Vendor Relations
Our members decide on which themes we are active. We are working on a balanced relationship between customer and supplier.
Vendor Relations
We focus on:
- Creating a level playing field between supply and demand sides through a joint 'Code of Conduct'. Realizing flexibility, adaptability, transparency and scalability in contract formation.
- Increasing knowledge on contract & supplier management, software asset management and identity & access management.
- Discussing the perceived bottlenecks in the relationship with large vendors.
In a rapidly changing technology landscape, where cloud demands an ever greater role, it is important to maintain good relations with the supply side. More balance in the rights and obligations of both client and supplier is essential for further development of this relationship.
Latest news
CIO Platform Nederland in FD news ‘The stranglehold of the software giants’
Friday 11 October 2019 14:00 The Dutch business newspaper ‘Het Financieele Dagblad’ (FD) paid attention to a topic that is urgent to CIOs: the need for large software vendors to adapt and balance their behaviour towards customers. The article has now been translated by FD from Dutch into English. full storyUrgent letter CIO Platform Nederland to the DPA’s to test software together
Tuesday 24 September 2019 08:30 Today CIO Platform Nederland has sent a letter to the board of Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (AP, Dutch DPA) the Dutch Data Protection Authority. In it we call on AP to set up a program together with the other European DPA’s that should lead to better compliance of commonly used software products, services and the associated conditions with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). full storyResults Supplier Satisfaction Survey 2018 released
Thursday 29 November 2018 14:58 The results of the ‘EuroCIO Supplier Satisfaction Survey’ reveals a slowdown of cloud adoption and an increase of exit strategies and actions due to inflexible vendor licensing and pricing models. full storyUpcoming event
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Meeting 'Negotiations with Microsoft and other major suppliers' 's-GravenhageIn this session we share the findings of the DPIAs and the results in the negotiation process with Microsoft conducted by the Ministry of Justice and Security / Strategic Suppliers management Rijk. We also want to talk about how we can encourage the other major suppliers to also adjust their products, services and contract terms according the findings from the DPIAs.
21 Nov