The extraordinary transactions made it necessary to define a new IT strategy over the medium term with the goal, on one side, of supporting the current transformation (the launch of the joint ventures ISAB and TotalErg, the launch of the NewCo ERG Oil Sicilia and the merger of the operating companies within the Holding) and, on the other, defining a lasting operational model in compliance with the "leading practices" of reference, thus decreasing operating costs through rationalisation.