Fincantieri and Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced a cooperation agreement to accelerate digital innovation and technological development in Italy.

The announcement indicated that the two companies would support the implementation of “Digital Italy 2026”. This plan defines the specific objectives and priorities of the country and of the digitization of the public administration, which is part of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR). The companies will support this plan by collaborating to create a series of joint projects and raising awareness as well as promoting education on cloud technologies and their potential for the country’s growth.

In particular, said Fincantieri, the two companies will emphasize the strategic importance of cloud computing as an engine that will fuel Italy’s digital transformation through its reliability, efficiency, sustainability, security and reliability. scalability. Companies will cooperate to create an ecosystem to provide technological and infrastructural solutions to institutions, public administration, citizens and businesses, thus strengthening the national cybersecurity perimeter and the digital sovereignty of the country.

In addition, the collaboration will also leverage the expertise of the Fincantieri Group in defense, electronics, advanced systems, information technology and cybersecurity, as well as AWS’s experience in as the backbone of institutions, large companies, SMEs and start-ups, fueling their innovation processes through the use of cloud computing.

AWS is said to have a long history of investing in Italy. In April 2020, AWS launched data centers in Italy with the opening of the AWS Europe (Milan) Region. According to the announcement, the AWS Region in Italy meets the highest levels of security, compliance and data protection, and allows customers with data residency requirements to store their content in Italy with the assurance that they retain full ownership and sovereignty over their data and it won’t move unless they choose to move it. In addition, customers can ensure complete control over the location of their data with hybrid and custom cloud solutions.

“We consider this collaboration extremely important. By partnering with AWS, a global IT leader, our Group will implement new technologies even more thoroughly, testing the most innovative solutions and decisively accelerating the digital transition process ”, said commented Giuseppe Bono, CEO of Fincantieri.