Blogs

“Market leader” is synonymous with mediocrity, and that costs you a lot of money, possibly millions.

The roadmap of a monopolist is no longer about your speed, but about their predictable revenue. It starts subtly and ends in slow software, more expensive licenses, and more incidents. This blog shows you where the leaks are and which buttons you already have at your disposal today.

From CSRD compliance to genuine green IT (without greenwashing)

Many organizations measure themselves to death for CSRD, but still don't focus on what matters: kWh per transaction, kg CO₂ per user, and costs per workload. Even though it's so easy to do! This blog shows where greening often gets stuck and how you can use measurement and optimization to remove...

I see your IT leaks. And I can't look away.

IT isn't “expensive” because of bad luck. It's expensive because of complexity that doesn't suit your scale. In this blog, I'll show you where that waste occurs — and why you often pay for IT that you don't need at all.

Get more out of your data center by buying less

Is your data center “full”? Usually, it's just inefficient. In this blog, you can read how to measure capacity in terms of business value (not in racks or MW) and how targeted optimization can significantly reduce costs and energy consumption. Without a mega project.

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...

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...

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.

This is the security leak that your tests are blind for

Slow software and scaling up without testing? That's not only annoying, but also a direct security risk. 👉 Find out why in my latest blog.