How Generali is Developing a Flexible, Near Real-Time Data Platform for its Applications

Yanna Winter, Generali's CIO for Global Corporate and Commercial (GC&C) and Generali UK, discusses the company's modernization journey and development of a future-ready data platform with help from DataStax and partner Fincons Group. The transformation strategy includes infrastructure transformation, moving everything to cloud by 2020, and focusing on application modernization in 2022. Generali benefits from greater flexibility in its new environment, enabling it to deal with challenges such as Brexit and IFRS 17. Working with Fincons Group provides the necessary strategy for migrating fully to the new technology stack. DataStax's solution enables a single data lake, supporting applications, data analytics, data governance, and data quality in one place. The IT strategy is focused on divide, conquer, and integrate, improving self-service for business and promoting data governance.