The document discusses CIOnet, an international network for CIOs and IT managers. It provides details on the network's goals of building relationships, sharing knowledge, and exchanging ideas. Members benefit from presentations, discussions, surveys and interacting with peers on topics like enterprise architecture and outsourcing. The network helps members learn from others' experiences, get new ideas, and discuss challenges in their roles.

1. CIOnet
Update & Best Practices
To build the largest and most active
international quality network for
CIO’s and IT 2010
June Managers.
Prepared by Hendrik Deckers

2. CIO of international distributor
of industrial goods
Networking for me is all about making connections that become enduring
mutually beneficial relationships. CIOnet provides me the most productive
way to build these relationships.
Presentations and discussions in CIOnet events and SIG's help me to clarify
Networking for me is all about making
new concepts and to see how other companies are managing them. I always
try to come prepared to the CIOnet activities, so I can share my experiences
connections that become enduring mutually
and answer questions from my peers.
beneficial relationships. CIOnet providestopic of
The CIOnet discussions, survey analysis and peer interactions on the me
the most productive wayEnterprise Architecture and got us
EA made me fully realize the benefits of
started implementing EA in our company.
to build these
relationships.
The positive results obtained by my CIO colleagues in the domain of
outsourcing, helped me to choose for a co-sourcing model. Hearing the
experience of a CIOnet member about his mobile service provider resulted in
visiting his company, seeing the benefits, deciding for the same provider and
taking full advantage of his experience.
Last but no least, networking also gives me the opportunity to discuss 'real life'
topics and to build strong personal relations, while having a good time.

3. The CIOnet Community
 Members: 1425 in total
• NL: 298
CIOnet is a Community to
• BE: 438
• Build Relationships
• ES: 241
1500
CIO & ITmgr
• Share Knowledge
• UK: 368 1250 Academics
• FR: 49
• Exchange Ideas 23
• IT:
1000
• Grow your Network 750
• Learn from  • Forecast members
Peers2009: 1000
end
500
250
• Make Friends end 2010: 2000
•
• end 2011: 4000 0
 Member management
 Ongoing Database Enrichment - Active invitation follow-up
 Recruitment campaigns – Yearly Criteria Control
1. CIO's of organisations with an IT department where headcount > 20 people
2. IT Managers reporting directly to the CIO of organisations with an IT department
where headcount > 200 people
3. University & High School Professors and Researchers with a direct focus on IT.

4. CIOnet online community
Upload your picture
Set your shared info
Complete your
haves, wants, Connect to other
interests, etc.. members
Fill in your career &
education
Join the different
groups

5. CIOnet online community
Register for events
Search by industry,
company, etc..
Filter by country
Connect to new
members
Visit our partners
Check the latest
activity
Join discussions
Consult content

6. CIOnet.com: visitors
Up to 500 unique
logged-in visitors
per week
Average time
on site around
10 minutes

7. CIOnet Events
Welcome to events in
all countries
Interact in the group
debates
Present your
experiences
Meet peers face to
face
Consult events
reports & slides

8. CIOnet SIG’s
Special Interest Groups
Initiate & join national
 On Initiative of Members & Advisory Board
SIG’s
 Lead by members of Advisory Board
 Organised by country
 5+ CIO’s interested in the topic
 Supported by some BP’s if appropriate
 Exchange of experiences and strategies
 Work on common goal(s)
 Prepare CIOnet Event
Advanced interaction Run Survey

on specific topics  Write article
 …
Exchange concrete
information and go
deep into the details.

9. CIOnet Surveys
CIOnet Surveys
 5 to 6 per year
Share your opinion
 IT Management Topics
and participate in the
 Initiated by SIG, by partner or by
surveys
CIOnet
 Typical 40 to 60 replies
 Results published on CIOnet
Learn what your
peers think about the
same topics

10. CIOnet Magazine
Learn from your Brand Awareness, Member Recruitment, Member Promotion
 Goal:
international peers
Write a column Keep up to date with
activities in Spain,
Italy, France, UK,
The Netherlands and
Belgium

11. CIOnet Advisory Board
Join the Advisory
Board
Enzo Bertolini Jan Peter de Valk Roberto Parra Carl Tilkin-Franssens
Chairman AB IT Chairman AB NL Chairman AB Es Chairman AB BE
Give direction to CIO, Ferrero CIO, DHL CIO, Repsol CIO, KBC
activities of CIOnet
Roles & Responsibilities
Represent the CIOnet members
Be part of the inner Regular Brainstorm & Direction meetings (3x
circle per year)
Strategic input on direction and focus
Promotion & credibility
Investment
Time: to attend meetings & events
Name & reputation

13. International
 BE: launched Q4 2005
 NL: launched Q4 2007
Connect with your
 ES: launched Q2 2009
peers in Spain, Italy,
 UK: launched Q3 2009
France, UK, The
 FR: launching in June 2010 Netherlands and
 IT: launching in June 2010 Belgium
 DE: searching the right partners
 DK: searching the right partners
 SE: searching the right partners
• First International Conference: February 2011
• European Sector Forums
• International Advisory Board

14. CIO of international company
in industrial food
“When it comes to the introduction of new technologies, we are
“close followers” and will always try to copy the best practices
developed by other organisations.
Networking with our CIOnet colleagues allows us to assess the
Networking with our CIOnet colleagues allows
risks, investments and possible returns of new projects based on
us to assess the risks, investments and
real experiences.
possible returns we introduced Unified Communication and
For instance, when of new projects based on
real experiences.
Virtualization we first used our network to learn:
- How do other organisations approach this?
- What were their investments and realised cost savings?
- What were the real infrastructure requirements?
- How did they manage the IT & business risks?
- Can our peers help us to sell the business case in our own
company?
This allows us to develop good business cases for our
management, all based on references from other companies.”

15. CIO of national public
services organisation
“As a public services organisation we have no competitors and no
profit targets, that makes it easy for us to exchange experiences
and knowledge with almost any other organisation in the country.
CIOnet has helped me to develop my personal think thank that
Both for the introduction of Cloud Computing
allows me to follow closely where the IT industry is going regarding
new technologies and management techniques.
and Cyber Security, aligning with my CIO
peers allowed me to shorten the decision
Both for the introduction of Cloud Computing and Cyber Security,
and implementation cycle shorten the decision and
aligning with my CIO peers allowed me to with several
implementation cycle with several months.
months.
A private benchmarking exercise we’ve set up with a number of
CIOnet members, allowed me to very quickly confirm that the TCO
of my workstations is up to par with that of my colleagues from the
private sector.”

16. CTO of a centralised ICT
service center
“As the CTO of a centralised ICT service center, calculating the returns
of our IT investments is always close to my heart. Measuring the
benefits of networking in objective numbers and figures is very hard.
Still I can testify that CIOnet brings me the right information, the right
contacts and real best practices for the technologies that I care
about. This professional community of CIO's and IT Managers also
provides me an excellent feedback platform from my peers across
all different industry segments, being it finance, manufacturing, public
sector etc…
My experience is that the moretoI the network, the more I
My experience is that the more I contribute
contribute to
the network,more I share, the I learn and that
learn and that the the more more I receive. ”
the more I share, the more I receive.