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Belgium 23-6-26 All Members Physical english
Sourcing for Autonomy, Resilience and Competitive Advantage. Global platforms offer incredible speed and innovation, but they also create deep dependencies that can expose your business to vendor lock-in, supply chain disruptions, and regulatory shifts. For today's CIO, the central challenge is no longer just about technology adoption; it's about building a digital foundation that is both agile and resilient. Strategic sourcing is the key. It has evolved from a procurement function into the primary tool for CIOs to navigate uncertainty, mitigate risk, and achieve digital autonomy. This session provides a practical playbook for using strategic sourcing to build a future-proof enterprise.
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Belgium 30-6-26 Public Physical french
L'IT Public au point de rupture : Vers un modèle à l'usage ? Transformer l'inertie en agilité : le défi du service public. Le constat : L’ère de la possession touche à sa fin Le citoyen n'attend pas que vous gériez des serveurs ; il attend des services. Pourtant, le modèle IT public reste prisonnier du « faire » plutôt que du « résultat ». Entre des budgets CAPEX verrouillés sur 5 ans et des cycles de procurement qui naissent périmés, l'écart se creuse. Le dilemme est stratégique : Comment passer d'une infrastructure que l'on subit à une informatique pilotée par le résultat (Outcome-based IT) ? Est-il possible d'adopter la souplesse du Cloud sans abandonner les clés de notre souveraineté ? L'objet du débat : Le "As-a-Service" au-delà du concept Nous vous invitons à remettre en question les promesses des modèles orientés vers la consommation. L'objectif est de débattre, sans tabou, du potentiel réel de ces approches pour le secteur public : Inverser la responsabilité : Passer de l'achat de matériel à l'achat de niveaux de service (SLA). Est-ce le secret pour libérer vos équipes de la maintenance ? Aligner le coût sur l'usage : En finir avec le surprovisionnement pour ne payer que ce qui est réellement consommé. Agilité "Procurement-proof" : Comment le modèle à l'usage permet-il de scaler en quelques jours ce qui prenait des mois d'appels d'offres ? La souveraineté par le contrat : Le "As-a-Service" sur site est-il le compromis idéal entre contrôle privé et flexibilité publique ? Le Format : "Zero Slides, Full Insight" Pas de présentation ni de marketing, uniquement une confrontation de visions entre pairs : Cercle restreint : Décideurs du secteur public francophone. Règle de Chatham House : Ce qui se dit à table reste à table. Débat pur : Une discussion structurée autour de vos doutes et de vos ambitions numériques.
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Belgium 30-6-26 All Members Physical english
As AI becomes critical to business success, organisations in highly regulated sectors such as Financial Services, Critical Infrastructures and Defence, face strict data privacy, security, and compliance mandates that make public cloud AI a non-starter. This interactive session will explore the practical realities, both the benefits and limitations, of bringing enterprise-grade AI capabilities directly onto your own premises. Join CIONET, Kyndryl, and Dell Technologies for an exclusive, hands-on roundtable and live workshop on navigating the crucial intersection of artificial intelligence, data sovereignty, and autonomous operations. We will move beyond the theory by bringing the physical machine into the room for a live, air-gapped demonstration of cutting-edge workloads running entirely on-site. This interactive workshop will bring together Digital Leaders to: Demystify Sovereign AI at the C-Level: Review the strategic trade-offs, architecture, and compliance advantages of running localised AI models. See Zero-Leak Secure Code Review in Action: Watch a live demo of an on-premise LLM scanning software for vulnerabilities, ensuring your codebase never leaves your secure infrastructure. Experience On-Premise Agentic AI: Witness a local, autonomous monitoring agent, utilising advanced, Claude-level reasoning capabilities, managing critical IT Operations tasks completely offline. Collaborate on Best Practices: Engage with peers to discuss deployment timelines, security frameworks, and infrastructure requirements for true data control. Don't miss this opportunity to interact with live hardware, engage with industry peers, and gain actionable insights into unleashing the power of sovereign and agentic AI.
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Bloomreach sees a 40% Increase in traffic with Jasper
The focus on SEO has made a big impact for Bloomreach. By leveraging Jasper, Bleich’s team has increased blog output by 113% and increased website traffic to those blog posts by 40%.
Bloomreach is an e-commerce platform that views personalization as an essential part of the customer experience. Its commitment to creating more meaningful connections between shoppers and brands helps the company stand out, and has strengthened its growth all the way through a series F funding round of $175M in 2022.
As the company has grown, so have internal content demands –– and with a content team of 4, it was difficult to keep up.
“We were getting overwhelmed with all of the requests that were coming in,” says Carl Bleich, Head of Content at Bloomreach. “We needed speed and scale to handle everything.”
Bleich’s lean team focuses primarily on long-form SEO content, but used to create content for teams across the marketing organization, too –– everything from ads to web copy. Internal stakeholder requests took away from the focus on the SEO strategy, and it became clear that a solution was needed that could augment the existing content team.
For Bleich, it was critical to have a platform that could handle a variety of content needs: ads, emails, blog posts, social media, landing pages, and more. Additionally, the content had to conform to brand guidelines, and be written with perfect spelling and grammar by a globally distributed team.
According to Bleich, the team met and identified that they needed a way to scale their content strategy without sacrificing quality to hit their goals. That’s when he learned about Jasper from a colleague and began to explore further. “We tried Jasper and we loved it,” he says.
Getting the team started quickly was important given the learning curve associated with new technology. Thanks to a simple user interface and CSM-led customer onboarding, that wasn’t an issue.
“It's very easy to learn how to use Jasper, and you can get up and running fast… for us it was within an hour,” says Bleich. “Our customer success manager has also been a fantastic partner in helping us learn Jasper best practices and ultimately get more value.”
Today, everyone in Bloomreach’s marketing organization has access to Jasper. Since each marketing team is empowered to write on-brand copy for their specific use cases, Carl’s team is freed up to focus on high-priority content.
“Previously, our team was responsible for creating all that copy, and we had to push back due to capacity,” says Bleich. “But now we’re saving a significant amount of time because the copy comes to us fully aligned with our brand guidelines which saves us time and allows us to concentrate on SEO-optimized content.”
Using Jasper’s SEO integration, Bloomreach’s content team can get a content scorecard, identify keywords and phrases that will help the content rank, and even find details about who else is writing about the subject. And because the SEO integration can be viewed in the same panel as the document editor, it’s a streamlined process.
With Jasper providing a first draft in minutes instead of hours, Bleich and his team then weave in their expertise, research, and unique insights to create a piece of content that will resonate with Bloomreach’s audience.
The focus on SEO has made a big impact for Bloomreach. By leveraging Jasper, Bleich’s team has increased blog output by 113% and increased website traffic to those blog posts by 40%. This drives the awareness and engagement needed for Bloomreach to continue delivering personalized customer experiences.
- Carl Bleich, Head of Content
Headquarters: Mountain View, CA
Company Size: Enterprise (200+ employees)
Industry: Software
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CIONET’s Cyber Circle: a new three-event programme exclusively focusing on the most urgent, complex, and high-impact challenges in cybersecurity today. Launched in 2026, this initiative brings together CISOs, CIOs, and senior IT executives with a strong interest in cybersecurity for three curated gatherings each year. As part of CIONET’s trusted executive community, the Cyber Circle provides a confidential, peer-driven environment to exchange insights, share real-world experiences, and address evolving cyber threats. Each session is designed to foster strategic dialogue, strengthen resilience, and elevate cybersecurity as a core driver of business value.
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The 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.
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Découvrez 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 !
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CIONET 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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