Intesa Sanpaolo Group has completed the transfer of its core IT systems to the cloud under a digital overhaul conducted with TIM and Google Cloud.
The project was intended to make its technology setup quicker, more secure, ready for artificial intelligence use and less resource intensive.
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The bank said that the work “exceeded” its technical goals.
The programme used Google Cloud’s two Italian regions in Turin and Milan, located in TIM’s data centres, to move a key part of the group’s central IT systems in a secure and uninterrupted way.
More than 800 applications were moved to Google Cloud’s infrastructure, while the same number were shut down at the bank’s physical sites.
The bank said Google Cloud’s infrastructure and data tools, together with the performance, connectivity and technical capabilities of TIM’s data centres, supported the project.
It said this made it possible to handle large data transfers with high security standards, speed and low latency between cloud settings and older systems.
Google Cloud Italy country manager Raffaele Gigantino said: “The successful transition of Intesa Sanpaolo’s highly complex, mission-critical workloads without disruption demonstrates how innovation is possible with the right technology.
The technology change was accompanied by a broad employee training effort aimed at establishing a cloud-first approach across the organisation.
Over 3,000 Intesa Sanpaolo staff took part, leading to more than 170 Google Cloud certifications, including more than 60 at an advanced level.
Intesa Sanpaolo chief data, AI and technology officer Massimo Proverbio said: “This initiative has allowed us to achieve all our 2022-2025 goals and prepare for the challenges of our 2026-2029 business plan. By partnering with Google Cloud and TIM, we changed technology, reduced costs and, at the same time, laid the foundations for building Isytech, the cloud-native digital technology platform serving customers and colleagues across our Group.
“In this transformative journey, we have also strengthened our internal skills and hired highly specialised new colleagues. Today, we position ourselves at levels of absolute excellence in Europe in terms of solutions, innovation, and security supporting business and customers.”
