Hans Timmerman

Cybersecurity is no longer “just IT.” It is an essential part of risk management and governance. Or, as I have written before on my blog: it is a debate about trust, continuity…

History shows the Low Countries have always been stronger together. Today, that is still true. With 30 million inhabitants, an economy nearing €2 trillion, world-class digital…

Are stablecoins and Starlink the silent revolutions of this decade? Two technological breakthroughs that at first glance seem unrelated, yet share a profound similarity: they…

By 2030, offices will have transformed as radically as factories did forty years ago. AI agents and digital twins will be as commonplace as industrial robots. East Asia became the…

Once it was oil that divided the world. Today, raw data is the new oil, and AI the refinery. Trump’s digital war ignites a global race for sovereignty – while Europe mostly looks…

The end of Windows 10 is not just a technical fact, but also a societal wake-up call. As long as vendors dictate when software ends, users remain trapped in lock-in. Third-Party…

The world map is turning. Where we once stood at the center — from the VOC era to the decades after World War II — the center now shifts toward Asia and the Pacific. For the…

In recent weeks, hardly a day has passed without news of hacked databases, ransomware attacks or large-scale digital breaches. Governments, companies, hospitals, universities – no…

The silent revolution of Starlink is underway. What started as a technical solution for remote access has become a catalyst for geopolitical realignment. In a world where everyone…

Ransomware is no longer an IT issue. It’s a global business crisis that threatens continuity, reputation and public trust. It happens because our infrastructure — our data…