null

Belgium 13-1-26 Squad Only Virtual english

Moving Legacy Systems to the Cloud Efficiently : Balancing cost, risk, and continuity in complex migrations

Migrating legacy systems to the cloud remains one of the toughest balancing acts in IT. Every choice affects stability, cost, and trust at once, and what starts as a modernisation effort quickly turns into a negotiation between ambition and reality. Suddenly budgets rise, dependencies appear late, and timelines tighten as old architectures collide with new expectations. In the end, success depends on sequencing, ownership, and aligning business priorities with infrastructure limits, and not only on technical readiness. Making it work requires more than a plan on paper. Knowing which systems genuinely belong in the cloud, which can wait, and which should stay put shapes the entire roadmap and defines its success. Each refactoring decision sets the level of future flexibility, but it also drives cost and risk. The trade-offs between speed, sustainability, and resilience only become clear once migration begins and pressure builds. Let’s discuss how to plan migrations that stay on track, manage hidden dependencies, and handle downtime with confidence. Let’s also discuss how governance, testing, and vendor coordination keep progress visible and credible. Are you in? A closed conversation for those who turn cloud migration from a disruption into a long-term advantage.

Belgium 20-1-26 All Members Physical english

The CIO as Investor - CIONET Belgium Annual Event

CIOs today are being judged less as technology leaders and more as portfolio managers. Every euro is under scrutiny. Boards and CFOs demand lower run costs, higher efficiency, and clear ROI from every digital initiative. Yet, they also expect CIOs to place bets on disruptive technologies that will keep the enterprise competitive in five years. This constant tension is redefining the role. In this session, we go beyond FinOps and cost reporting to tackle the strategic financial dilemmas CIOs face.

Belgium 22-1-26 Invitation Only Virtual english

AI-Driven Development: Redesigning workflows, responsibilities, and trust in the age of automation

AI coding assistants entered development teams quietly, but their impact grows by the day. What started as autocomplete now shapes architecture decisions, documentation, and testing. And when productivity gains are visible, so are new risks: security blind spots, uneven quality, and the slow erosion of shared standards. Teams move faster, but not always in the same direction. The challenge has become integration rather than adoption. And new questions have risen: how do you blend automation into established practices without losing oversight? When is human review still essential, and what should the rules of collaboration between developer and machine look like? As AI tools learn from proprietary code, where do responsibility and accountability sit? Let’s talk about how to redefine those workflows, balancing creativity with control, and protecting code quality in a hybrid human-AI environment. A closed conversation on where AI accelerates progress, where it introduces new debt, and how development culture must evolve to stay credible.

January 13, 2026 Squad Session Invitation Only Virtual english

Moving Legacy Systems to the Cloud Efficiently : Balancing cost, risk, and continuity in complex migrations

January 22, 2026 Squad Session Invitation Only Virtual english

AI-Driven Development: Redesigning workflows, responsibilities, and trust in the age of automation

January 27, 2026 Squad Session Invitation Only Physical english

Zero Trust in Reality : Making segmentation, identity, and access work in complex environments

Zero Trust sounds simple on paper: trust no one, verify everything. But once you start implementing it, the fun begins. Legacy systems, hybrid networks, and human habits don’t read the manual. The idea is solid; the execution, not so much.

Please Log In with your CIONET account first

eDreams ODIGEO to pioneer generative AI in ecommerce with Google Cloud

eDreams will use Google Cloud's gen AI to personalize and speed up the travel booking experience.

BARCELONA, Spain, May 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- eDreams ODIGEO, one of the world's largest online travel companies and one of Europe's largest e-commerce firms, today announced that it is working with Google Cloud to pioneer new developments in generative AI and advance its application in online travel, one of the world's largest e-commerce segments¹. As part of this, eDreams ODIGEO is participating in Google Cloud's generative AI trusted testers programme, enabling it to combine its own AI capabilities with those of Google Cloud to drive further innovation and enhance the customer experience.

The field of generative AI, particularly in large language models (LLMs), has made remarkable advancements in recent months. LLMs have proven to be a game-changer in AI by serving as foundational models that outperform previous algorithms in most natural language and text generation tasks. Google Cloud is making LLMs accessible through foundational models as pre-trained APIs. Through Generative AI support in Vertex AI, eDreams ODIGEO have API access to pre-trained foundational models with built- in enterprise-grade security and governance.

Early experience in AI

eDreams ODIGEO has been using its own generative AI models for data augmentation use cases, including individualised route itineraries for its Prime members, or offering personalised propositions to subscribers. The group has integrated AI into other aspects of its operations to support both its customers and its distribution strategies, such as:

the virtual Interlining route discovery;
the improvement of the performance of machine learning solutions in situations where actual data collection is costly such as fraud prevention, or in anticipation of hypothetical scenarios, such as demand simulations in fast-changing situations.

Defining the Potential of Generative AI

With Google and advanced LLMs, eDreams ODIGEO can further enhance productivity, streamline development processes, and reimagine customer engagements. To this end, eDreams ODIGEO plans to develop a range of products that will enable customers to interact with LLM-powered AI agents using natural language at various stages of their journey, from seeking inspiration for their travel and holiday to completing a booking or resolving customer enquiries. The AI-powered agents will have a deeper understanding of each customer's needs, preferences, and context, enabling the business to build the best-tailored travel options and bespoke products for each scenario. This represents a significant leap forward in personalising the travel booking experience while minimising the time and effort required from travellers. In the customer support area, eDreams ODIGEO has already seen the potential of LLMs in executing highly sophisticated tasks and resolving complex customer enquiries, providing a faster resolution and better experience for users.

Generative AI Support in Vertex AI
With Google Cloud's Generative AI support in Vertex AI, eDreams ODIGEO can tune Google's foundation models with their own data, and leverage these models to deliver new generative AI-powered experiences. The technology allows data management with enterprise-grade capabilities such as data protection, data isolation, and compliance support.

More than 100 million daily users search for travel on eDreams ODIGEO, one of Europe's largest e-commerce platforms, making this partnership poised to have a significant impact.

Carsten Bernhard, Chief Technology Officer at eDreams ODIGEO said: "Our strategic investments in Artificial Intelligence over the years have positioned us as a leader among AI-led companies globally, not just in the travel industry, but also in the broader e-commerce sector. The complex AI platform that we have developed has already given our customers a seamless personalised experience while upholding the highest standards of privacy. And we are just getting started. By collaborating with a global leader like Google Cloud, we are taking a significant step forward in our mission to revolutionise the travel experience through technology and machine learning. We look forward to continuing working hard to deliver innovative solutions for our millions of customers worldwide."

Isaac Hernández, Country Manager Iberia at Google Cloud said: "We are thrilled to have eDreams ODIGEO innovate with our generative AI tools. eDreams ODIGEO is a global leader in ecommerce, beyond travel, and knows how to best enhance its customers' experience with technology. eDreams ODIGEO understands the potential power of generative AI and has developed concrete use cases that will lead to new services and lines of businesses, making sure it can keep control of its data and support the highest privacy standards. By working with Google Cloud on Generative AI, eDreams ODIGEO demonstrates yet again that it is an industry pioneer."

About eDreams ODIGEO
eDreams ODIGEO is one of the world's largest online travel companies and one of the largest e- commerce businesses in Europe. The business is the largest player worldwide in flight revenues, excluding China, and the largest in Europe. Under its four leading online travel agency brands – eDreams, GO Voyages, Opodo, Travellink, and the metasearch engine Liligo – it serves more than 17 million customers per year across 44 markets. Listed on the Spanish Stock Market, eDreams ODIGEO works with over 690 airlines and +2.1 million hotels. The business conceptualised Prime, the first subscription product in the travel sector which has attracted more than four million members since launching in 2017. The brand offers the best quality products and the widest choice of regular flights, low-cost airlines, hotels, dynamic packages, cruises, car rental services and travel insurance products to make travel easier, more accessible, and better value for consumers across the globe.

About Google Cloud
Google Cloud accelerates every organisation's ability to digitally transform its business. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google's cutting-edge technology – all on the cleanest cloud in the industry. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.

¹Source: Statista. Online travel market size.

SOURCE Google Cloud

Technologies

Google Cloud Vertex AI Google Cloud's Generative AI

CIONET Business Circles

Healthcare Circle

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?

Telenet Business Leadership Circle

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.

Les Rencontres

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 !

Female Leadership Circle

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.