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WHY IS IT THAT RISK MANAGEMENT IS STILL SEEN AS THE POOR RELATION IN MANY ORGANISATIONS?

10 October 2022

When it comes to investing in risk management, many organisations still aren’t ready. Their current focus is mainly on financial control and compliance, with risk management only perceived as effective if it is implemented organisation-wide. How can it be that so many organisations still regard risk management as a...

“HARD WORK AND A MINI-BREAK” HIDDE MOESTER’S ASSESSMENT OF HIS INTERNATIONAL ASSIGNMENT IN BRUSSELS

10 October 2022

As an ITDS consultant, in addition to working for clients closer to home, you also get to work on international assignments. Hidde Moester, for example, is helping a leading insurer in Brussels to set up a new administration system. It’s a cool assignment, he in sists, involving many ITDS...

THERE’S MORE TO BEING A PMO THAN JUST A PROGRAMME MANAGER’S ASSISTANT

10 October 2022

Believe it or not there are still organisations out there that underestimate the important role played by a PMO (Programme Management Officer). And that’s a shame, thinks ITDS consultant Loes Kistemaker, who feels that a PMO is as indispensable to a programme manager as a sous chef is to...

BUDDING ITDS CONSULTANTS KOEN AND FINN ALSO KNOW A THING OR TWO ABOUT CARS

06 October 2022

In addition to working for ITDS, Business Consultancy Trainee Finn Sweer and Associate Business Consultant Koen van den Dool are also passionate about exclusive cars. We asked them about their love of cars, and how it links to what they do at ITDS. Koen van den Dool, Associate...

WITH THE COMPETENCE CENTRE AXON, ITDS IS MEETING A RISING NEED FOR EXPERTISE

06 October 2022

WITH THE COMPETENCE CENTRE AXON, ITDS IS MEETING A RISING NEED FOR EXPERTISE Innovative functionalities in standard software packages are offering insurers more and more opportunities to reduce their costs and give their customers better services. But where can you find professionals nowadays that are willing and able...

MEET THE TEAM! WHAT KEEPS OUR MARKETING STARS BUSY

06 October 2022

After being temporarily understaffed, our marketing team is once again up to strength. For the moment, at least. They have lofty ambitions, so who knows, perhaps reinforcements will be needed before long. Working back in the office after corona provided inspiration for the summer issue of the ATHOME, ITDS’...

FREDERIK’S FIRST POST-TRAINEESHIP ASSIGNMENT IS AN IMMEDIATE SUCCESS, AND ONE TO BE PROUD OF!

04 October 2022

As soon as Frederik Kappers completed his traineeship at ITDS, he was given a challenging assignment at a pension provider. To the complete satisfaction of this client, he then went on to map out the risks entailed in their data migration. In so doing, he proved that there is...

METADATA TOOLING: JUST ANOTHER INNOVATIVE TREND, OR ONE THAT COULD REALLY GROW YOUR BUSINESS?

04 October 2022

Data, in the world in which we live, is extremely important. But are you familiar with the term “metadata”? In a nutshell, this is data about your data. The file format, for example, the definition of a data field and the associated databases. If you’re really serious about getting...

BEHIND THE SCENES: THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN OUR BUSINESS LINES

29 September 2022

Are you curious to know how things work in a consultancy? ITDS has five different business lines in finance consultancy: Data Management, Digital Business; Risk Management; Implementation; and Pensions. In this article we ask questions of some of the ITDS people who work in these five business lines. What are they doing at the...

WHY DO ONLY 25 PER CENT OF SYSTEM MIGRATIONS SUCCEED? HERE’S WHY!

29 September 2022

There can no longer be any doubt that technology is crucially important for financial-services providers. Motivated by the prospect of saving on costs and being able to offer clients better service, more and more insurers are trading in their old legacy systems for new ones. But did you know...

PUT DATA QUALITY ON THE AGENDA STRUCTURALLY

29 September 2022

Don’t wait for the DNB (Netherlands National Bank) to come knocking. Make sure that data quality is a structural part of your organisation’s agenda. In a visionary interview, Michiel van der Lans, Director of Data & Implementation at ITDS, discusses the importance of data quality. In it, he shares...

ITDS’RS LILY AND GERALD ARE HELPING A BELGIAN BANK & INSURER TO DIGITISE

28 September 2022

ITDS people are working with a Belgian bank and insurance company to set up a new system, Keylane Axon. In so doing they are helping this Belgian organisation take major steps in the field of digitisation. In their own words it’s a “fascinating challenge” for these ITDS employees, and...