‘Preserve the core, stimulate progress’: how Cegeka Power Cloud helps you stay stable and make progress

The world of IT is more challenging than ever for many organizations at the moment. Many organizations, for example, still have to deal with outdated systems while modernizing at the same time. Emerging new technologies, including AI and an unprecedented number of cloud services, offer enormous opportunities to work smarter and faster. At the same time, those old systems still play a significant role. In fact, there is a good chance that they are essential for your operational processes. 

Meanwhile, the cyber threat is growing, and hacking attempts are a daily occurrence. The introduction of new legislation, such as NIS2, DORA, and the AI Act, also requires attention. Customers expect a modern, smooth user experience, and the business wants to move quickly and work with the latest technologies. And all this in a turbulent world full of political conflicts and climate challenges, where organizations also need to respond with IT. 

The concept that makes successful organizations successful

Many of these developments and challenges are actually a good sign: they mean progress. But developments often move quickly, while organizations change much more slowly. Yet some successful organizations seem to manage. Take Philips or Heineken as examples. What do they do differently from others? American researchers Jim Collins and Jerry Porras also asked themselves this question. After extensive research on what makes successful organizations so successful, they came up with a timeless concept described in their book Built to Last. 

According to the researchers, organizations that stand out from the rest create a dynamic duality between these two principles:

• Preserve the core 

Successful companies have a set of core values and goals that are timeless. Nothing changes these core values and goals. They serve as a kind of anchor and guide on which these organizations base their actions and decisions. 

• Stimulate progress

Successful companies have a continuous drive for innovation, improvement, and growth. Not out of necessity, but from intrinsic motivation. As a result, they embrace change and innovation.

Both principles simultaneously 

In their book, Collins and Porras describe that successful organizations do not merely want to achieve a balance between these two principles. They strive to be both, simultaneously. To the maximum and at all times. Ideological and progressive. Only in this way do these organizations stand out and achieve long-term success. 

Make this mindset your own with Cegeka Power Cloud 

‘Preserve the core, stimulate progress’ is a valuable concept that can also help your organization maintain direction and adapt in a fast-moving, ever-changing world. A mindset that your organization must adopt. And to support you optimally, your IT landscape must reflect this.

At Cegeka, we help you with the Cegeka Power Cloud. This is our hybrid cloud solution based on IBM Power Systems. How does this ensure that you can stay true to your goals and innovate? Here's how: 

• Rock-solid and secure IBM servers (Preserve the core) 

Cegeka Power Cloud offers your organization a stable and powerful platform. Based on the extremely reliable server technology of IBM, managed by more than thirty experienced Power specialists worldwide. A platform on which three different operating systems can run: AIX, IBM i, and Linux. This creates a robust and secure foundation for all business-critical applications. A foundation from which your organization can continue to focus on achieving set goals and promoting core values. 

• Innovate in the cloud (Stimulate progress) 

With Cegeka Power Cloud, you benefit from the flexibility and scalability of the cloud to modernize and innovate. The Kubernetes platform Red Hat OpenShift, the automation platform Red Hat Ansible, and all performance and workload specifications to run SAP HANA and Oracle Database effortlessly give your organization the innovation power needed to continuously strive for progress, growth, and renewal. Additionally, the introduction of AI in IBM Power11, the latest generation IBM processor, makes continuous innovation even more accessible. For example, AI helps you deploy workloads more efficiently and gain real-time insights. This takes your innovation capabilities to an even higher level. 

Practice what you preach 

We not only help other organizations stay true to their goals and achieve innovation. We also pursue it ourselves. ‘Practice what you preach’ after all. The Cegeka Power Cloud is a seamless extension of our core values. It is an example of our continuous pursuit of ‘excellence’, ‘in close cooperation’ with our customers. It is our task to help customers innovate at the right time, not just because the technology is there, but precisely when the customer has a challenge. Moreover, the Cegeka Power Cloud is the result of our years of accumulated IBM knowledge, providing many customers with a reliable IBM foundation. That is what we stand for and how we embrace ‘Preserve the core’. 

In addition, we always continue to innovate. By reinventing ourselves, but also the trusted IBM products and services. What should you think of? You will read that in our next blog.