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Belgium 21-4-26 Invitation Only Physical english

From Victim to Victor: Cyber resilience is a means, providing Business Continuity the goal

In an era where every outage, audit, and cyberattack is a test of organisational survival, resilience has become the new currency of trust. While traditional perimeter security with: firewalls, intrusion detection, and scanners, remains essential, it is no longer a sufficient guarantee against modern threats that bypass these layers to penetrate your core systems. Today, enterprises require security and continuity that are built-in, not bolted-on. This CIONET roundtable focuses on the shift from reactive disaster recovery to proactive Business Continuity. Together with experts from HPE Zerto, we will explore how organisations can transform their recovery strategies into seamless continuity models.

Belgium 23-4-26 Country Members Physical & Virtual english

CIOFEST BELGIUM: Leadership in the Agentic Era

AI is no longer confined to supporting human tasks. We are entering the agentic era, where autonomous systems act on behalf of people and organisations. These agents can gather information, make decisions, negotiate terms, and even complete transactions. The implications extend well beyond technology; they touch the very foundations of business models, governance, and leadership. For CIOs and their peers, the rise of “machine customers” and autonomous partners poses new questions: Market impact: How do you compete and create value when some customers and suppliers are machines? Governance: What trust, compliance, and accountability structures are needed when AI acts independently in financial, procurement, or customer-facing processes? Leadership: How should CIOs guide their organisations in redefining roles, responsibilities, and decision-making when agents take over parts of the value chain?Business strategy: What opportunities emerge for new revenue models, platforms, and ecosystems shaped by autonomous interaction? This session shifts the focus from the mechanics of AI agents to the decisions that will shape leadership in the next decade. It is a call for CIOs to prepare for a future where relationships, markets, and strategies are no longer limited to human-to-human interactions, but also extend to human-to-machine and machine-to-machine interactions.

Belgium 29-4-26 Invitation Only Physical english

Building Future-Ready Application Ecosystems in the Age of Intelligent Automation

This CIONET workshop is a collaborative deep-dive into the practicalities of"rewiring the building" while it’s still occupied. Drawing onKyndryl’s deep heritage in mission-critical infrastructure and their latestresearch, we will dismantle the "hidden costs" of legacyenvironments. The conversation will focus on the transition from static,monolithic structures to composable architectures that allow intelligent agentsto operate seamlessly across hybrid landscapes.

April 2, 2026 Squad Session Invitation Only Virtual english

Taming the SaaS Sprawl: Tracking spend, ownership, and usage before it slips out of control

SaaS gave business units freedom: quick onboarding, no infrastructure, and instant results. But over time, that freedom turned into fragmentation. Each team now buys, renews, and configures its own stack. HR has one platform, finance has another, and marketing probably has ten. The invoices keep coming, usage keeps dropping, and no one is sure who’s accountable for what.

May 12, 2026 Squad Session Invitation Only Physical english

Product-Centric IT 2.0: Blending product and project thinking

Everyone says they’ve gone product-centric. In reality, most organisations live in a hybrid world where projects, products, and platforms overlap. Teams manage releases while still chasing deadlines, and governance still thinks in milestones rather than outcomes. The shift is underway, but the mindset hasn’t caught up.

May 19, 2026 Squad Session Invitation Only Physical english

AI vs AI in Cybersecurity: When defenders and attackers both use AI

The game has changed, clearly. Attackers have AI, defenders have AI, and both sides are learning faster than anyone expected, or maybe the attackers are just a bit faster. What used to take hours now happens in seconds, and detection windows close before alerts even appear. It’s adaptation beyond automation, and no one gets to sit still.

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Why Bezeq International Tech value a channel partnership based on trust

Israel’s leading internet and international telecommunications provider is partnering with us to evolve services in line with customer demand.

Overview
Around the globe, a wide range of telcos, systems integrators and CPaaS providers choose to partner with us to expand what they can offer to their customers. We value these opportunities to build trusting partnerships that help our business, and those of our channel partners, to support more organisations.

Our relationship with Bezeq International Tech highlights how a united strategy can unlock growth, innovation and outstanding levels of customer service.

Introducing Bezeq International Tech
Bezeq International Tech (BIT) are Israel’s leading internet and international telecommunications provider. Founded in 1996, BIT’s focus is on delivering and integrating a broad range of telecom services solutions and computing infrastructures to the largest enterprises and governmental offices, as well as to small-medium businesses and companies. BIT are committed to providing everything a customer needs, creating one-stop solutions in a local, public and hybrid model, including infrastructure, cloud services, network and cyber security, wireless and networking solutions, hosting and backup services, network maintenance, innovative IoT solutions and international data networks.

The challenge
Staying at the forefront of market evolution
BIT is an organisation that prides themselves on supporting their customers in a rapidly evolving landscape. This involves proactively exploring innovations to develop the services customers will need on the next step of their journey.

When we spoke to Doron Meydan, head of sales for global data services at BIT, he said that BIT have been closely assessing the developments within the telecommunications industry and beyond, channelling that knowledge into a strategy that’s ready to serve customers in an evolving world.

Understanding the importance of 5G connectivity, distributed computing and artificial intelligence to customers’ plans, BIT rapidly developed multi-access edge computing and private cellular network solutions. And, knowing customers wanted secure, cloud-based infrastructure and connectivity, BIT expanded their portfolio. Backed by significant investment, BIT now offers hybrid ICT, with a focus on global data and internet service provision. Their cloud services, data centre network and cyber security capabilities (including SD-WAN and SASE) are already helping customers thrive in today’s digital environment.

Our relationship with BT demonstrates how a united strategy can unlock growth, innovation, and outstanding levels of customer service. The mutual trust between our two organisations is the foundation of a great business relationship that grows market share and revenues for both companies.”

Doron MeydanHead of Sales for Global Data Services at BIT

The solution
Drawing on partnership to promote success
From their earliest days, BIT have understood the value of partnerships to growing their business and establishing their market-leading position. This insight, and their investment in nurturing trusted relationships with global operators like us, means that, today, BIT connect Israel’s top multinational companies.

BIT’s 20-year partnership with us helps facilitate the outstanding service they provide that includes advanced technologies, resilient global connectivity, end-to-end solutions based on high standards and strict SLAs, and excellent end-user service delivered by experienced global teams.

Our relationship is a true partnership model, at every level - from the moment a customer comes to BIT, right through to delivery and ongoing support. We work as one team, visiting customers and discussing their needs together, before jointly deciding on a direction to take. Expertise from both sides unite to give BIT’s customers exactly what they need.

A core part of BIT’s offering is enabling their customers operating in several countries to unite their interfaces. Their partnership with us gives their Israeli customers a single point of contact for all their communications, from phone lines to network infrastructure and cloud technology. Plus, BIT have the peace of mind of knowing that our partnership can deliver a holistic solution to any hardware or software challenge that customers may face anywhere around the globe.

The result
A strong future
The mutual trust between our two organisations is the foundation of a great business relationship that grows market share and revenues for both companies.

Drawing on this partnership, BIT are working to bring the next generation of global networking to their customers. Together, we’re already bringing SD-WAN to the Israeli market and transforming the way multinational organisations manage and scale their networks.

We’re also exploring how we can collaborate in other areas, such as cyber security, cloud and GSIP services. BIT is especially interested in combining their vast experience in dynamic threat environments with our managed services to bring their global customers proactive monitoring and management as they move through digital transformation.

To find out more about how partnering with us through our indirect channels can benefit your organisation, please visit our campaign page.

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