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Ferring Pharmaceuticals selects Sinequa and Atos to boost Global Cognitive Search Capabilities for R&D

Brussels, 15^th January 2019

As a testament of how fast the footprint of cognitive search among leading life sciences organizations is growing, we are very excited to announce that Ferring Pharmaceuticals selected Sinequa and Atos to boost its global cognitive search capabilities. Sinequa’s Cognitive Search & Analytics solution was recently deployed at Ferring Pharmaceuticals with Atos as the consulting and integration partner to empower the organization’s Global Pharmaceutical R&D group to look deeply into vast scientific research data sets in order to generate new insights and accelerate innovation.

ING optimizes cash handling using Atos’ Cash Cycle Optimization Management Solution

Brussels, 26^th February 2018
Atos, a global leader in digital transformation, announces that ING Belgium, one of Belgium’s leading providers of financial services, has deployed a solution which allows to optimize the end-to-end cash handling and management. The solution has been rolled out to all ATMs (branches will short follow), and will enable ING Belgium to ensure cash availability at all times while reducing the efforts for handling operations and deliveries.

Risky risk assessments

14^th May 2018

Security is not the most popular topic during management meetings. The question usually is: in view of the most recent risk assessment, can we justify the limited budget for security investments? In follow-up of his last blog, Koen Maris, CTO Cybersecurity at Atos, shares his thoughts: “What if I told you that these assessments are usually based on completely false assumptions and incorrect data?”

Stop playing catch-up

11^th April 2018
Koen Maris, CTO Cybersecurity at Atos, has two rather surprising messages for CIOs and security officers among us. One: we’ve been doing it all wrong. Two: we should focus on the good, not on the bad. Confused? Here’s why.

The war on talent in cybersecurity

5^th May 2017
IT talent is far too scarce in our contours and cybersecurity talent is even scarcer. Thus, companies are often in a war to attract these people. However, it often appears to be difficult to keep their white knights within the company. The traditional talent management approach is inadequate and there are a number of good reasons for that.

Doesn’t anyone realize that the right to be forgotten online is one big illusion?

5^th May 2017
Every time I attend a presentation on GDPR – you know – the General Data Protection Regulation, which aims to guarantee more privacy to the consumer – I get the undefined feeling the boy should have had when the emperor passed by “in his new clothes”; isn’t anyone really seeing that he is naked? Translated to GDPR terms, this means: doesn’t anyone truly realize that the right to be forgotten is simply one big illusion?

The good, the bad and the (un)known

16^th January 2017
Koen Maris (Chief Technology Officer – Cyber Security at Atos BTN) shares his thoughts on the Cyber Security models that have been in place for many years. These models have changed very little and are based on a reactive approach towards the “known bad”. But, how do we create a more effective and proactive approach? To establish this, we need to answer the following question: How to distinguish the wanted from the unwanted?