SMART-SHORE MADE IN CONVINCES The Company chose FINCONS GROUP and its Delivery Center in Bari for the supply of IT services.

Pirelli is among the leading tyre producers in the in four continents with around 38,000 workers. The premium sector and, with a presence in 160 countries company has always been fully committed to re- around the world, it has 21 tyre production facilities search and development, an area in which it annually invests around 3% of its own turnover, one of the highest levels in the tyre sector. In keeping with an industrial tradition of over a century, Pirelli continues to invest in international expansion projects while also remaining deeply rooted in the local communi- ties in which it operates. Furthermore, in the field of ICT, Pirelli has taken innovative steps, as its Head of Enterprise Solutions and User Services, Luca Urban, explains: "For Pirelli, ICT is a fundamentally important instrument for the development of the business. Even in the last few years, with an unpredictable global backdrop charac- terized by a dramatically slowing ICT market, our company has invested in new strategic projects in the field of Information Technology. In particular, special focus has been on optimizing services and improving efficiency, adopting a strategy based on the industrialization of services themselves and working on hybrid management and development systems with a priority given to ‘insourcing’. The approach adopted by the company has led it to a management model of standardized and centralized business critical ICT services which for certain activities entails collaboration with new partners, Luca Urban, including FINCONS GROUP. Pirelli’s Head of Enterprise Solutions and User Services

PIRELLI For over a century, the name Pirelli has been synonymous with innovation and cutting-edge technology in the tyre sector, both in Italy and around the world. The company is constantly improving its products in terms of performance, safety and their environmental impact's reducing, in keeping with its own 'green performance' strategy. In meeting these objectives, Pirelli aims to combine economic profitability with social responsibility. Competing in sporting events since 1907, Pirelli is the exclusive tyre provider for the world Superbike Championship and for prestigious single-constructor championships such as the Challenge, the Blancpain Super Trophy and the Trophy, but above all for the Formula 1™ championship, which represents another challenge in technological innovation and an important focal point for enhancing the brand. www.pirelli.com Pirelli's collaboration with the FINCONS GROUP, and its Delivery Center in Bari, allowed to have a single provider, consolidating activities which were previously carried out separately by several different providers.". The FINCONS GROUP's Delivery Center, with its new approach to remote services, was the key in the choice of the company to be a partner in provid- ing Pirelli with IT services.

The Smart-shore IT service, created in Bari in 2008, now has over 400 highly qualified professionals, with skills in a range of technologies, platforms and prod- ucts, working in a modern organized structure and using a robust methodology. It is thanks to the Delivery Center, that the FINCONS and cultural barriers. The choice of Italy also took into GROUP is able to offer, to its main Italian and Europe- account the important social factor for the creation of an clients, IT services for Application Management new job opportunities in own country. and System Building of high quality and competitive prices. For Pirelli, the FINCONS GROUP is responsi- The operation was managed as transparently as pos- ble for the provision of Application Management sible, without changing the normal channels of com- services supporting various business applications munication used, the operative methods and all based on Microsoft technology. instruments for measuring performance and tracking the activities carried out. "This new management method - explains Luca Urban - has achieved significant results, including reducing FINCONS GROUP has complied with the indications the effort required for set-up activities and the impact and Pirelli standards, proving itself over the last 2 of software applications' variations, which conse- years to be a reliable and flexible partner, vitals quali- quently reduces the complexity of cooperation and ties for distributing services of this type". ensures a good balance between costs and language

FINCONS GROUP

Working in Europe for over 30 years, FINCONS GROUP provides IT Business Consulting services to important companies in various sectors with dedicated BUs (Man- ufacturing, Media, Financial Services, Energy, Utilities and Transportation). The Group has offices in Italy (Mi- lan, Verona, Rome, Bari, Catania), in Switzerland (Luga- no, Zurich and Headquarters in Bern), in the UK (London) and in the USA (New York, Los Angeles) with around 220 clients and a turnover in 2016 of around 90 million euros, which has been growing constantly for the last years. The goal of always providing a more compet- itive offer is reached also by the Innovation Lab, which values the potentialities of new technologies to trans- form them into useful solutions.

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