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Tuesday, 2 October 2018, 09:58 Last update: about 7 years ago

Martin Vella interviews PAOLO VANNUZZI, co-founder and CEO of Noovle, the first Google Cloud Premier Partner in Europe, which recently opened its headquarters in Malta, will be one of the main keynote speakers in a rich list of experts, at the Noovle Summit, dedicated to Google Cloud technologies organised by MBR Publications Ltd

Can you tell us a bit about Noovle and your role in the organisation?

Despite being an experienced and well-established company on the market, I would define Noovle, as a startup in the DNA. We always have the spirit of innovation, dynamism and a crazy enthusiasm to carry on the activities. I think these are aspects that are highly appreciated by the market, which, compared to traditional models, needs "disruptive" companies to support companies in digital transformation, where the approach to the problem must be new and different. I am co-founder and CEO of Noovle an Italian strategic consulting and systems integration company specializing in ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) and Cloud.

 

What has led to the strength of the Noovle brand?

We are historically the recommended partner of Google Cloud in Italy as well as having a primary role also in Europe. Surely, the synergistic work with the vendor has helped us to establish ourselves in the market, but the most fundamental aspects I think are the strategic and business vision, the skills, as well as the serious and professional approach to the market. The satisfaction of our customers is the main objective and we are very happy with the results achieved so far.

 

What can you tell us about the Cloud technologies and platforms you offer, and how does it help increase productivity and efficiency.

The cloud model allows companies and public administrations to take a platform approach that involves the creation of integrated and highly efficient systems, while at the same time reducing complexity and costs.

To achieve efficiency, it is necessary to move from a concept of individual productivity to one of collaborative and extended productivity, overcoming physical boundaries and allowing interacting in an easy way at any time and with any information.

Google, for example, provides the G Suite collaboration platform which, supported by appropriate change management interventions in companies and organizations, allowing for impressive efficiency and productivity gains, changing the way people work and the interaction between people, as well as between people and data.

The challenge for the enhancement of information assets, the main source of value for each organization, passes through the ability to extract value from the immense amount of information coming from heterogeneous sources and systems, processing data and performing predictive analyzes on future scenarios. For this reason, Noovle has developed NEDiX (Noovle Enterprise DX), an advanced technological platform able to accompany companies in the process of digitizing processes and identifying highly innovative business models.

 

How do you define the brand positioning for Noovle and how critical is it to communicate the brand purpose internally to ensure that Noovle's employees are engaged in this effort?

People are the key to success for us. The sharing of strategies and objectives, as well as participation in the results, becomes an important element for involving and keeping our employees and employees "committed". The company has grown very rapidly, has a very low average age and is widespread on the Italian national territory, with important branches abroad. Firstly, to keep the sense of belonging high, we utilise a lot of new technologies, from the social / cloud intranet where there is a shared push of all activities, projects, results, initiatives, to video conferencing systems to create moments of virtual aggregation, up to the training, both online and in presence for a technological but also managerial and personal growth.

The work environment is also important. We have tried to take better care of the welcome and comfort at work, with attention to details that can make life in the office more pleasant.

 

What have been the keys to Noovle's consistent strength and leadership and how do you define the Noovle difference?

Noovle was born in the cloud, when nobody, or very few, knew this word and its value. The cloud is in our organizational model, in our DNA, and today we are able to express a difference in approach compared to the many IT companies, even much bigger than we are, who have come toward and close to this market in recent years.

The cloud is not just a technology but also a model that guides the various business processes, the go to market, and the business model.

Leadership is important in the market and we try to overcome its challenges every day, bringing customers efficient and high-value solutions for their business.

The work environment is also important. We have tried to take better care of the hospitality and comfort at work, with attention to details that can make life in the office more pleasant.

 

How critical is it to maintain the innovative edge and is this more challenging to do because of Noovle's size and scale?

Innovation is increasingly frenetic and acceleration is getting stronger. Maintaining an adequate level of innovation in the market, without losing contact with the needs of the market, is not easy.

Our teams are constantly updated, with major investments in training and testing laboratories. Also for this reason, we still consider ourselves a startup ... the market changes from month to month, from year to year, and our strength is to be able to continually adapt the organizational model, the skills and the proposition with respect to these developments.

 

What is significant about Noovle presenting itself to Maltese businesses? What unique selling proposition is it offering to launch it in the market?

The Maltese market has always been extremely interesting for us. A dynamic territory, pushed on the innovative themes (see gaming in the past years and the blockchain / crypto currencies now), with rapid execution and value of many resources. We found a very open government to support the launch of new initiatives and immediately understood the potential of the new cloud platforms that Google Cloud together with Noovle can make available.

The IT market is mature and there is a lot of innovation but we think we can play an important role thanks to the solutions and the model we are able to make available to companies and public bodies. Our solutions can bring a competitive advantage both in organizations, working on improving efficiencies and processes, and also to the market thanks to our digital marketing skills.

Salesforce was recently added to our partnerships, with which we bring solutions on the world of CRM, Service and Digital marketing.

 

What are the areas Noovle is looking to for growth in the future?

We are working to bring innovative solutions to high-impact areas for the community such as health and agriculture, where efficiency recovery can lead to the retrieval and salvage of important resources to be reinvested for the benefit of all.

We are active in the world of blockchain, and the strategic initiative we are carrying out with Google on the Maltese territory has just this purpose - to make the best use of this technology in real business processes.

We strongly believe in the education sector from which the talents of the future can and must come. We try to make our contribution by bringing innovative and cost-free solutions to schools and universities, to foster the digitization and knowledge of new technologies.

 

The Noovle Summit will be held on Friday, 19 October, at the Castello dei Baroni in Wardija,

Anyone wishing to attend this important unique event can contact [email protected] or call (+356) 9940 6743; 9926 0162/4

 

 

 

Quotes:

Noovle has developed NEDiX (Noovle Enterprise DX), an advanced technological platform able to accompany companies in the process of digitizing processes and identifying highly innovative business models.

 

 

The cloud is in our organizational model, in our DNA, and today we are able to express a difference in approach compared to the many IT companies


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