IBM Cloud Computer Services Intesa S.p.A. – Anticipates 20 percent annual cloud-based business growth and cuts costs by 30 percent with a SoftLayer solution 20% annual growth anticipated in cloud-based business with the launch of new offerings 30% cost savings with a flexible SoftLayer® cloud delivery model Business challenge: Digital solution provider Intesa S.p.A. wanted to broaden its service portfolio and provide companies with end-to-end solutions for paperless operations. The business sought a robust cloud platform to expand its reach and launch a series of new software as a service (SaaS) offerings. Solution: IBM Cloud Services helped Intesa provision a powerful SoftLayer cloud hosting environment with bare metal and virtual servers and a Vyatta firewall configuration. With the cloud infrastructure, Intesa introduced a new line of business (LOB), offering scalable, security-rich SaaS solutions through its online portal for small and midsize Italian companies. Accelerates deployment by cutting infrastructure provisioning time from months to just days Client name: Intesa S.p.A.   Client reference link: http://w3-01.ibm.com/sales/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?infotype=CR&subtype=NA&htmlfid=0CRDD-A2FJ7B&appname=crmd Quote: “With SoftLayer, our solution delivery is much faster and more cost-effective.” —Sandra Passoni, cloud manager, Intesa S.p.A Company background: Intesa S.p.A., an IBM company, was founded in 1987. It helps customers digitally transform their documents and business processes, developing solutions for many industry sectors, including manufacturing, automotive, retail, utilities, transport, banking, insurance and healthcare.  Solution components:  Services SoftLayer® Business challenge: Digital solution provider Intesa wanted to broaden its service portfolio and provide companies with end-to-end solutions for paperless operations. The business sought a robust cloud platform to expand its reach and launch a series of new software as a service (SaaS) offerings. Benefits: By launching its new service offerings on a SoftLayer® cloud platform supported by IBM Cloud Services,  Intesa expanded its solution portfolio and anticipates growing its cloud-based business by 20 percent each year. In addition, SoftLayer cloud technology drives significant cost savings for the organization. Compared to traditional hosting infrastructure, Intesa saves approximately 30 percent by delivering its solutions from a cloud-based environment. Finally, the company provisions new infrastructure and expands its hosting environment much more quickly with SoftLayer technology, accelerating deployment time from over a month to just days. Solution components Services SoftLayer® “With SoftLayer, our solution delivery is much faster and more cost-effective.” —Sandra Passoni, cloud manager, Intesa S.p.A. WUP12680-USEN-01 1