10 / 12 / 25
What are organisations learning about Microsoft’s investment funds, Dynamics contracts, and cloud cost management? And how are they approaching the growing challenges of digital sovereignty in the context of vendor management? At the Beltug Vendor Observatory,...
09 / 12 / 25
Cloud services have become ubiquitous for businesses across every sector of Belgium’s economy. However, the relationships between customers and cloud providers are far from fair, with customers facing issues such as vendor lock-in, unilateral changes to...
18 / 11 / 25
Beltug and sister CIO associations Cigref (France), CIO Platform (Netherlands) and VOICE (Germany), have drafted a Joint Declaration on Digital Strategic Autonomy and European Sovereignty for the 18th November Franco-German Summit.
21 / 10 / 25
In 2023, the Federal Government drastically limited the scope of the tax regime for copyright, in particular excluding software. The Federal Government has announced a (partial) return to the previous application, once again allowing its use...
28 / 08 / 25
While concerns around digital sovereignty are not new in Europe, the recent global geopolitical upheavals have given it new urgency. In Belgium this has led to a rethinking of the challenges and risks inherent in the...
18 / 06 / 25
What is happening in the world of vendor management around the major vendors, hyperscalers, open-source software licences, financial operations and more? Following the successful proof of concept, the Beltug Vendor Observatory held its first ‘regular’, in-person...
28 / 05 / 25
Questions around liability are among the most contentious in ICT contracts, and the stakes can be high. Organisations need to protect themselves contractually without jeopardising their partnerships, to ensure business continuity, fair risk-sharing and successful long-term...
26 / 05 / 25
Who owns code? Can it be reused? What happens when third-party tools are involved? In ICT contracts, questions around intellectual property rights (IPR) pop up all the time — and the answers aren’t always straightforward. Clear...
03 / 04 / 25
Beltug has recently been approached by several members — ranging from companies and hospitals to industry and government — regarding the evolving tech relations between the US and EU. This reflects rising concerns about data privacy...
19 / 03 / 25
“The digitisation of society is no longer a distant future — it is here, reshaping every facet of our daily lives.” Beltug’s 2025 Belgian Business ICT market study of 1,150 ICT decision-makers reveals that a striking...
