29 / 09 / 22
Checking the correct use of software and the associated licences is a legitimate right of software suppliers. Business users associations Beltug, Cigref, CIO Platform Nederland and VOICE call for a balanced cloud market: 11 fair principles...
22 / 09 / 22
Business software vendors and customers should all start with the end in mind; a clear, consistent and well-defined commercial model that’s a win-win for both parties. But practice is different. Business users associations Beltug, Cigref, CIO...
21 / 09 / 22
De grote werven van een digitale transformatie tekenen zich duidelijk af in de prioriteitenlijst van Belgische IT-beslissingsnemers voor het komende jaar. Hoe zorg je voor een sluitende cyberveiligheidsstrategie? Hoe kies je een aangepaste IT-architectuur? En hoe...
15 / 09 / 22
Software licences were once linked to the hardware on which the software ran, but the evolution of the processors, networks, client/server and cloud resulted in a licence price-per-user, per device,… Also, the onetime payment evolved towards...
08 / 09 / 22
“Good agreements make good friends” is the basis for sustainable relationships, not only between people but also between customers and suppliers. Business software and cloud solutions is a relatively young but fast changing industry and the...
25 / 08 / 22
Thanks to cloud computing, software-as-a-service and other concepts, digital technologies ensure that data can be made available to the user as a utility. A business model we know for years from the ‘traditional’ utilities such as...
11 / 08 / 22
The cloud has no limits and Europe ensures free movement of goods, services, capital and people in a single EU internal market but vendors in the business software and cloud services industry don’t market their solutions...
28 / 07 / 22
Software is the driving force behind open innovation and digital transformation. As a result, each company has become wholly or partly a software company. Once every organization had an IT department, now every department has an...
14 / 07 / 22
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication” (Leonardo da Vinci) and “In der Beschränkung zeigt sich erst der Meister” (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) are statements by wise Europeans but apparently still unknown by the relatively young business software...
23 / 06 / 22
Today in Europe we find it the most normal thing in the world that trains all run on the same track width, that electricity is delivered at 220V and that soon all smartphones will come with...