Belgium 23-9-25 Squad Only Virtual english
Security teams are overwhelmed. Too many tools. Too many alerts. Too few people. And now, increasing pressure from the board to protect everything, everywhere, all the time. Expect honest reflection, shared strategies, and a conversation that cuts through compliance noise and focuses on what to do when your team is stretched and your risk is rising.
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In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, the financial services industry in Belgium faces a critical juncture regarding its cloud adoption strategy. While the allure of cloud computing – with its promise of scalability, agility, and innovation – is undeniable, the unique regulatory demands and paramount need for data sovereignty present significant challenges. This CIONET roundtable, aims to bring together Digital Leaders from the Belgian financial sector to discuss how to navigate these complexities. We will explore how financial institutions can leverage cloud technologies while ensuring complete control over their data, maintaining compliance with stringent European regulations like GDPR and DORA, and mitigating geopolitical risks.
Read MoreBelgium 24-9-25 Invitation Only Physical english
As smart devices proliferate across operational environments — from sensors on factory lines and GPS trackers in logistics fleets to wearables in healthcare and connected systems in smart cities — the integration of Managed IoT (MiOT) is accelerating. But with it comes a surge in cybersecurity risks. No longer isolated or air-gapped, OT systems are becoming fully networked, remotely accessible, and deeply entwined with IT. This creates a vulnerable, highly complex digital mesh, one where a single compromised device can trigger physical, financial, and reputational consequences.
Read MoreSeptember 23, 2025 Squad Session Squad Only Virtual english
Security teams are overwhelmed. Too many tools. Too many alerts. Too few people. And now, increasing pressure from the board to protect everything, everywhere, all the time. Expect honest reflection, shared strategies, and a conversation that cuts through compliance noise and focuses on what to do when your team is stretched and your risk is rising.
Read MoreSeptember 30, 2025 Squad Session Squad Only Virtual english
Everyone has technical debt. The question is what to do with it. Refactor now? Wait for the next feature? Build on it and hope it holds? If you’re tired of debating whether to clean up or move on, this session helps you frame the debt conversation in a way that supports both speed and stability.
Read MoreOctober 2, 2025 Squad Session Squad Only Virtual english
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 MoreHow Natura improved efficiency and performance with AI-powered automation
How does a multinational cosmetics company reduce its public cloud spend without compromising end-user experience?
Founded in 1969, Natura &Co is a cosmetics company headquartered in Brazil that serves customers across Latin America, North America, Europe and Asia. The sixth largest direct sales company in the world, Natura is known for its innovative culture and its mission to offer beauty and personal care solutions in a conscious and responsible manner, growing its business while also helping to preserve the environment and promote sustainability.
Natura has a robust infrastructure, logistics and digital technology base that support a range of business-critical applications such as its e-commerce platform, which is utilized by sales reps all over the world. Due to IT investments made in recent years, the company has achieved the best level of service in its history. “Today we are managing thousands of workloads across VMware, AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI and Kubernetes. We are increasing more and more services, so cost reduction is a main motivator when we look for a new tool,” explains Dennys Ber, Manager of Natura’s IT department.
Even though Natura’s legacy system was fully functional, Ber knew that in order to optimize performance and effectively manage cost in the long run, the team would need to take a more proactive approach to allocating resources. It was time to look for a platform that would allow Natura to automate resource management and allow its multicloud environment to become self-healing.
Ber aimed to reduce time devoted to “war rooms” and free up the team to focus on strategic initiatives that would advance business-level goals rather than solve ad hoc IT problems. He was also looking for ways to achieve consistent alignment across a multinational team of engineers and systems administrators. “We needed to find a way to reduce the team’s manual work and implement a solution that could make our environment become self-healing,” Ber notes. This is when the team turned to ScaleUP Consultoria and the IBM® Turbonomic® solution.
“Initially, our top priority was to gain efficiency in our public cloud costs. But soon we saw that Turbonomic could do more with resource allocation. It could also help us prevent performance issues, not only in the public cloud but also in the private cloud. This set Turbonomic apart from other tools in the market. ”
Dennys BerManager, IT DepartmentNatura &Co
Recalibrating resource allocation in real time
Natura’s journey with Turbonomic hybrid cloud cost optimization began with establishing a single view of the firm’s entire multicloud estate. With the help of Turbonomic, the team built a macro view of all its environments in a matter of minutes. This view helped them see their entire estate in a single dashboard. The next step was allowing IBM Turbonomic automation to dynamically monitor and manage resource usage.
“Initially, our top priority was to gain efficiency in our public cloud costs. But soon we saw that Turbonomic could do more with resource allocation. It could also help us prevent performance issues, not only in the public cloud but also in the private cloud. This set Turbonomic apart from other tools in the market,” reports Bers.
As Natura’s cloud journey is just getting started, the IT team has also been exploring ways to optimize its on-premises environment. “Before the Turbonomic implementation, we had a scenario with a VMware cluster with Linux machines where we thought we were going to need to purchase new machines. But, with the help of Turbonomic, we saw that by moving workloads between hosts, not only would we avoid the cost of a new machine, but we could also deactivate existing machines and extend their lifespan. This, without a doubt, drew a lot of attention from the team,” recalls Natura’s Senior IT Manager.
“When I manage my resources better with IBM Turbonomic and I see that I can do more with less, without having to purchase new hardware, I gain energy efficiency that, consequently, supports our carbon reduction goal. ”
Dennys BerManager, IT DepartmentNatura &Co
Reducing cost and advancing sustainability initiatives
“We observed Turbonomic make a swift impact on our business. The tool paid for itself in the first three, four months. Initially, we had looked for a solution precisely because of the savings in the public cloud, but over time we also observed improvements in performance across our public cloud estate and our on-premises environment,” notes Ber. Over a 90-day period, the team observed the tool carry out more than 5,800 automated actions which not only improved application performance but generated significant financial savings. In fact, Natura has saved over USD 260,000 on its public cloud spend in the first twelve months of implementing Turbonomic.
ScaleUP Consultoria has played a key role in this journey, helping Natura make its operations even more efficient while maintaining its position as a leader in the industry and reinforcing its brand positioning in the face of its customers and consumers.
In line with Natura’s sustainability strategy, the IT team has a goal of reducing energy consumption in its main data centers by 5% compared to the previous year. By bringing about a significant decrease in resource utilization, IBM Turbonomic also serves Ber and his team’s sustainability goal. “When I manage my resources better with IBM Turbonomic and I see that I can do more with less, without having to purchase new hardware, I gain energy efficiency that, consequently, supports our carbon reduction goal,” he explains.
About Natura &Co
Founded in 1969, Natura is the largest Brazilian cosmetics and perfumery multinational. One of the largest beauty sector organizations in Latin America, it was classified as the sixth largest direct sales company in the world, also operating in Europe and Asia through other channels.
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Digital Transformation is redefining the future of health care and health delivery. All stakeholders are convinced that these innovations will create value for patients, healthcare practitioners, hospitals, and governments along the patient pathway. The benefits are starting from prevention and awareness to diagnosis, treatment, short- and long-term follow-up, and ultimately survival. But how do you make sure that your working towards an architecturally sound, secure and interoperable health IT ecosystem for your hospital and avoid implementing a hodgepodge of spot solutions? How does your IT department work together with the other stakeholders, such as the doctors and other healthcare practitioners, Life Sciences companies, Tech companies, regulators and your internal governance and administrative bodies?
Read MoreThe Telenet Business Leadership Circle powered by CIONET, offers a platform where IT executives and thought leaders can meet to inspire each other and share best practices. We want to be a facilitator who helps you optimise the performance of your IT function and your business by embracing the endless opportunities that digital change brings.
Read MoreDécouvrez la dynamique du leadership numérique aux Rencontres de CIONET, le programme francophone exclusif de CIONET pour les leaders numériques en Belgique, rendu possible grâce au soutien et à l'engagement de nos partenaires de programme : Deloitte, Denodo et Red Hat. Rejoignez trois événements inspirants par an à Liège, Namur et en Brabant Wallon, où des CIOs et des experts numériques francophones de premier plan partagent leurs perspectives et expériences sur des thèmes d'affaires et de IT actuels. Laissez-vous inspirer et apprenez des meilleurs du secteur lors de sessions captivantes conçues spécialement pour soutenir et enrichir votre rôle en tant que CIO pair. Ne manquez pas cette opportunité de faire partie d'un réseau exceptionnel d'innovateurs numériques !
Read MoreCIONET is committed to highlighting and celebrating female role models in IT, Tech & Digital, creating a leadership programme that empowers and elevates women within the tech industry. This initiative is dedicated to showcasing the achievements and successes of leading women, fostering an environment where female role models are recognised, and their contributions can ignite progress and inspire the next generation of women in IT. Our mission is to shine the spotlight a little brighter on female role models in IT, Tech & Digital, and to empower each other through this inner network community.
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