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Private: Is it just a ChatBot or is there more?

At Vanenburg, we have developed a ChatBot which uses machine learning. Calling it just a ChatBot would be an understatement, as in fact, it…
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December 20, 2023

The journey of Sara Harper: UrbanBox Modernization Journey – Benefits Gained

In this final blog post on Sara Harper's journey modernizing the Enterprise Application at UrbanBox, we look over the shoulders of the UrbanBox boardmembers…

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Ronald Haantjes - Commercial Director Americas
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December 20, 2023

The journey of Sara Harper: UrbanBox Modernization Journey – Lessons Learned

In this blog post, we will discuss the lessons learned by Sara Harper and her team as a result of their Enterprise Application Modernization…

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December 20, 2023

2023: A year of growth, innovation, and impact

In this special end-of-the-year message, I want to reflect on the key moments in 2023, take a moment to remember, and look ahead to…

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Ardjan Baan - CEO
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December 19, 2023

Omoda: Modernizing a legacy ERP to facilitate a retailer’s growth ambition

Custom ERP/WMS with intelligent capabilities on Google Cloud Omoda, in partnership with Vanenburg, transformed its legacy AS/400 ERP system into a modern, future-ready core…

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December 13, 2023

The journey of Sara Harper: UrbanBox’s innovative use of GenAI

In this episode, we learn how Sara Harper - the visionary CIO of UrbanBox - identifies and implements Generative AI solutions across diverse business…

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Ronald Haantjes
Ronald Haantjes - Commercial Director Americas
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December 7, 2023

CRAB: Powering the digital marketplace for global dry bulk shipping

Powering the digital marketplace for global dry bulk shipping. Crab is a digital marketplace connecting charterers, brokers, and vessel owners to enable all stakeholders…

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November 29, 2023

The journey of Sara Harper: UrbanBox expands to offer Custom Living configurations

We continue the story of Sara Harper - CIO of UrbanBox Living - in her quest to maximize the UrbanBox investment in their current…

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Ronald Haantjes - Commercial Director Americas
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November 21, 2023

The journey of Sara Harper: Turning Data into Wisdom at UrbanBox Living

In today’s episode about the remarkable enterprise software transformation journey of UrbanBox, we focus on one of the core business benefits of enterprise software…

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Ronald Haantjes - Commercial Director Americas
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November 14, 2023

The journey of Sara Harper: Modernizing the UrbanBox Shopfloor Process

Join us again in the journey of UrbanBox Living CIO Sara Harper as she achieves the next step in the UrbanBox enterprise application modernization…

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Ronald Haantjes
Ronald Haantjes - Commercial Director Americas
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November 9, 2023

Python versus Java: Enterprise Applications

In recent years, we have seen an increase in the popularity of Python for developing enterprise applications, with about 43% of developers focused on…

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November 7, 2023

The journey of Sara Harper: Safeguarding UrbanBox Enterprise Software Security and Performance

In our prior blog posts chronicling the journey of Sara Harper - the visionary CIO of UrbanBox - we were introduced to her strategic…

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Ronald Haantjes
Ronald Haantjes - Commercial Director Americas
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October 31, 2023

The journey of Sara Harper: Modernizing UrbanBox Warranty Management

We continue the story of Sara Harper, CIO of UrbanBox Living, in her journey to modernize the UrbanBox business application landscape. In this blog…

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Ronald Haantjes - Commercial Director Americas
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October 24, 2023

The journey of Sara Harper: How UrbanBox eliminated ERP license costs

Sara Harper - the visionary CIO of UrbanBox Living - spearheads the effort to return the ERP system to a vanilla state. In this…

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Ronald Haantjes - Commercial Director Americas
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October 18, 2023

Navigating Low-Code Subscription Nightmares

In the fast-evolving world of technology, low-code platforms have gained prominence for empowering businesses to create applications with minimal coding effort. These platforms are…

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October 17, 2023

The journey of Sara Harper: What does a Composable Architecture mean for Invoice Process automation?

We continue the story of Sara Harper, CIO of UrbanBox Living, and her project manager, Matt, in their journey to modernize the UrbanBox business…

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Ronald Haantjes - Commercial Director Americas
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October 12, 2023

The journey of Sara Harper: How to unravel your Enterprise Software complexity?

We kick off our blog post series on Sara Harper's Enterprise Software modernization journey. As the CIO of UrbanBox Living, she is determined to…

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Ronald Haantjes - Commercial Director Americas
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October 12, 2023

Standard Transportation Management System (TMS) vs. Custom TMS Top 6 questions answered.

Standard Transportation Management System (TMS) vs. Custom TMS. Top 6 questions answered. Do you wonder whether a standard TMS like SAP or Oracle or…

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October 5, 2023

Vanenburg meets Vanenburg: Revisited

This fall, we had the pleasure of welcoming a special guest to our premises. Not only does he carry our company name: he is…

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October 3, 2023

Blog Series: The journey of Sara Harper – CIO of UrbanBox Living

Join us in an insightful series that follows the remarkable Enterprise Software Modernization journey of Sara Harper, CIO of UrbanBox Living. UrbanBox is a…

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Ronald Haantjes - Commercial Director Americas
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September 4, 2023

Vanenburg achieves Google Cloud Premier Partner Status

Vanenburg, the enterprise software modernization company, has achieved Google Cloud Premier Partner status.Vanenburg, the enterprise software modernization company, has achieved Google Cloud Premier Partner…

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September 1, 2023

Google Cloud Next ’23: Our top takeaways

Google Cloud Next '23: Our top takeaways. Highlights of Google Cloud Next This week’s Google Cloud Next event in San Francisco provided an exciting…

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August 24, 2023

Modernizing IT solutions often works better than replacing them

The often prevailing fear is that new software implementations are expensive, complex and add very little to the existing system. Many in logistics will…

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August 9, 2023

The seven lessons of Jan Baan

For more than forty years, Jan Baan has refused to accept the inadequate way companies - also in logistics - handle data. “It can…

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July 25, 2023

What is the difference between low-code platforms and Rappit Developer?

What is the difference between low-code platforms and Rappit Developer? Top 6 questions answered. Are you considering partnering with a low-code platform like Mendix…

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July 18, 2023

Vanenburg achieves the highest technical designation on Google Cloud Infrastructure

Putten, July 18, 2023 Vanenburg, the Enterprise Software modernization company, has been awarded the Infrastructure - Services Specialization from Google Cloud for its success…

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July 18, 2023

Cloud SQL – securely connecting from an external source

There are many ways to connect to a Cloud SQL instance with a private IP address, when the source device and the Cloud SQL…

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July 11, 2023

Generative AI: Empowering or Threatening Developers?

In the past several months, Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) has taken the world by storm. Consumers and businesses alike are inundated with reports about…

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Arjen Westerink
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July 3, 2023

Vanenburg, ColorBase & Google Cloud project nominated for Computable Awards 2023

Putten, July 3rd – Vanenburg, the Enterprise Software modernization company, is honored to announce that Computable Awards - one of the most prestigious ICT…

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June 26, 2023

Leap into success with our latest Rappit Developer release

Unleashing the Power of Spring, RDBMS, and Docker We are so pleased to announce the latest release of our product, Rappit Developer 2.35, which…

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Sreekanth Mohanan - Product Manager
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June 16, 2023

Verhoek Europe success story: Customized Document Automation Solution

Customized document automation solution for fast and accurate processing of logistics documents Verhoek Europe is an international logistics service provider with fourteen locations across…

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June 14, 2023

How Vanenburg’s Rappit Undoc leverages and complements Google Doc AI

Document AI Data is valuable and is a big part of what makes a company competitive. A recent study claims that about 3.5 quintillion…

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June 8, 2023

Maqqie success story: Cloud Ops

Powering a digital labor platform with infrastructure services from Google Cloud Maqqie offers payroll, search and match of companies and workers on a digital…

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June 6, 2023

Maqqie success story: Data Engineering

Scaling a digital labor platform with data-driven offerings on Google Cloud Maqqie offers payroll, search, and match of companies and workers on a digital…

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June 5, 2023

Vanenburg welcomes the release of Google Duet AI

Vanenburg welcomes the release of Duet AI, which can serve as a complement to its Rappit Developer product to boost productivity within enterprise application…

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May 24, 2023

Embrace Vanenburg Rappit Developer and Generative AI to improve business outcomes

In the past several months, AI/ML and in particular Generative AI have taken the world by storm. With technologies like Google Bard and OpenAI’s…

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May 22, 2023

Google Cloud working closely with partner Vanenburg

"We want companies to be able to focus completely on keeping their business relevant." The global cloud market is worth hundreds of billions of…

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May 10, 2023

Google App Engine Java 8 Runtime End-of-Support: What Are Your Next Steps?

Earlier this year, Google announced the End of Support for Java 8 runtime for Google App Engine.  App Engine supports two runtime environments: the…

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May 8, 2023

Vanenburg appoints Willem van Enter as Chief Revenue Officer to lead the new go-to-market strategy

For dutch click here Putten, May 8 2023 - Vanenburg, the Enterprise Software modernization company, today announced the appointment of Willem van Enter as…

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April 23, 2023

Agalya Kitherian at Conversations with Tec-HERs

Do you know anyone female, working in AI and loyal to the same employer for +20 years? No? Then watch this conversation!In this interview…

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March 17, 2023

Vanenburg’s vision on modern enterprise architecture

Vanenburg's vision on modern enterprise architecture In an era where organizations require a high level of flexibility to stay aligned with the market needs…

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March 8, 2023

Vanenburg achieves one of the highest technical designations on Google Cloud Application Development

Putten, March 8, 2023 - Vanenburg, the Enterprise Software modernization company, has earned the Application Development - Services Specialization from Google Cloud for its…

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March 7, 2023

Vanenburg improves ERP flexibility while addressing changing platform demands

'Fully integrated ERP is going to struggle' ‘Many existing ERP systems have a rather monolithic structure,’ begins Hans Don. ‘They have become large and…

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Jan Baan & Sons connect ERP-inheritance with AI and Rappit
January 20, 2023

Computable: “Jan Baan & Sons connect ERP legacy with AI, using Rappit Developer”

Computable: "Jan Baan & Sons connect ERP legacy with AI, using Rappit Developer" Anyone who thinks that ERP entrepreneur Jan Baan is taking it…

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A modern software factory -Conveyer belt decoupling
January 18, 2023

A modern software factory

A modern software factory IT departments worldwide are mandated to provide their organizations with the most reliable and updated IT infrastructure, systems, and programs.…

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Ronald Haantjes - Commercial Director Americas
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January 10, 2023

Connecting legacy ERP to Industry 4.0

Connecting legacy ERP to Industry 4.0 Teams with IT responsibility struggle with systems, solutions, and technical debt deployed by their predecessors over the organization’s…

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Ronald Haantjes - Commercial Director Americas
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December 15, 2022

Meet our modernizers – Karthikeyan Muthusamy

Part ten: Karthikeyan Muthusamy – Software Developer Karthikeyan Muthusamy is part of a family of 6 members. Both his father and mother are farmers.…

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November 17, 2022

Vanenburg announces the general availability of Rappit Developer

Putten, Netherlands/Antwerp, Belgium, November 17th, 2022 - Vanenburg, the Enterprise Software modernization company, announced the general availability of Rappit Developer, the high productivity coding…

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Shop floor blog
October 26, 2022

Shop floor: More than just an ERP extension

Shop floor: more than just an ERP extension Shop floor management. Every manufacturing company that wants to accurately plan and track what is happening…

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October 26, 2022

Meet our modernizers – Huibert de Vries

Part nine: Huibert de Vries – SVP Marketing & Business DevelopmentHuibert de Vries got his MSc. in Business Administration from Rotterdam School of Management,…

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October 6, 2022

AI-powered processing of business documents

AI-powered processing of business documents Did you know that the average cost of manually processing a paper invoice lies between $15 and $40? According…

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Arjen Westerink
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October 6, 2022

Meet our modernizers – Ramanathan Subramanian

Part eight: Ramanathan – Board Advisor Ramanathan got his bachelor's in physics in 1983 from the University of Bombay (now Mumbai). After his bachelor's,…

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August 29, 2022

New Project: Vizybility Cloud Connect

Strategic Evolutions, based in Canada, provides business consulting and software development services to the capital equipment sales and service industries. Strategic Evolutions works with…

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August 29, 2022

Meet our modernizers – Clement Adriean

Part six: Clement Adriean - Software EngineerClement Adriean is a Full Stack Developer at Vanenburg. In 2021, he got his BTech (Bachelor in Technology)…

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Gouden Computable award
August 17, 2022

Vanenburg CTO Hans Don receives award as the most certified individual of the year

Vanenburg is proud of this personal achievement recognition that Hans received during the ceremony at the Benelux Google Cloud partner exchange event in Amsterdam.…

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Sagrada família
July 20, 2022

How bookseller and philanthropist Josep’s project got a bit out of hand

A parallel between the Sagrada Família and IT modernization It is this time of the year that big crowds across the world are traveling…

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June 23, 2022

Meet our modernizers – Carsten van Raalten

Part seven: Carsten van Raalten – Delivery ManagerCarsten (42) lives in Ens, a small town with just over 3,000 inhabitants in the polder and…

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June 14, 2022

Solvay success story: Cloud Ops

Delivering Infrastructure-as-a-Service on Google Cloud to accelerate Solvay's digital transformation Solvay  is an advanced materials and specialty chemicals company committed to developing chemistry that…

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Rappit - application development accelerator | Vanenburg
June 3, 2022

No Vendor Lock-in with Rappit Developer from Vanenburg

What if I told you that paying for runtime licenses/subscriptions is a thing of the past? What if I told you that a cloud…

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Ronald Haantjes
Ronald Haantjes - Commercial Director Americas
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May 30, 2022

Automotive customer success story

Developing the R&D project management solution for a manufacturing multinational Vanenburg built an advanced R&D project management module on top of SAP propelled by…

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May 24, 2022

Unlock the potential of your SAP data

In an earlier blog, I wrote about how our mission is supported by helping customers move their SAP workloads to Google Cloud. In the…

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May 19, 2022

NewPort Tank Containers success story

Building a next-level transportation management system with Vanenburg NewPort Tank Containers is a leading, global, specialized tank container operator. Vanenburg helps NewPort to stay…

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May 15, 2022

Verhoek Europe success story

Low-code Transport Management System (TMS) from Thinkwise for accelerated innovation Verhoek Europe is an international logistics service provider with fourteen branches. The family business…

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May 11, 2022

eparts.shop success story

Offering an omnichannel e-commerce platform integrated with Salesforce eparts.shop is a webshop from South Dakota, that specializes in spare parts. The products they sell…

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May 4, 2022

eConnect success story

Processing 1.8+ million invoices per year through an Intelligent Document Recognition solution for a leading e-invoicing platform eConnect is a Dutch FinTech company for…

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April 19, 2022

Meet our Modernizers – Peter van Leeuwen

Part five: Peter van Leeuwen – Software DeveloperPeter started at Vanenburg during his high school education. After his first internship, he discovered that working…

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April 19, 2022

ColorBase success story

Building a next-generation digital platform for the printing industry. ColorBase Exchange is a new cloud-based platform that connects printing material manufacturers to resellers like…

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April 19, 2022

MLOps whitepaper

Accelerate time-to-value from data science projects and cloud data lakes & warehouses.​ Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are transforming businesses and industries.…

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April 3, 2022

Meet our modernizers – Sravan Somasekharan

Part four: Sravan Semasekharan – Cloud Engineer level 1 Sravan Somasekharan joined Vanenburg in September 2021, directly after completing his study at the College…

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March 21, 2022

Solvay success story: Application management

Partnering to manage business-critical applications on the Google Cloud Platform Solvay  is an advanced materials and specialty chemicals company committed to developing chemistry that…

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March 18, 2022

Meet our modernizers – Shirley Muller

Part three: Shirley Muller – HR Manager Since January 2019, Shirley has been working at Vanenburg as an HR Manager in the Netherlands. As…

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Our Culture
February 24, 2022

Is a company culture transferable?

We hear a lot about company culture these days. It seems a recurring topic that pops up, especially when companies experience difficulty in finding…

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Ronald Haantjes - Commercial Director Americas
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February 18, 2022

Meet our modernizers – Vijay Kumar Krishnan

Part two: Vijay Kumar Krishnan, Solution Architect / Delivery LeadVijay has more than 13 years of a relationship with the Vanenburg family. He started…

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January 17, 2022

Meet our modernizers – Hendrik-Jan van Dalfsen

Part one: Hendrik-Jan van Dalfsen – Technical Architect / Service Manager.With more than 10 years of experience at Vanenburg, Hendrik-Jan van Dalfsen is a…

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October 31, 2021

De Staffing Groep success story

Scalable collaboration portal on top of Salesforce for 25,000+ users. De Staffing Groep is one of the largest and most successful staffing and recruitment…

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August 27, 2021

Vanenburg establishes presence in France

Vanenburg à Paris ! We are establishing a dedicated presence in France. Vanenburg is pleased to announce a partnership with Liron Bittan as an agent for…

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Unlock yourself by moving your SAP workloads to Google Cloud Platform with Vanenburg blog
August 11, 2021

Unlock yourself by moving SAP to Google Cloud

SAP workload to Google Cloud Our mission is to help our customers in making their enterprise systems affordable and agile. This journey typically includes…

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July 8, 2021

Avoid ransomware!

Prevention of getting locked in by ransomware is becoming a growing concern for many businesses around the globe. The attacks are getting more bold…

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July 5, 2021

Vanenburg’s vision on modern enterprise architecture (part 2/2)

IntroductionIn our previous blog, “Our vision on modern enterprise architecture - part 1", we introduced Gartner’s “Pace layered application strategy,” “MASA approach,” and “Composable…

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Vanenburg's vision on modern architecture
June 23, 2021

Vanenburg’s vision on modern enterprise architecture (part 1/2)

Introduction In an era where organizations require a high level of flexibility to stay aligned with the market needs and benefit from new business…

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the past present and future for implementation partner in the cloud
April 7, 2021

The past, present and future for implementation partners in the cloud

Ever since the larger not built for cloud ERP platforms transitioned to the cloud, a lot has changed in the ecosystems of business solutions.…

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Ronald Haantjes - Commercial Director Americas
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Vanenburg expanding commercial network
April 2, 2021

Vanenburg is expanding their commercial network

We are expanding our commercial network! Vanenburg is pleased to announce a partnership with industry veteran Ronald Haantjes as an agent for our commercial…

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March 21, 2021

Automotive customer success story Lotus notes

Rapidly modernizing advanced Lotus Notes apps for a manufacturing multinational​ Leveraging productivity tooling, Vanenburg rapidly built advanced workflow applications on Google Cloud, replacing and…

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July 29, 2020

Google BigQuery Omni release helps in deeper understanding of all your organization data

We were in a quarterly business review meeting with the Director of Finance of one of our major customers. During the meeting, the Director…

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July 19, 2019

Vanenburg Group reacquires Kasteel De Vanenburg

Putten – July 19, 2019 – Vanenburg Group B.V. purchases the Kasteel De Vanenburg estate back from investment company Duo-Invest. In 2013 Vanenburg Group…

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November 1, 2018

Jan Baan wins Gouden Computable Award

On 31 October 2018, Computable celebrated its fiftieth anniversary. Therefore, a special prize was granted during the ICT fair Information Security and Data &…

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