Eksperymanty z AI w developmencie trwają. Punktowo zaczynamy efektywnie stosować AI do różnych elementów w procesach wytwórczych i SDLC. A co ze stykiem z biznesem? Co z początkiem cyklu? Co z Product Managementem? Czy ty też AI zagości i zrewolucjonizuje procesy i role? Na ten temat swoją opinię i przemyślenia przedstawi nasz gość Rafał Zienkiewicz z Żabki, który w oparciu o dotychczasowe doświadczenia, zbudował swoistą odpowiedź na postawione pytanie o wpływ AI na obszar Product Managent.
Read MorePoland 8-10-25 Physical Polish
Jak połączyć innowacje w sztucznej inteligencji i zarządzaniu danymi z wymogami ładu korporacyjnego, zgodności i efektywności operacyjnej? W jaki sposób governance może wspierać rozwój nowoczesnych rozwiązań, zamiast je blokować?
Read MoreBelgium 9-10-25 Country Members Physical english
Today’s IT world moves faster than ever. New tools, new ways of working, constant updates! The real challenge? Making sure your people stay in the loop, up to speed, and ready to move. That’s why this year’s edition of Belgium’s Got Digital Talent is all about mastering knowledge flow, how to share the right know-how with the right people, at the right time. No more teams working in silos. No more vital info getting lost.We’re diving into practical ways to keep your teams smart, agile, and aligned. Whether you're leading an IT team, shaping digital strategy, or hiring tech talent, this event will give you the ideas, tools, and energy to turn fast change into a competitive edge.
Read MoreUK Sep 30, 2025 Invitation Only Physical english
This exclusive Jefferson dinner, hosted by Mendix and CIONET, brings together a hand-picked group of senior executives and digital leaders from across the UK financial sector.
Read MoreNetherlands Sep 30, 2025 Invitation Only Physical dutch
Alleen op uitnodiging. Mastering Digital Sovereignty Control, trust and resilience in an era of geopolitical and regulatory shifts. From the Network to the Data.
Read MoreBelgium Oct 1, 2025 Invitation Only Physical english
In today’s rapidly evolving technological landscape, organisations face a critical challenge: how to modernise their legacy systems while managing costs, maintaining security, and ensuring operational continuity. This exclusive round table discussion brings together CIOs, CTOs, and Digital Leaders to explore best practices for legacy and lifecycle management. Key topics include extending the lifespan of existing systems, mitigating cyber security risks, optimising costs, and integrating legacy platforms with modern technologies. We’ll also delve into sustainability, workforce challenges, and future-proofing IT infrastructures to navigate technological obsolescence.
Read MoreGermany Oct 7, 2025 Country Members Virtual german
Alle nutzen KI, aber keiner weiß wie effektiv! Im Jahr 2025 sind wir als IT-EntscheiderInnen gefordert die Wünsche der Fachbereiche an Künstliche Intelligenz zu managen. Welche KI dient als Copilot für unsere Mitarbeitenden, inwieweit hat diese Zugang zu Firmenwissen und könnten wir heute bereits sinnvoll einen KI Agenten in die IT Systemlandschaft einbinden? Unser Business Partner Scheer PAS spricht als Anbieter einer Process iPaaS Plattform mit hunderten Unternehmen jedes Jahr über IT-Integration. In dieser Online-Session besprechen wir erste Reifegradmodelle zu KI, wo der deutsche Mittelstand sich befindet und wie wir die nächste Innovationsstufe erreichen. Wir teilen praktische Erfahrungen aus dem Marktumfeld und planen unsere nächsten Schritte in der Adaption von KI.
Read MoreNetherlands Oct 7, 2025 AB Members Physical dutch
De Advisory Board van CIONET NL komt samen. We bespreken de planning voor 2025 en discussiëren over specifieke en door de board aangedragen onderwerpen.
Read MoreSpain Oct 8, 2025 Country Members Physical spanish
En un mundo cada vez más acelerado y competitivo, la gestión y el análisis de datos ya no son suficientes. Las grandes compañías deben avanzar hacia un enfoque basado en eventos, impulsado por la automatización y la analítica predictiva, para anticipar cambios, prevenir riesgos y capitalizar oportunidades.
Read MoreUK Sep 30, 2025 Invitation Only Physical english
This exclusive Jefferson dinner, hosted by Mendix and CIONET, brings together a hand-picked group of senior executives and digital leaders from across the UK financial sector.
Read MoreNetherlands Sep 30, 2025 Invitation Only Physical dutch
Alleen op uitnodiging. Mastering Digital Sovereignty Control, trust and resilience in an era of geopolitical and regulatory shifts. From the Network to the Data.
Read MoreBelgium Oct 1, 2025 Invitation Only Physical english
In today’s rapidly evolving technological landscape, organisations face a critical challenge: how to modernise their legacy systems while managing costs, maintaining security, and ensuring operational continuity. This exclusive round table discussion brings together CIOs, CTOs, and Digital Leaders to explore best practices for legacy and lifecycle management. Key topics include extending the lifespan of existing systems, mitigating cyber security risks, optimising costs, and integrating legacy platforms with modern technologies. We’ll also delve into sustainability, workforce challenges, and future-proofing IT infrastructures to navigate technological obsolescence.
Read MoreGermany Oct 7, 2025 Country Members Virtual german
Alle nutzen KI, aber keiner weiß wie effektiv! Im Jahr 2025 sind wir als IT-EntscheiderInnen gefordert die Wünsche der Fachbereiche an Künstliche Intelligenz zu managen. Welche KI dient als Copilot für unsere Mitarbeitenden, inwieweit hat diese Zugang zu Firmenwissen und könnten wir heute bereits sinnvoll einen KI Agenten in die IT Systemlandschaft einbinden? Unser Business Partner Scheer PAS spricht als Anbieter einer Process iPaaS Plattform mit hunderten Unternehmen jedes Jahr über IT-Integration. In dieser Online-Session besprechen wir erste Reifegradmodelle zu KI, wo der deutsche Mittelstand sich befindet und wie wir die nächste Innovationsstufe erreichen. Wir teilen praktische Erfahrungen aus dem Marktumfeld und planen unsere nächsten Schritte in der Adaption von KI.
Read MoreNetherlands Oct 7, 2025 AB Members Physical dutch
De Advisory Board van CIONET NL komt samen. We bespreken de planning voor 2025 en discussiëren over specifieke en door de board aangedragen onderwerpen.
Read MoreSpain Oct 8, 2025 Country Members Physical spanish
En un mundo cada vez más acelerado y competitivo, la gestión y el análisis de datos ya no son suficientes. Las grandes compañías deben avanzar hacia un enfoque basado en eventos, impulsado por la automatización y la analítica predictiva, para anticipar cambios, prevenir riesgos y capitalizar oportunidades.
Read MoreAssaf Harofeh Medical Center becomes a healthcare leader with Trend security
Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, a leading Israeli hospital, faced growing cyber threats. Trend Micro's comprehensive security solutions protected its data and ensured business continuity, allowing it to focus on providing quality healthcare.
OVERVIEW
Assaf Harofeh Medical Center is the fourth largest university hospital in Israel and the center of the Shfela region, serving a population of about 1.5 million in the central and lowland areas. Employing a staff of approximately 3,400, the outpatient clinics, emergency room, hospital, and maternity ward are backed by dozens of departments, institutes, clinics, and laboratories in all sub-specialties.
Assaf Harofeh’s IT department serves the hospital as well as Shmuel Harofeh Hospital and the Abu Kabir Forensic Medicine Institute. The Medical Center’s five-member system and information security develops, maintains, upgrades, and integrates any technology purchased by the medical center, while investigating new technology as well as running an external emergency response team.
Their IT system consists of 500 servers, along with 2,600 workstations and two active-active servers that assist approximately 4,000 users.
CHALLENGES
As hospitals operate with a 100 percent policy of availability, computer systems as well as medical systems, should operate 24/7. The real challenge is creating an uncompromising operational continuum. In addition to operational continuity, Assaf Harofeh must ensure that their systems are interoperable with the various defense systems, comply with the regulations dictated by the Ministry of Health, and decide which systems they can integrate to help support the medical center’s vision and meet any challenges.
Assaf Harofeh deals with thousands of events a year and understand that in order to remain better protected, they must invest in the education of users alongside the technological solutions they implement.
Trend Micro gives the hospital maximum visibility of all the systems, applications, and environments, and of course, the hospital’s networks.
Tal Avitan
CTO at Assaf Harofeh Medical Center
WHY TREND
Assaf Harofeh chose to protect their systems with Trend Micro’s defense solutions due to the company’s unique technology offerings, powered by their knowledgeable team. Participating in the planning of the hospital, Trend Micro’s team eventually became just as familiar with the medical center’s systems as Assaf Harofeh’s IT specialists had become.
Assaf Harofeh was impressed with Trend Micro’s variety of solutions. This mix provides automation to save management resources, offer advanced reports, visibility for every endpoint, and the ability to detect problems at the highest level. Trend Micro provides Assaf Harofeh with a true robust next gen system, armed with machine learning to give their CTO peace of mind.
SOLUTION
Under the tutelage of Assaf Harofeh project manager, Guy Segev, the medical center was equipped with a variety of Trend Micro solutions. Starting with OfficeScan™ to protect endpoints using machine learning technology, Segev oversaw the inclusion of ScanMail™ for Microsoft® Exchange™ for email protection, Trend Micro™ Data Loss Prevention, Trend Micro™ Vulnerability Protection, Trend Micro™ Control Manager™ for centralized management, Trend Micro™ Deep Security™ for server protection, and Trend Micro™ Deep Discovery™ Analyzer.
RESULTS
Assaf Harofeh has reduced their operational cost in system maintenance significantly with the use of Deep Security. Upgrading to the latest version of the endpoint protection solution enables the medical center to benefit from machine learning and automation, improving reporting capabilities significantly, so even non-IT managers can understand these capabilities along with their significance within the ongoing operation of the medical center. “Trend Micro gives the hospital maximum visibility of all the systems, applications, and environments, and of course, the hospital’s networks”, said Tal Avitan.
As a result of our close partnership with Trend Micro, we have become leaders in the healthcare system. We are the first to hear about attacks, even before the cyber authority. I feel I have a lateral sector responsibility for part of my experience for the entire health sector in Israel.
WHAT'S NEXT
With more than 60 years of service, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center plans to remain an important part of Israel’s health sector and healthcare security. “As a result of our close partnership with Trend Micro, we have become leaders in the healthcare system. We are the first to hear about attacks, even before the cyber authority. I feel I have a lateral sector responsibility for part of my experience for the entire health sector in Israel.” said Avitan.
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