Perspectives on governance, infrastructure and AI
Short, original pieces on how the group is governed and how its technical know-how evolves.
Why a group's governance has to be designed at formation, not after
Governance bolted on after the fact always costs more than governance designed into the founding documents. What that means concretely for a multi-company structure.
Read 2026-09-06From IoT to AI Native: fifteen years of technical trajectory
Artificial intelligence didn't arrive by chance in the group's know-how. It is the endpoint of a chain that starts in industry and runs through IoT, Edge Computing and managed IT services.
Read 2026-09-06Open and reversible: a technological conviction, not just an economic one
Since the group's earliest digital activities, one choice has stood out: favoring open technologies. Why that choice goes beyond simple cost considerations.
Read 2026-09-12TEAF at Trustiatis and Workynet: the group's own governance applies to itself
TEAF, the enterprise architecture framework published by IND UM Conseil et Technologies, is entering internal governance use at Trustiatis and Workynet. A recent rollout, held to the same rigor the framework asks of its clients.
Read 2026-10-02AI: a governance question before it is a technology question
Surveys of directors converge: AI is the topic on which boards feel least equipped. What a holding company can take from it for overseeing its subsidiaries.
Read 2026-10-02Cybersecurity: management accountability can no longer be fully delegated
The NIS2 directive explicitly assigns approval and oversight of cybersecurity measures to management bodies. What this changes for a multi-company structure.
Read 2026-10-02US company, European clients: what the GDPR requires outside the Union
The GDPR applies to a non-EU entity offering services to people in the Union. Article 27 then requires, in many cases, designating a representative in the EU.
Read 2026-10-02When one provider fails, everything fails: cloud concentration risk
The AWS outage in October 2025 and the Cloudflare outage in November 2025 were a reminder that a shared dependency is a group-level risk. How to map it without duplicating everything.
Read 2026-10-02Digital sovereignty: what the European movement teaches a group of companies
European administrations are announcing migrations to open source. Beyond the announcement effect, three practical criteria — jurisdiction, reversibility, control — for a group.
Read 2026-10-17European simplification: what a group keeps when the threshold no longer targets it
The February 2026 Omnibus directive sharply raises sustainability reporting thresholds and cuts the number of companies in scope by roughly 80%. Why a structure that was never in scope should not conclude it has nothing to maintain.
Read 2026-10-17AI transparency: the delay does not cover Article 50
The "Digital Omnibus" pushed the AI Act's high-risk obligations to 2027 and 2028, but it left the transparency obligations untouched. What a holding company can ask of its subsidiaries before 2 December 2026.
Read 2026-10-17The 5 Founders programme: what the holding approved, and how it frames it
Two of our subsidiaries, together with IND UM Conseil et Technologies, are supporting five newly formed companies free of charge for twelve weeks. Why a group approves an unpaid commitment, and what limits it sets.
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