On April 10th, senior IT leaders gathered at the beautiful waterfront location of Restaurant Het Bosch in Amsterdam for an exclusive CIO Vision Dinner, hosted by CIONET and Zerto, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company. The evening focused on one critical question:

How can organizations proactively safeguard business continuity and strengthen IT resilience in the face of increasing disruption?

An engaging evening of insight and exchange

From the welcome reception to the roundtable discussions, the event offered an intimate setting for open dialogue, idea-sharing, and professional connection. Guests appreciated the unique location, the warm atmosphere, and most importantly, the opportunity to deep-dive into challenges and strategies around IT resilience.

Key themes from the discussion

Throughout the evening, several recurring themes and challenges emerged from our conversations and post-event feedback:

• Proactive over Reactive: The shift from traditional disaster recovery to real-time, automated, and resilient IT infrastructures is underway—but many still face hurdles in fully implementing this.
• Complexity and Time: Participants cited frustration with time-consuming disaster recovery processes and limited orchestration in their current data protection strategies.
• Compliance & Awareness: Some leaders struggle to meet compliance and recovery objectives, or to gain internal attention and buy-in for resilience initiatives.
• Tooling & Automation: There’s a growing interest in solutions that offer real-time data replication, automated disaster recovery, and continuous data protection with minimal downtime.

Looking ahead

It’s clear that IT leaders are not only thinking about proactive resilience—they are actively seeking solutions. Many of you expressed interest in finding ways to address these challenges in the near future. Our goal is to continue providing relevant, actionable, and peer-driven platforms like this dinner to support your journey.

Thank you for joining us

A heartfelt thank you to all our guests, speakers, and co-hosts for making this dinner a memorable and impactful evening. We hope the conversations sparked new ideas and valuable connections. Stay tuned for future events where we’ll continue exploring how to future-proof your IT environments and ensure business continuity—no matter what comes your way.

If you'd like to learn more about the solutions discussed or explore how your organization can improve its resilience strategy, don't hesitate to reach out.

Until next time!

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