Nominees 2016Category ‘Cloud’

Who?

• European fashion distributor

• 70 high-end brands

• >1700 boutiques in Benelux area

• Retail activities, e.g. Liu Jo

• Headquarters Antwerp

What?

• Office365• SharePoint Online

• Skype for Business

• OneDrive

• Microsoft Azure• IAAS

• ‘Cloud first’ datacenter strategy

Benefits?

• Mobility

• Scalability & Availability

• No more investment in local datacenter infrastructure

• Reduce complexity & cost of ownership

• Cloud defines the rhythm of innovation

Who?

• Largest network of pharmacies in Belgium• 300 pharmacies

• Annual growth of >20 pharmacies

• 1800 employees

• Wholesale & distribution• >12500 product references

• Branches (pharmaceuticals, optics, hearing aids)• De Voorzorg

• iU (formerly Equiform)

What?

• New Way of Working program (NWOW)

• Email integration HQ & pharmacy network

• Hybrid Messaging platform• MS Exchange

• Office365

• Active Directory

Benefits?

• Improve communication & collaboration

• Evolution towards paperless office

• Mobility & agility

• Change company culture

• Increased employee involvement

Who?

• B2B European food group• Frozen Bakery Products

• Margarines, Culinary Oils & Fats

• +/- 1.4 billion euro revenue

• 5200 employees in 12 countries

What?

• From full outsourcing to hybrid context

• Pragmatic ‘cloud first’ strategy

• Move from private to public cloud• Office365• MS Azure

• e-Order system (SharePoint)• HR system• CRM

• Single Sign-on: ADFS• Improved connectivity: ExpressRoute• Skype for Business

Benefits?

• Scalability & availability

• Cost control

• Focus on strategy & applications

• Flexible IT

• Flow of continual change

• Shorter and cheaper innovation cycles

Winner 2016?Category ‘Cloud’

Nominees 2016Category ‘Learning’

Who?

• Leading national provider of telephony, internet, television and network-based ICT services

• 14k employees

• Proximus Corporate University

What?

• Big data is one of the pillars of smart innovation

• Demystify Big data

• Highly visual and educational introductory course

• Enable Proximus employees to • discover the world of big data or

• get a better understanding of this world.

Benefits?

• In 30 minutes teach the core elements of Proximus’ business in the next few years

• Easily and effectively reach 3000 people

• Big data is not a fad, it is a genuine tidal wave

Who?

• Global Energy Management

• BU of ENGIE

• Sites in Brussels and Paris

• 3000 employees

What?

• Introduction of Office 365 applications such as SharePoint, Yammer and Skype for Business

• Large number of practical questions

• Xylos flying doctors service – team of 3 Office specialists

• Provide knowledge transfer to enable employees to become experts

• Introduce new competencies into the organization

Benefits?

• Continuous learning with experienced coaches

• Solve 98% of the issues and questions

• 94% satisfaction rate

• Reduction of the pressure on the IT department

• Gives the IT department a positive image

Who?

• FTA is the leading business association of global commerce

• FTA represents >1.900 retailers, importers and brands

• Promotes international trade and sustainable supply chains, through training and workshops

What?

• TOTARA based learning management solution

• Courses on the code of conduct and sustainable supply chains.

• For 41.000 factories and 100.000 users

Benefits?

• Easily measure • impact of courses

• evolution of participants

• Highly • available

• adjustable

• scalable solution

Winner 2016?Category ‘Learning’

2016 NomineesCategory ‘Business’

• Joined forces Bank Degroof and Petercam

• Headquartered in Brussels

• +/- 1400 professionals

• 7 countries

• Belgian company

• Open mind towards the future

Who?

• Migration Lotus Notes to Microsoft Exchange

• Migration of 1200 mailboxes

• Belgium + France + Spain + Luxemburg

• Reference & user guides

• Basic training

• Advanced training sessions

What?

Benefits?

• Ease of use for end users

• Improved collaboration

• Smooth integration with other applications

• Easy migration of applications to SharePoint

“International collaboration has improved thanks to Outlook”

(Steven Claes, IT Project Manager)

Who?

• A leading European expert since 1965

• Development and marketing of innovative and sustainable aluminiumsolutions

• Headquarters in Duffel

• 1600 employees over 40 countries worldwide

• Delivery to 70 countries over 5 continents

• 2015 turnover €360mio

What?

• Skype for Business for 300 employees by INIA

• Phased approach

• User adoption / e-learning 3 languages

• Innovation with VOIP-over-Wi-Fi

• >200 Aruba aerials in warehouses

Benefits?

• New communication mindset

• NWOW: presence, instant messaging, videoconf,…

• Savings €€

• Incorporated innovation

“Innovation is one of our basic values and translated into technology”

(Patrick Elsen, ICT Infrastructure manager)

Who?

• Belgian family business

• Plastic and elastomeric raw materials

• Sustainable: distribution, resale, compounding and recycling service

• 54 years of existence

• International group

• > 5500 employees across the globe

What?

• Strategic roadmap

• Centralize IT

• Radical update of infrastructure

• Centralized and updated IT environment

• Skype for Business

• Full attention to security, availability and scalability

Benefits?

• Modern, state-of-the-art datacenter

• Offering of IT as-a-service all over European offices

• Focus on core business

“IT is not a cost, it is the motor of the company’s growth”

(Gert Staf, IT infrastructure Manager)

Winner 2016?Category ‘Business’

Microsoft HoloLens