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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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...
[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...