Digital transformation is the driver behind greater safety of our people and their activities, simpler operational management and improved asset integrity. It enriches skills and increases flexibility and speed in decision making. Full digitization increases our capacity to predict operational events, and the transparency and traceability of operations.

Eni invests in digital technologies and in related skills’ development to make us faster, more efficient and more responsible. Digital transformation is not only about technological upgrade; it also affects the way people interact with technology. Performance is reinforced by technology, the fruit of successful integration between people, their skills and their available technology.

Eni's digital transformation is an agent for positive change. One example of this was our CallForGrowth project, an initiative developed in partnership with growITup, a platform that supports collaboration between large companies and start-ups. The initiative concluded with the selection of three start-ups that will support Eni in the coming months to continue to improve our results in terms of safety, asset integrity, environment and operational efficiency.

Only by involving people are we able to transform technology into a tool for business evolution. That is why the types of roles in Eni are undergoing radical change, including more and more roles relating to digital transformation, like big data solution architects, data-management, anticipating risks, performing simulations and monitoring facilities remotely. This is happening right now, not in the future. It's just part of the work that big data solution architects do to provide architectural solutions to the demands of our company's businesses.