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Belgium 10-09-2026 Squad Only Physical english

Building the Infrastructure AI Needs: From computer and data access to scalability, cost control, and operational readiness.

AI is moving from pilots into operational use, and the infrastructure question is becoming more concrete. The challenge is deciding what needs to be built, expanded, controlled, or delayed as usage grows. Three pressure points usually appear first. - Compute capacity requires careful planning: teams need enough GPU, cloud, or specialised processing power, while keeping utilisation and cost under control. - Data movement becomes more demanding: AI needs access to data across systems, with latency, security, integration, and quality managed from the start. - Operational control becomes essential: monitoring, access rights, resilience, cost visibility, and ownership need to scale with usage. The working question is simple: how do we support AI at scale while keeping infrastructure efficient, governed, and financially sustainable? If you are working through these choices, let’s compare approaches with others facing similar constraints.

Belgium 15-09-2026 Squad Only Virtual english

Turning AI Pilots into Daily Workflows: How to move from experimentation to adoption by redesigning work, ownership, controls, and habits.

AI pilots are easier to launch than to embed into daily operations. The challenge is changing how work happens once AI becomes part of decisions, tasks, handovers, and controls. Three pressure points tend to decide whether adoption holds. - Workflow fit matters: AI has to enter the flow of work as part of the process. - Ownership needs to be clear: someone must own the process, the controls, the exceptions, and the outcome. - User trust has to be built: people need to know when to rely on AI, when to challenge it, and when to escalate. The working question is simple: how do we move AI from promising pilots into daily work while keeping clarity, accountability, and risk control? If this is part of your current reality, let’s compare choices, constraints, and lessons learned.

Belgium 17-09-2026 Country Members Physical french

Les Rencontres: CTO: Le Saint Graal?

Pendant longtemps, le TCO donnait une impression de contrôle. On investissait, on amortissait, on optimisait. Les coûts étaient visibles, relativement prévisibles, et structurés autour d’une logique claire entre CAPEX et OPEX. Ce modèle ne suffit plus à expliquer où va réellement l’argent. Aujourd’hui, une part croissante des dépenses IT ne repose plus sur ce que l’on possède, mais sur ce que l’on consomme: des tokens générés par l’IA des agents qui exécutent des actions en continu des outils SaaS qui se multiplient dans les équipes du cloud qui s’adapte en permanence à l’usage Le coût ne disparaît pas, mais il devient plus diffus, plus dynamique, et souvent plus difficile à attribuer, à expliquer, et à maîtriser. C’est là que des approches comme le Technology Business Management, ou TBM, redeviennent particulièrement utiles: non pas comme un exercice de reporting supplémentaire, mais comme un moyen de relier concrètement les dépenses aux services, aux usages, et aux décisions. Et c’est là aussi que la question du “Saint Graal” revient, mais sous une autre forme. Vous vous demandez peut-être: Comment garder de la maîtrise quand la dépense dépend du comportement, des usages, et parfois même de systèmes autonomes ? Comment piloter l’équilibre CAPEX/OPEX quand le cloud, le SaaS et l’IA déplacent progressivement les coûts vers des modèles variables ? Quels coûts restent encore trop souvent hors radar: ressources métier, formation, support, intégration, sécurité, gouvernance ? Et surtout, qu’est-ce qu’un “bon TCO” veut encore dire quand il faut le mettre en regard d’objectifs parfois plus stratégiques, plus longs à mesurer, ou plus difficiles à quantifier: qualité de service, résilience, agilité, expérience utilisateur, capacité d’innovation ? Ce sont précisément ces questions qui seront au cœur de notre rencontre: une discussion ouverte entre pairs, ancrée dans la réalité du terrain, pas pour débattre de modèles idéaux, mais pour comprendre comment chacun tente, concrètement, de mesurer, d’attribuer et de reprendre le contrôle, sans réduire la valeur d’un choix technologique à son seul coût.

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SIGNAL IDUNA Asigurare Reasigurare achieves full visibility with Trend Micro Vision One™

Trend Micro's cloud-based security solutions played a crucial role in supporting SIGNAL IDUNA's digital transformation, providing efficient and cost-effective protection while reducing the burden on IT infrastructure.

OVERVIEW

The pandemic accelerated the global digital transformation process, resulting in significant changes in the Romanian insurance market. For SIGNAL IDUNA Asigurare Reasigurare, the digitization of most of the company’s processes allowed employees to quickly benefit from a series of operational and technical measures that enabled them to continue working remotely.

"Trend Micro’s integrated solutions have proven to be very efficient and cost- effective. With the cloud- based subscription model, the burden of our IT infrastructure has been relieved, and our cybersecurity staff can focus on enterprise business security."

Andreea Grafu - IT Manager, SIGNAL IDUNA Asigurare Reasigurare

CHALLENGES

While increased digitalization allowed SIGNAL IDUNA Asigurare Reasigurare to work remotely, they now faced the challenge of maintaining a secure working environment. Most importantly, they needed to provide customers with an adequate level of data security. Moreover, today’s business world is becoming increasingly connected. The number and quality of cyberattacks are constantly increasing with the development of information technologies. To solve these challenges, SIGNAL IDUNA Asigurare Reasigurare wanted to implement a dynamic approach to cybersecurity that can defend against the ever-growing number of threats.

WHY TREND

The company was already using Trend Micro solutions but decided to expand its cybersecurity solutions to cover a broader area of network layers. When Trend Micro was initially selected as the security solutions provider, all alternative security solutions were considered alongside industry analyst recommendations. To protect the entire integrated environment, additional Trend Micro solutions were introduced, allowing IT staff to manage security more effectively across all areas.

SOLUTION

SIGNAL IDUNA Asigurare Reasigurare is now using Trend Micro Vision One with multi-layer, extended detection and response (XDR) capabilities, which secure email, endpoints, servers, cloud resources and the network, providing complete visibility and faster response. The SaaS solution featured automatic upgrades and updates, further reducing IT infrastructure costs.

RESULTS

The implementation only took six months to complete. SIGNAL IDUNA Asigurare Reasigurare’s cybersecurity was enhanced by aggregating and analyzing the activity of various IT infrastructure assets and improving visibility. Trend Micro’s solutions have proven to be highly efficient and easy to maintain, while making a significant difference to the company’s infrastructure. The cloud subscription model allows for more time to focus on establishing business security policies rather than ensuring solutions are updated to the latest version. The implementation of Trend Micro solutions also made it possible to meet all compliance regulations related to data security, both Romanian and European. This is an extremely important aspect for customers when choosing service providers.

WHAT'S NEXT

Implementing a dynamic approach to cybersecurity in the company ensures flexible adaptation to the ever-growing number of cyber threats. With automatic software updates to the latest versions, SIGNAL IDUNA Asigurare Reasigurare can stay current with latest Trend Micro security solutions, allowing their cybersecurity professionals to focus on standardizing the company’s data protection processes.

Technologies

Trend Vision One™ cloud security platform Vision One™ with Managed XDR

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