Meet the Cigref
Key player in the digital society
Cigref is a network of major French companies and public administrations set up in order to develop its members ability to acquire and master digital technology.
Network of major companies
Created in 1970, Cigref is a nonprofit organization. It counts among its members some 150 major French corporations and public administrations across all business sectors, all users of digital services.
Digital player
It is a key player and federating body in the digital society, thanks to its high-quality thinking and the extent to which it represents its members.
To serve its members
15 Board members, elected by the General Assembly, ensure its governance. A team of 10 permanent members leads the activities.
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Data & Analytics Governance and Architecture: Developing and implementing a data strategy
Cigref has published a report on the results of its working group on "Governance and data architecture", co-chaired by Alice Guéhennec, Chief Digital & Information Officer of the SAUR group, and Patrick Mahu, Enterprise Architect at Pôle Emploi. [calameo...
New Low Code/No Code development practices: Unlocking value by controlling risks
Cigref has published a report on the results of its "Low Code / No Code" working group, led by Claire WAAST-RICHARD, Data and Digital Director at Enedis. Access Cigref's report...
CSR policy in IT: Positive contributions made by the IT Department to the company’s CSR policy
Cigref has published a report on the results of its working group on "CSR policy in IT", led by Annie STEINMETZ, Head of Environmental Performance, AG2R LA MONDIALE and Bernard DUVERNEUIL, CIO of ELIOR Group. [calameo code=0058692352b132f6075b5 mode=viewer width=100%...
Cigref Strategic Orientation Report 2022: « Digital futures: uncertainties and consequences »
On the occasion of its 52nd General Assembly, Cigref unveiled the 2022 edition of its Strategic Orientation Report, "Digital futures: uncertainties and consequences". In publishing this 2022 edition of its Strategic Orientation Report, Cigref completes the first...
Agile at Scale: Sustaining and managing the transformation to Agile at Scale
Cigref has published a report on the results of its working group on "Agile at scale", led by Nathalie Barbier, Director of the agile pole at Renault Digital. Digital technologies are revolutionizing all the company's activities. Disruptive innovations are multiplying...
Economic and Ecological IT Management Model – 2022 edition
Discover the 2022 version of Cigref's Economic and ecological IT management model. Written by Joachim Treyer, Managing Director of Cost House, Steve Gordon, Cost House Partner and Elena Silvera, Cigref Project Manager, with contributions from Cigref’s team of...
IT Job Profiles Nomenclature – 2022 version
Since 1991, Cigref has maintained a nomenclature of job profiles in the Information Technology (IT) Departments of Cigref member companies. This tool does not present what IT professions will be in the future, but what they are today, and proposes consensual...
Cigref publishes its second version of the trusted cloud reference document
Cigref's "trusted cloud" referential expresses the generic trust needs of Cigref members as users of cloud services. It summarizes Cigref's work carried out since 2019 by the "trusted cloud" working group, led by Vincent Niebel, CIO of the EDF Group. This version,...
Energy crisis
How digital departments contribute to reducing energy consumption in France
In an environment where economic and political actors are increasingly taking climate urgency and environmental planning into consideration, the unprecedented geopolitical situation brought about by the war in Ukraine has demonstrated the challenge that energy...
German and French IT business user associations’ position on the European certification scheme for cloud services
For an ambitious certification scheme that protects the sensitive data of European organisations in the cloud from non-European legislation with extraterritorial reach. Download the press release Ce communiqué existe aussi en français Download the related letter Ce...
Broadcom’s takeover of VMware: customers are alarmed about a drift in practices; Cigref and its partners alert the merger control authorities.
Cigref members have expressed strong concerns since the announcement of the acquisition of VMware by Broadcom. Cigref and other European professional user associations have alerted the European Commission to the risks of abusive practices that this takeover could lead...
Business users associations call for a balanced cloud market: 11 fair principles to unleash Europe’s digital potential
Companies, hospitals, public institutions, universities, etc, deserve a better cloud environment. Download the press release Download the document Most organisations highly depend on their cloud solutions. However, the imbalance in the relationships between cloud...
Towards a Zero Trust philosophy: a break in continuity for application security
Cigref has published a report on the work of its "Zero Trust" working group, led by Thierry Borgel, CIO of the ICADE group. Zero Trust is a development of IT security principles and a philosophy that organisations will need to adopt to strengthen the security of their...
Strategies for migrating IT to cloud computing: a strategic adventure for enterprise
Cigref has published a report on the work of its working group on "Cloud migration strategies", led by Jean-Christophe Lalanne, EVP IT at Air France KLM, and Stéphane Rousseau, CIO at Eiffage. The migration paths to the cloud are multiple, with many starting and...
New ways of organising work: Hybrid working, a means of transforming human relationships and how work is organised
Cigref publishes a report on the work of its working group in collaboration with Numeum on the theme of "New work organisations". The work was led by Corinne Dajon, Member of the Group Management Board in charge of the organisation and information systems of AG2R LA...
Digital sobriety: managing the digital environmental footprint through measurement
Cigref publishes the new 2021 iteration of the work of its working group "Digital Sobriety", led by Christophe Boutonnet, Deputy Director of Digital at the Ministries of Ecology, Territories and the Sea, Hervé Dumas, Sustainability IT Director at L'Oréal and...
Best practices charter 2021 for Software license audits: recommendations from Cigref members for customers and their suppliers
Cigref's Supplier Relationships Club is proposing an update of its 2015 Charter of best practices for software license audits, produced with the active contribution of a dozen lawyers, buyers and software asset managers from Cigref member organizations, formed into an...
Software and hardware obsolescence: recommendations for organisations and proposals for providers
Cigref has published a double report on the work of the "Software and Hardware Obsolescence" taskforce, led by Olivia Bertout, Digital CSR Leader at Adeo. The work of this taskforce resulted in two interdependent deliverables: internal recommendations for user...
Cigref’s strategic orientation report 2021: « digital futures: which pathways? »
On the occasion of its 51st General Assembly, Cigref unveiled the 2021 edition of its Strategic Orientation Report, "Digital Futures: which pathways?" Based on a forward-looking reasoning method, this new edition is in line with the 2020 Strategic Orientation Report...
Paris Call Working group 6: Cigref, Kaspersky, GEODE and multistakeholder community bring concrete tools for stronger ICT supply chain security
The Paris Call Working Group 6 co-chaired by Cigref and Kaspersky, with expert support from GEODE, has delivered its analytical report introducing concrete tools to enhance ICT supply chain security. After 6 months of international multi-stakeholder discussions, it...
Environmental footprint and security: european user associations call on Microsoft
On 5 October 2021, Microsoft officially launched the new version of its flagship operating system, Windows 11. Our four associations, Beltug, Cigref, CIO Platform Nederland and VOICE are taking this opportunity to call on the software editors to bring its public...
The outlook for 5G in 2030 in France and Europe
In collaboration with Futuribles International, Cigref has published a report on the work of the "5G Outlook to 2030" working group, led by Anne Lucas, Head of Strategic Information Management and Capitalisation at Acome, for Futuribles, as well as Djilali Kies, Chief...
Managing IT debt and obsolescence: Preserving IT agility, security and innovation capacity
Cigref has published its latest report entitled "Managing IT debt and obsolescence: Preserving the agility, security and innovation capacity of IT". This report, which is the result of meetings of a working group led by Franck Denié, Director of Information Systems at...
Understanding digital stakes to support business in China
This is the translation of the Cigref's report "Understanding digital stakes to support business in China" published in April 2021. This report, which is the result of meetings of a working group led by Jean-Michel André, Cigref Administrator, aims to give...
Cigref publishes its trusted cloud reference document: call for comments
The President of Cigref, Bernard Duverneuil, spoke recently of Cigref’s commitment over the past two and a half years to developing the doctrine of the trusted cloud and bringing the needs of companies and public administrations into line, publishing in particular a...
Edge Computing and Post-Cloud Perspectives: Opportunities and implementations
Cigref publishes the report "Edge Computing and Post-Cloud Perspectives: Opportunities and Implementations", the result of the reflections of its working group led by Emmanuel GAUDIN, CIO of the Lagardère Group, with the support of technical expert Kim Nguyen,...
Cigref and CISPE Launch Ten Principles to End Unfair Practices of Software Gatekeepers
IT business user and provider associations jointly call for consideration of The Principles as Gatekeeper obligations under DMA (Digital Markets Act). Discover the press release On Tuesday 13 April 2021, under the high patronage of Cédric O, French Secretary of State...
Collaborative suites: use value and alternatives
Cigref publishes the report "Collaborative suites: use value and alternatives", the result of the work of its working group led by Stéphane Rousseau, Chief Information Officer at EIFFAGE and Vice-President of Cigref. [calameo code=005869235e87df0d69609 mode=viewer...
Developing Trust and Security in Cyberspace: Cigref unites with Kaspersky to co-chair Paris Call working group
Cigref, the digital association of major French companies and public administrations, together with Kaspersky, a leading cybersecurity company, are co-chairing the Working Group 6 (WG6) as part of the Paris Call for Trust and Security in Cyberspace. The aim of this...
Information system servitization strategies: Transforming the information system into a service offering for the company and its partners
Cigref publishes the report “Information system servitization strategies: Transforming the information system into a service offering for the company and its partners”, resulting from the reflection of his working group, steered by Françoise Moumen, System...
Cigref publishes its 2019/2020 activity report
Cigref publishes a review of its activities for the period 2019/2020, in english. This institutional document presents the life of the association, and in particular its reaction to the health crisis, and reviews the issues raised by the many activities (clubs,...
GAIA-X: Launch of the French Hub
Each Member State of the European Union, interested in GAIA-X approach, is invited to organise a hub on its territory to bring together the various stakeholders in the initiative, whether or not they joined GAIA-X association. The Secretary of State for Digital...
Digital Sobriety : A responsible corporate approach
#DigitalSobriety - Cigref publishes the report "Digital Sobriety : A responsible corporate approach", in partnership with The Shift Project, resulting from the reflections of its eponymous working group, led by Christophe Boutonnet and Hervé Dumas. [calameo...
Cigref’s Strategic orientation report: The age of reason…what’s next ?
Cigref launched a new strategic approach this year, based on a method of prospective reasoning to enlighten its thinking. This Strategic Orientation Report is the outcome of this annual reflection, steered by a Strategic Orientation Council made up of Cigref members...
The economy at the risk of cybersecurity
On Friday 13 November 2020, Cigref addressed a letter to Mr Jean Castex, the French Prime Minister, to express the concern of large French companies and public administrations about the growth of cyber-attacks. These attacks, which are increasing in number and...
Covid-19 crisis and relationships between suppliers and users of digital services: towards a new era or a return to normal?
On 25 September 2020, the Cigref “Supplier Relations” Club organised its third press conference to share a review of this eventful 2019-2020 year in the digital services market with regard, on the one hand, to the relationship between user companies and major IT...
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[Cigref report] 5G: Preparations and opportunities – 5G’s influence on architectures
The English version of the Cigref report "5G : Anticipation et opportunités - Influence de la 5G sur les architectures" is now available. This report is the result of the reflections of its working group "Influence of 5G on architectures", led by Thierry Borgel,...
#Gaia-X: Cigref welcomes the launch of the Gaia-X initiative, in favour of the emergence of a trusted European cloud market
Cigref welcomes the launch of the Gaia-X’ project and the strong support given to it by the French and German governments. The Gaia-X Foundation is now acquiring a governance structure that will ensure the objectives defined in the position paper of February 18, 2020...
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[Cigref report] Understanding quantum computing to prepare for the unexpected
Just a few years ago, quantum computing was a utopian dream. Today, however, it is beginning to take root in people's minds. It promises to replace the law of Gordon Moore, a cofounder of Intel who predicted that computing capacity would double every year...up to the...
Minimizing patch management in crisis situation: call from digital service user associations to major providers
Beltug, Cigref and CIO Platform Nederland represent several thousand private and public organisations in Belgium, France and the Netherlands that use digital services. Press release - 1st April 2020Download the press release (pdf) Since the generalisation of...