Intesa Sanpaolo Group announced that it has successfully completed the cloud migration of its core IT systems, a landmark digital transformation project carried out in collaboration with TIM and Google Cloud. „The initiative, created to make the bank’s IT infrastructure faster, more secure, AI-ready, and more sustainable, has met and exceeded its technical targets.” – according to the press release.
By leveraging the two Italian Google Cloud regions in Turin and Milan, hosted in TIM’s Data Centers, the program allowed for the secure and seamless migration of a fundamental part of the banking group’s core IT systems.
More than 800 applications were successfully migrated to Google Cloud infrastructure, and an equal number were decommissioned within the bank’s physical headquarters.
„Google Cloud’s secure, reliable infrastructure and advanced data capabilities, combined with TIM’s data centers’ performance, connectivity, and expertise, served as the primary enablers of the program, allowing for the management of massive data transfers with high security standards, speed, and minimum latency between cloud environments and legacy systems.
The cloud infrastructure successfully absorbed massive workload volumes, ensuring business continuity without recording any major incidents during the migration phases. Also crucial was the end-to-end governance model managed by TIM, which made it possible to effectively mitigate risks and ensure cost control through methodical FinOps monitoring.” – the bank said.
Massimo Proverbio, Chief Data, AI and Technology Officer at Intesa Sanpaolo, 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 specialized new colleagues. Today, we position ourselves at levels of absolute excellence in Europe in terms of solutions, innovation, and security supporting business and customers.”
Elio Schiavo, Chief Enterprise & Innovative Solutions Officer at TIM, said: “The completion of this program represents a highly significant achievement for TIM Enterprise, reinforcing its role as a strategic partner supporting the country’s digital transformation. Bringing the core infrastructure of a major bank like Intesa Sanpaolo to the Italian Google Cloud regions, hosted in our data centers, means ensuring data control, security, and resilience. The integration of data centers, connectivity, and cloud solutions allowed us to manage a highly complex migration while confirming operational continuity and high performance, once again confirming the excellence of our infrastructure. It is a demonstration of TIM Enterprise’s ability to govern end-to-end projects and accompany businesses and public organizations on innovation paths that combine technological openness and strategic autonomy.”
Raffaele Gigantino, Country Manager Italy Google Cloud, said: “For the financial services industry, modernizing core systems demands security and resilience. The successful transition of Intesa Sanpaolo’s highly complex, mission-critical workloads without disruption demonstrates how innovation is possible with the right technology. Crucially, our two local cloud regions in Milan and Turin enabled Intesa Sanpaolo to fully satisfy its data residency requirements. Google Cloud’s secure, sustainable, and reliable infrastructure is specifically designed to provide financial institutions with the enterprise-grade solutions required to optimize their operations today, while laying the resilient digital groundwork for next-generation platforms and advanced AI capabilities.”
The technological transformation was accompanied by a major staff training plan designed to foster a true cloud-first culture within the organization: more than 3,000 Intesa Sanpaolo employees were involved, resulting in more than 170 Google Cloud certifications, including more than 60 at an advanced level.
Intesa Sanpaolo, with €430 billion in loans and more than €1.4 trillion in customer financial assets at the end of March 2026, is the largest banking group in Italy, with a significant international presence.
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