Robert van der Meulen is Director of Product Strategy at Leaseweb Global. Robert has extensive experience in developing and expanding enterprise-grade public and private cloud solutions on a global scale. Prior to joining Leaseweb, he held several management positions in R&D and software development, and started his own IT consultancy company.
Articles by Robert Van der Meulen - Director Product Strategy
Resilience isn’t just about cybersecurity or protecting systems; it’s about how organizations adapt when everything around them changes. It touches supply chains, team availability, market shifts, regulations, and even reputational challenges. This broader view shaped Leaseweb’s TechSummit 2025 in Amsterdam. Under the theme “Building Resilience at Scale,” the event highlighted resilience as a strategic necessity, not just a technical […]
Here are the latest updates and improvements we have rolled out to enhance your experience across Leaseweb services. NEW: Commerce went live for all entities Commerce has now gone live for all entities, streamlining your sales process and offering a more personalized purchasing experience. With features like customer-specific discounts and pricing, your transactions are simplified, […]
This year, AI has taken center stage, and following the ChatGPT/Open AI hype, it has become a suitable topic for small talk at birthday parties. As industry professionals, we familiarized ourselves with the topic quite a while ago already. As have science fiction adepts, I can imagine. Yet we all realize that the days of […]
As a startup you want to ramp up as quickly as possible to get to the MVP stage and attract investors to help you move into the next stage. Fair enough, but then what? Typically, many internet startups start building their apps in a public cloud. Just swipe your credit card and you are ready […]
Optimizing your infrastructure for energy efficiency is a must for both your wallet and the environment. Simple choices in how you architect your platforms can make a huge difference in how much energy is being wasted – and in turn – how much money is going down the drain. In our previous blog, we explained […]
Six months ago, Leaseweb Global acquired iWeb. You may be wondering why are we so eager to gain market share in Canada? How is the streamlining of processes going? And why do the cultures of Leaseweb and iWeb match so well? Read about it in this blog. In August 2021, we announced the acquisition of […]
The global cloud market needs a major rehaul. Over half of the worldwide cloud market share is dominated by five companies (think AWS, Google, Microsoft, etc.). No industry can operate as a free market (or even really be considered one) when big brands are this dominant, and the cloud market is no exception. Monopolies leave […]
When a new trend comes around and becomes an omnipresent industry buzzword, it’s worth doing some analysis of this trend and trying to figure out how much is hype and how much is transformative and should influence your IT strategy. In this blog post, we take a closer look at ‘containers,’ and we’re not talking […]
IoT (Internet of Things) has been the buzzword of the past year, and connected devices are now popping up everywhere. That leads us to the question of whether developments in IoT, AI and cloud are bringing us closer to the digital singularity in 2019. It definitely seems like a step in that direction. I’ve purchased […]
The term “artificial intelligence” encompasses various aspects of technology. In general, AI aims to create machines that can mimic the behavior of humans by learning on their own — without having to be programmed. There have been many advances in AI development that bring this technology a step closer to understanding sights and actions in […]
