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Belgium 19-3-26 Country Members Physical french

Vendor Detox: La consolidation vaut-elle le risque ?

Moins de Partenaires : La consolidation vaut-elle le risque ? Le problème est la prolifération des fournisseurs : trop d'outils causant de la complexité, une taxe d'intégration paralysante et de la redondance. La Taxe d'Intégration est le coût caché (en temps, en échecs et en ressources) d'essayer de faire fonctionner ensemble des systèmes disparates. Cet échange se concentre sur des stratégies éprouvées pour simplifier de manière agressive le parc technologique, consolider les fournisseurs et élever certains fournisseurs clés au rang de partenaires stratégiques.

Belgium 24-3-26 Invitation Only Physical english

Killing Zombie Projects: Knowing when to stop, restart, or quietly let go

Every organisation has them, projects that keep running long after their purpose has faded. No one remembers who asked for them, but shutting them down feels riskier than keeping them alive. And eventually, people stay assigned, budgets stay allocated, and energy drains into work that no longer matters. Inertia at its finest. Ending a project is rarely a technical decision. It’s emotional, political, and often tied to past promises or personal reputation. The longer something runs, the harder it becomes to admit it’s time to stop. Yet clearing that backlog of half-dead initiatives is often the only way to make room for new ones. So how do you decide when to pull the plug? What signals show that value is gone, and who gets to say so? How can governance encourage honest calls without punishing those who make them? Let’s discuss how to end gracefully, refocus teams, and turn closure into confidence rather than blame. Bullet in the head? Is that how you kill a zombie, or was it a silver bullet in the heart? A closed conversation on how to make progress by learning to stop.

Belgium 26-3-26 Invitation Only Virtual english

Measuring Value in AI Initiatives: Defining ROI, accountability, and measurable outcomes in complex environments

AI projects continue to multiply, but proving their value remains difficult. Most organisations can track activity, not impact. Dashboards count pilots and models, yet few translate to measurable business outcomes. The result is familiar: success stories without clarity on what they actually delivered. The real issue is measurement. Traditional ROI metrics fail when AI changes decisions more than results. Financial indicators miss the operational gains, while qualitative benefits often sound too vague to defend. Without clear evidence, budgets come under scrutiny and confidence erodes. This session focuses on how to connect AI work with business outcomes through structured metrics, governance, and accountability. We’ll explore how value tracking evolves from experimentation to scale, which indicators earn trust at board level, and where measurement stops being meaningful. A closed exchange for comparing methods, tools, and lessons learned in defining, proving, and sustaining AI impact.

March 24, 2026 Squad Session Invitation Only Physical english

Killing Zombie Projects: Knowing when to stop, restart, or quietly let go

March 26, 2026 Squad Session Invitation Only Physical english

Measuring Value in AI Initiatives: Defining ROI, accountability, and measurable outcomes in complex environments

March 31, 2026 Squad Session Invitation Only Physical english

Composability in Practice: Building modular systems that stay coherent as they grow

Composability sounds elegant in theory: small, independent parts that come together to form something greater, but in practice, it’s messy. What happens when modules overlap, APIs evolve differently across domains, and governance struggles to keep pace? What was meant to simplify architecture sometimes ends up multiplying it.

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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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