Agents of change: Orange CIO Vermeulen spells out risks and rewards of AI
DTW Ignite: Koen Vermeulen says the use of AI agents will compress software development cycles and bring fundamental changes for telcos, removing constraints if bottlenecks are avoided.
This article includes:
- Organisations: Anthropic; Orange; Orange Group; OW2; TM Forum.
- Geographic: EU; Europe; France; MEA Region.
- People: Christel Heydemann; Koen Vermeulen; Steve Jarrett.
- Themes: AI; Agentic AI; Agents; Analysis And Design; Architecture; Autonomous Networks; Backend Development; Business Support System; Compute; Cost Efficiencies; Customer Order Orchestration; Customer Value Management Programme; Developers; Distribution; DISCOBOLE Solution; Generative AI; Human In The Loop; IT Department; Large Language Models; Microservices; Networks; Open APIs; Open Digital Architecture; Open Source BSS Software; Operations; Order Management; Order-To-Bill Platform; OSS Stacks; Product Catalogue; Product Configurator; Product Development Cycles; Product Inventory; Productivity; Revenue; Software Development Lifecycle; Software Engineers; Standards; Telecoms Industry; Time-To-Market; Tokens; Trust.
- Events: DTW Ignite 2026
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