06 / 09 / 22
Did you miss it? Beltug papers on your priorities
General ICT ‘An example ICT Code of Conduct you can use to clearly define professional expectations’
Tag: Code of Conduct
20 / 04 / 22
IT or information security governance? Going beyond COBIT and into practice. Takeaways from the Beltug N-sight of 20 April 2022
The connected and increasingly digitising world comes with benefits but also security risks. Your organisation needs a number of things to cope with the risks, such as preventive and reactive technologies, a security culture, an aware...
20 / 01 / 22
Peer Practices: example ‘ICT Code of Conduct’ you can use to clearly define ‘professional’ expectations
One of our members has agreed to share its ‘ICT Code of Conduct’ with its Beltug peers. This member has found that, over the past decade, its operations have become increasingly ICT-intensive. ICT resources and related...
18 / 03 / 21
Data protection remains a balancing act: from both a national and international perspective. Takeaways from the Beltug N-sight of 18 March 2021
For several years, privacy has been a key factor in many of our decisions: not only in our technology choices, but throughout entire organisations. While it isn’t always easy to comply with all the regulations and...
01 / 02 / 21
Peer practices: Piet Herman shares 33 years of tools and best practices for ICT contracts
What makes a great ICT supplier contract? How can you draft one that covers most of your needs? How do you ensure your contract complies with your company’s risk strategy? And how should you follow up...
18 / 11 / 20
Beltug recommendations for your SaaS negotiations: SWIPO and the SaaS CoC
Negotiating contracts with Cloud Service Providers is a complex yet critical endeavour for organisations. As the ‘voice of the business user’, we are committed to keeping our members well-informed and prepared. Together with our sister associations...
27 / 05 / 20
SAM Task Force: the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on software procurement
The Beltug SAM Task Force quickly took on the topic, already reviewing a number of questions and issues in early April. In addition to discussions on SAP and Microsoft, after the meeting, Beltug collected input...
28 / 02 / 20
The SAM Task Force takes on supplier relationships
Kick-off Topics in 5 areas have been defined: Procurement Legal IT Governance & asset management IT Competences Individual Software vendors. A SAP subgroup was created to discuss common issues and to set up a structural...
25 / 02 / 20
Beltug develops model contract clauses for negotiating software licences
What you do not see, you do not get’: this definitely holds true for your software licences and contracts! Unclear, one-sided licence models make managing software assets an unpleasant challenge for companies. At the same time,...
25 / 02 / 20
Beltug’s updated Proposal for a Software Publishers’ Code of Conduct calls for clear, transparent and fair software licence models
Managing software assets remains a key concern for companies and public services. Software products are too often subject to complex, unclear licence models and agreements that are difficult to follow and proactively manage.