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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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...
[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...
[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...
[Cigref report] IT/OT convergence: A fruitful integration of information systems and operational systems
Convergence IT/OT - Corporations are undertaking wide-ranging projects to seize the growing opportunities data processing offers to optimise and add value to their businesses. It is in this context that the Cigref "IT-OT Convergence" working group led by Gilles...
[Cigref report] New business platforms: strategy, design and deployment
Platforms - Cigref publishes the English version of is report "New platform strategies - strategy, design and deployment", resulting from the reflections of its eponymous working group, led by Stéphane Deux and Jean-Christophe Lalanne. French version here. [calameo...
Cigref's activity report 2018-2019
On the eve of its fiftieth birthday, Cigref is putting itself in a position to meet the challenges facing each of its members, in an ever more uncertain environment, focusing on achieving digital success, with the ultimate aim of entering a new age, for a better or at...
SWIPO: Failure to regulate the European cloud market
#SWIPO - Cigref and its members cannot recognise the legitimacy of the documents (Codes of Conduct, description of the future legal entity for the governance of these codes) which should be submitted, on November 26th 2019, in Helsinki, to the ministers of the Finnish...
[Cigref report] Digital technologies and enterprise architecture: the Architect in the digital era
With the transformation of companies related to the development of digital technology, Enterprise Architecture issues are following the evolution of information systems. The continuous integration of new technologies significantly modifies information systems, which...
IT Governance : Audit guide for companies in the digital era
#GAGSI2019 - AFAI-ISACA, Cigref and IFACI presented the new edition of the IT Governance Audit Guide at a conference on March 25, 2019. It takes into account the evolution of IT governance in companies undergoing digital transformation. The guide is a practical tool...
[Cigref Report] The 5-year evolution of the working environment
The IT as a service for the employee experience. In early 2018, Cigref launched a study on the changes to organisations, digital tools and management methods that could take place in employees' work environments in the next five years. Thirty public and private member...
[Cigref Report] Cyber & Innovation in Israël: Cigref Learning expedition in November 2018
A Cigref delegation led by Jean-Claude Laroche, CIO of Enedis, Cigref Director and Chairman of Cigref’s Cybersecurity Circle, spent four days in Israel, from 11 to 15 November 2018, looking at the twin subjects of innovation and cybersecurity. The Cigref delegation...
[Cigref report] Blockchain: from theory to practice in large companies
Blockchain is an extremely innovative information exchange protocol that cleverly combines known and well-understood technologies whose use can be disruptive in many sectors given the significance of its industrial potential by removing the disintermediation who today...
Digital ethics: a guide for professionals of the digital age
Cigref and Syntec Numérique, as representatives of the main players in digital society, believe that a common and shared vision of digital ethics needs to be developed as a matter of urgency, in order to build, together, the solid basis needed for trust going forward....
[Cigref Report] SAM : From software asset management to services optimisation
#SAM - Six years after the first edition explaining the Software Asset Management (SAM) assignments (at that time an emerging discipline), and the advantages for organisations for managing their software assets, Cigref is providing its members with an updated overview...
[Cigref Report] Open source, an alternative to major IT providers
In the context of the 4th edition of the Paris Open Source Summit (POSS), the first event in Europe on open source, free software and open digital technology, Cigref published a report "Open source, an alternative to major IT providers". Led by Stéphane Rousseau, CIO...
[Cigref Report] Cybersecurity: Visualize, Understand, Decide
Today, the pressure of digital transformation and the dematerialization of physical processes means that companies now hardly ever possess any essential functions operating independently of their information systems. It is therefore of vital importance to the company...
[Cigref report] French CIOs share their analysis of the main trends in the IT 2018 market
IT Market Trends: Cigref publishes the analysis and vision of the CIOs representing its member companies. The market for digital products and services is a dynamic and complex market with many stakeholders. In an era of digitalization of uses, professions and...
[Cigref report] Agile at scale: Implementing agility on a company-wide scale
The world has changed. Globalisation is progressing rapidly whilst digital technologies revolutionise all company activities. More and more disruptions appear at an ever increasing rate, then disappear just as quickly. In this context, companies must take on...
IT Supplier Satisfaction Survey: EuroCIO reveals slowdown of cloud adoption and increase of exit strategies
EuroCIO, European association Cigref belongs to, released on November 30 a communication about the state of the relationship between user-side companies and digital service providers. The trends that are emerging: the decline in cloud adoption and the increase in exit...
[Cigref report] Artificial intelligence in companies: Strategies, governance and challenges of data intelligence
The 2018 Cigref’s Cercle IA is continuing its 2017 exploration of “The challenges of AI operational implementation in major companies”, which took stock of the early AI experiments and initiatives in companies. This report also considered future possibilities, in...
Hack Academy, cyber campaign CIGREF
4 clips Hack Academy CIGREF CIGREF undertakes many actions in the field of cybersecurity: information, education, publications, awareness... After creating a serious game called "Keep an Eye Out" designed to involve company’s employees in preventing digital risks,...
CIGREF in a nutshell…
CIGREF, an association of companies Founded in 1970, CIGREF brings together 150 French companies and organisations from all sectors. To this end, CIGREF has three aims: To bring together major companies using information systems, To support CIOs and help them develop...
The new roles of the IS function
Missions, competences and marketing of the function A CIGREF working group gathered CIO from various companies to exchange on the following topic: "the new roles of the IS (Information System) function". The main question was "What is contribution of the IS function...
CIGREF TV, a TV channel for digital business!
CIGREF TV is based on research projects of CIGREF Foundation The first programs: What business models for the digital company Management in the Age of Network Abundance What digital companies can learn from… genetics The International Research Programme of CIGREF...
The CIGREF Foundation…
CIGREF decided through the creation of a Research Foundation to better understand how the digital world will transform the way we live and do business, over a long period of time (1970-2020) through a historical dimension and a prospective dimension. The ISD Programme...
The 2020 Enterprise in the digital age. The stakes and challenges
CIGREF published its new document «The 2020 Enterprise in the digital age. The stakes and challenges». Preface by Pascal Buffard, President of CIGREF and Postface by Jean-François Phelizon, Deputy Chief Executive Officer – Saint Gobain. "This new publication is an...
The Secondary Software Market – Risks and opportunities for large companies
The Secondary Software Market, Risks and opportunities for large companies CIGREF, in partnership with Softcorner (Startup incubated by the Paris Dauphine University and Telecom Sud-Paris) has chosen to explore the emerging topic of the secondary software market in...
The CIGREF digital culture reference framework
In February 2014, CIGREF published its new document «Cadre de référence CIGREF sur la culture numérique», which is an evaluation tool to optimize the digital transformation of business. Today CIGREF offers the English version of this document. An evaluation tool to...
Cloud Computing basics: Large companies’ perspective
CIGREF today published the "Cloud Computing basics: Large companies’ perspective" report. CIGREF’s previous works had highlighted several disagreements in the understanding of SaaS and Cloud Computing. The main one was a lack of a clear definition of these concepts....
eBook « The New Path to Digital Business »
Le CIGREF publie la version numérique en anglais de son ouvrage éponyme, sous le titre « The New Path to Digital Business » / CIGREF published today the english version of its book "L'Entreprise Numérique" entitled « The New Path to Digital Business ». [Cliquer sur...
The Foundation CIGREF launches its third call for proposals related to the international research programme on Information Systems
This new call for proposals is the third to be published by the Information Systems Dynamics (ISD) international research programme; the programme aims at supporting research projects studying the dynamics of information systems use across five dimensions: Strategic,...
Information Systems roles in large companies: HR Nomenclature – CIGREF
For the seventh time since 1991, CIGREF has updated its Nomenclature of IS roles which provides a description of the roles existing in the Information Systems Departments of large companies. As a result of its studies, started in 2002, concerning e-competences and its...
Information: the next big challenge for business – Harnessing best practice in IS-driven value creation: 2009 map
The link between a company’s performance, the effectiveness with which it uses information, and the maturity of its IT function has been clearly established. This CIGREF-Capgemini Consulting study, which draws partly on the work of Professor Donald Marchand from the...
The dynamics of information-system-driven value creation:a responsibility shared by the senior management of corporations – CIGREF – McKinsey
You can download "The dynamics of information-system-driven value creation: a responsibility shared by the senior management of corporations". [...] This document is the third publication to emerge from work initiated in 2002 by CIGREF and McKinsey & Company with...
Place of IT governance in the enterprise governance – IGSI
This document, purposely synthetical, offers a general framework for IT governance and its place inside the global enterprise governance. This document is published by the Institute of IT Governance (Institut de la Gouvernance des Systèmes d'Information), founded by...
Annuel report 2006-2007
The annual report of CIGREF is appeared. In the summary: CIGREF Governance A word from the President Presentation of CIGREF ADHERENCE role - 2007 activities - CIGREF Societies - CIO seminar INFLUENCE role - 2007 activities INTELLIGENCE role - IS serving the Businesses...
International footprints
Co-Founder of EuroCIO and member of the Advisory Board - www.eurocio.org Affiliate of IT Governance Institute, founder of the first national chapter of ITGI with the French chapter of ISACA - www.itgi.org Active member of European IT competencies' Workshop led by the...