ICT for bpost: a threat but also an opportunity (Koen Van Gerven)
A lot of people at the last foyer of this ADM working year. But with Koen Van Gerven, CIO of bpost, as the speaker, this was no surprise
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Hercules fever
For those who haven’t heard yet: the Hercules ICT Trophy takes place on 25 June. ADM has no fewer than two teams at the starting blocks, ready to make this day of ultimate team-building, sportsmanship and fun THE day of their lives! A debate about women and IT? Not with us: just count the numbers!
Speaker’s Corner 23/5 : EVENT Project
EVENT – Electronic Vouchers for Events using NFC Technology In this particular project, Artesis University College of Antwerp (dept. of Applied Engineering – e-lab research group) and K.U.Leuven (dept. electrical engineering – COSIC research group) are aiming at introducing RFID and NFC technology for payments into the Flemish event industry, for professional as well as leisure events.
Where business needs ICT – Stefaan Hermans (Carglass) on how ICT deals with the business as a custom
Stefaan Hermans has been working for Carglass for more than 25 years now, first as an ICT manager for Belgium and Luxembourg, and now as Operations Director. With these credentials, ADM could not have imagined a better speaker for “Where business needs ICT”. In fact, the inspiration for this format of the Foyer came during a conversation with Stefaan Hermans.
Software quality - also a concern for the business.
Does software quality matter? It seems to be a purely technical question, but during the ADM info session held on 1 March it became clear that software that is carefully written and available in modular form can save a business a lot of money.
ADM Board meets Pascal D’Eer (Federal Police)
The guest of the ADM Board on 25 February was Pascal D’Eer, ICT Policy Coordinator (DGS) of the Federal Police.
Learning and knowledge sharing: any time, any place, any way…
‘Knowledge is power’ and this is truer than ever. On 24 February some 60 ADM members came to the Business Faculty for a seminar on collecting and sharing knowledge. The reason being that nowadays this happens completely differently to about 10 years ago.
Where business needs ICT – The Geek in Daniel Lebeau
More than 4000 Data News readers recently voted Daniel Lebeau in the top three Belgian CIOs and afterwards the jury selected him as CIO of the year 2010. And those who heard Daniel Lebeau speak at the ADM Foyer in February 2011 about “Where business needs ICT” will immediately understand why.
What about your company’s Code of Conduct for Information Managers?
Did you know that 13% of Belgian companies have already dismissed an IT worker due to unethical use of computer data? Does your company have well-defined rules about how people should deal with data – which is often confidential or sensitive?