Stop these 7 IT reflexes (before they eat up your budget)
Add another server, put everything blindly in the cloud, leave control to your supplier, dismiss open source... It seems logical, but it eats into your margin and your agility. In this blog, I dissect 7 stubborn IT reflexes that are holding your organization back. These are the habits you must drop...
Why pilots fly blind – and you should too in IT
A modern commercial aircraft never takes off without a clear route, agreed altitudes, and Air Traffic Control monitoring. Yet many organizations still run their IT without real air traffic control. Everyone feels safe with dashboards, reports, and log files after the fact. But in aviation, we call...
OT: not a back door, but the main entrance
You think your OT is a back door. In reality, it's the main entrance. Bridges, pumps, production lines, and cooling systems are all connected to the network “just for a moment.” With protocols from 1998, they operate under the threats of 2025. In this blog, Hugo shows why old OT leaves your entire...
The Netherlands does not have a capacity problem. We are wasting capacity.
We claim that we need more data centers, while CPUs are sitting idle, data is being pumped around unnecessarily, and features are consuming capacity without adding value. In this blog, I will show you how to move from “buying more” to “designing better” by measuring, eliminating, and making smarter...
Not everything is a prompt — choose the right AI tool
Everyone is prompting as if their lives depend on it. But no one is asking the question that really matters. Hint: it's not about prompts.
One disruption, three dominoes
One malfunction. Three dominoes. And you're caught in the middle. You buy smart SaaS. Unknowingly, you also buy their cloud, their IdP, and their CDN. If one of those suppliers sneezes, your operation catches a fever. Chain risk is the blind spot in many SLAs—until something goes wrong. In our blog...
Your BIOS is green. Is your code?
Many teams celebrate a “green” profit after some BIOS tweaks. Looks good on the report. But do you see it reflected on your invoice? And in your CO₂ accounting per transaction? Small hint: the real profit is rarely in the server cabinet.
Quantum computers: hype or threat? The facts behind the headlines.
Quantum computers regularly make the headlines. But how close are they really? From superconductivity that never broke through to qubits that are still in their infancy—the reality is a lot less magical than the promise.
How many band-aids can one OS take?
Windows security runs on a foundation dating back to 1977. How many band-aids can you keep sticking on before the whole structure collapses?