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2026: I want less complexity, more results

We didn't make IT complicated because we had to, but because we came to see it as normal. This blog shows how complexity can quietly eat away at your pace, budget, and control—and how you can get back to “strictly necessary” without being naive.

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Technical Debt

Technical debt is management debt

Technical debt is rarely a technical problem. New hardware, cloud, or AI can move and upgrade your code—but it doesn't solve your choices. In this blog, you'll read how software really wears out, why you often migrate problems, and what it takes to structurally reduce debt. Read the blog → Why you...

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Reflexes

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...

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Disconnect OT

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...

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Hyperscale is waste

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...

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Internet Foundation

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...

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Complexity

Complexity is not a strategy

Complexity isn't a strategy—it's a hidden tax. Your cloud is slow and expensive because you're piling on band-aid fixes. Address the root causes and regain speed, security, and control. Stop building fences, close the gaps. Fewer spokes, more control: faster, safer, cheaper.

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Could Outage

Cloud only sounds secure... until your revenue goes up in smoke for an hour

One severed cable. One mistake in your identity management. One provider that goes down. And you? Completely crippled. Unless you solve this intelligently.

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Saas integrations

One weak SaaS link can open up your entire cloud—don't let yourself be the next victim.

Many organizations place blind trust in their suppliers. Until it turns out that one forgotten link brings the whole house of cards crashing down. Want to know how to prevent that?

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