Pasquale Fosso, Head of Data Architecture Luca Cannistrà, Data Architect Specialist In questo talk racconteremo come abbiamo affrontato la complessità della migrazione in cloud del nostro “mission critical” graphdb, riuscendo a contenere al minimo i disservizi per i nostri clienti ed i tempi di migrazione.

1. 14 maggio 2024
Cerved e neo4j su una nuvola,
racconto della migrazione di un grafo mission critical dall' on-prem al
cloud

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ION Group
Cerved overview
ION provides software for the automation of mission-critical workflow and data analytics solutions to more than 100k
users among financial institutions, central banks, governments and corporates.
Leading provider of trading
automation, analytics and
infrastructure to the global
financial markets, powering
key capital markets workflows
Leading provider of
proprietary capital markets
data and software solutions to
investment banks, investment
firms, advisors and corporates
Partner of choice for the digital
corporation,
enabling automation of
workflows across critical
treasury and commodities
operations
Leading provider of core
banking and financial software
for financial institutions in Italy
and internationally
Leading provider of credit
information and management
in Italy and internationally
350
Financial Markets
>1m
M&A Transactions Analysed
$1.2t
Cash Balances
>2.3k
Banking Branches Served
>152m
Records of Relationships
>5m
Financial Instruments
$4.5t
Equity Issuance Executed
$2.1t
Foreign Exchange Reserves
>2.6m
End Customers
>8m
Company Records
>$23t
Annual Transaction Value
>2m
Firm & Individual Profiles
65%
Coverage of Revenue of Top
250 Energy Co’s
>100m
Transactions per Day
>30K
Customers
 Access to financial markets
 Flow automation
 Compliance
 Capital structure
optimisation
 Increasing use of data
 Market digitisation
 Increasing complexity
 Increasing regulation
 Increasing volumes
 Open banking &
digitisation
 Increasing complexity
 Increasing regulation
 Risk mitigation
 Prioritization mechanisms
 Client archetype through
ML
Increasing needs driven by strong tailwinds

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Cerved Overview
Cerved overview
What We Do
[functions]
Who We Serve
[segments]
Why We Matter
[domains]
Expertise
[capabilities]
Delivery
[brands]
Credit
Manageme
nt
Financial Institutions SMEs
Top & Large Corporates
Data management
ML & AI technologies
Advanced Analytics
Credit Risk
ESG
AML
Digital Marketing
Advisory
Credit management
Public
Administration
#1 data ecosystem
on Italian
Companies & Real
Estate Assets
64M payment
experiences
collected
Reference point
for int’l institutions
(e.g., OECD, IMF)
Rating Agency
certified by ESMA
Risk
Intelligence
Marketing
Intelligence
A leading Credit
Management
service provider in
Italy
95%+ of Italian
Banks
30k+
companies(1)
150+
Detect
A L
M
1) Including Micro companies with purchases on Cervedirect.com

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Cerved overview
Being an ESG role model to support Italian sustainability transition
Strong
commitment
Top quality ratings
ESG targets in STI
Clear roadmap
ESG ratings on Cerved
Top management
remuneration
linked to
ESG targets
reflecting selected
SDGs
Foster transparency in the system with
• Independent ESG ratings and assessment
• Supply chain ESG platform
Help companies to
change in a positive
and sustainable way
Share ESG landscape
view and understanding
Early leader in defining ESG identity
in line with int’l best practice
A round ESG offering to support
sustainability transition of the System

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Focus – Ecosistema di dati distintivo ed in costante crescita
Cerved overview
BILANCI
VISURE
CAMERALI
PROTESTI
PROCEDURE DA
VISURA
ELENCO SOCI
CARICHE
SOCIETARIE
DATI UFFICIALI CAMERALI
DATI IMMOBILIARI ADDETTI IMPRESE
DATI UFFICIALI NON CAMERALI
PREGIUDIZIEVOLI ELENCHI SOCI CONSOB
DATI PROPRIETARI
PAYLINE AML E LISTE
RELATIONSHIPS
ATECO
RIVISITATI
GRUPPI
NO REA
OPEN DATA
GARE
PUBBLICHE
FINANZIAMENT
I PUBBLICI
FONDO C. DI
GARANZIA
ISTAT &
BANKIT
ELENCO START-
UP
PA
NEWS
CORPORATE
WEBSITE
SOCIAL FEED
PAGINE SOCIAL
AZIENDALI
PAGINE WEB
WEB/SOCIAL DATA
EXPERIAN
Credit Bureau Arricchiment
o con
Dati clienti
CLIENTI
PARTNERSHIPS
MOBILITA’
PERIZIE IMMOBILIARI
CYBER RISK
+40 ANNI DI SERIE TEMPORALI E + 4.000 BUSINESS RULES PER QUALIFICARE E CORRELARE I SET DI DATI

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State-of-the-arts technologies
Cerved overview
«Raw»
Data
Insight
Only «Tech» Business
100% GDPR
compliant
Data
Architectures
Blockchain to improve
«notarization» processes
Natural Language Processing concerns the
querying of databases and returning of
generated results in visual format
1.000+
Servers
(physical
and virtual)
600M
events
monitored
annually
40M€+
worth of
investment
s every year
1.1+
PetaByte
of stored
data
Data Lake
Partitions
dedicated to
our clients
Artificial Intelligence: comprehensive application which exploits
Machine & Deep Learning algorithms and technologies (i.e.
xgboost, neural network, tensorflow) for Data elaboration (i.e.
Proprietary score) and Decision-making processes
Graph database: dedicated tool for the
analysis and effective representation of
relationships between subjects (individuals
and companies)
Cyber Security & Encryption: Encryption
data algorithms based on the most
innovative methodologies (Secure Multiparty
Computation) and Multi Factor
Authentication
Proprietar
y
Semantic
Text
Analytics
Engine
(Dandelion
)
API Platform
with 100+
proprietary
APIs
Cognitive
Ergonomic
s / Service
Design to
be applied
on
company’s
processes
and
products
DATA LAKE:
State-of-the-Art in
Italy
DATA
ELABORATION:
Cutting-edge
Advanced Analytics
technologies
DATA AVAILABILITY
& SECURITY:
secure and extensive
access to data
DATA
VISUALIZATION:
from data to insight
for value generation
Digital
Invoicing:
algorithms
for the
automatic
reading and
certification

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Cerved overview
Cerved’s proprietary scores are the market benchmarks
ECAI = External Credit Assessment Institutions; AI = Artificial Intelligence
Note: 1) Including 2,2 Mln Unregistred economics activities
Cerved Group
Score (CGS)
Benchmark credit risk score available on 3 million
companies
Credit
Rating
Certified ECAI & Rating Tool for solicited and unsolicited
ratings
ESG
Rating
Proprietary methodology to assign ESG ratings and scores
Environmental
Risk Score
Proprietary score based on hydrogeological data of the
territory
Payline
Score
Proprietary payment bureau tracking 61m payment
experiences
Anti-fraud
Score
Graph-technology powered score integrated with Credit
Bureau
Growth Score Proprietary score using inter alia companies digital
capabilities
Collection
Score
Algorithms that assess and prioritize collection of credit
portfolios
Real Estate
valuation
model
Proprietary automated valuation model to assess Real
Estate values
Open banking
(PSD2) score
AI-based risk score on SMEs & Individuals via checking
account data
The biggest data graph in Italy
providing deep connections among
companies, people and real estate
16.7
million
people
149 million
relationships
119 million real
estate assets
8.4
million
active
companie
s
Proprietary scores & algorithms

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Need
I Dati attorno ad una azienda
ACME spa
Esponenti
Soci
Partecipazio
ni
Soci
Compropriet
à Relazione
Affari
Le relazioni tra le imprese e le persone rappresentano un grafo naturale costituito da diverse tipologie di relazioni
E’ una tipologia di informazione che mette in difficoltà i database relazionali

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Use case
Titolare Effettivo
Livello 1: 10% Livello 3: 24.4% Livello 4: 34.2%
ACME spa
Soc. A (40%)
Soc. B (50%)
Willy
(10%)
Soc. A1 (40%)
Soc. A2 (60%)
Soc. B1 (40%)
Soc. B2 (60%)
Willy
(40%)
Duffy
(60%)
Willy
(40%)
Soc. B1.1 (60%)
Soc. B2.1 (50%)
Speedy
(50%)
Willy
(90%)
Bunny
(10%)
Livello 2: 10%
Fino al livello n° 3, nessuno penserebbe che Willy esercita un controllo effettivo di
maggioranza sulla ACME. Willy sembra un socio minoritario di ACME

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Capacity
Il nostro Neo4j in numeri
Name Role Status
Neo4j-
01
leader online
Neo4j-
02
followe
r
online
Neo4j-
03
followe
r
online

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Architettura
On Prem
# Operating
system
RAM
(MB)
CPU
(MHz)
CPU type CPU
Totali
Socket Core Disk (GB)
3
Red Hat
Enterprise Linux
Server release
7.3 (Maipo)
257653 2400
Intel® Xeon®
CPU E5-2640 v4
@ 2.40GHz
40 2 10 2341,888
leader
followers

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Lift&Resha
pe
Replatform
Repurchase
Architettura Cloud
Valutazioni
Le strategie di migrazione valutate:

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Architettura Cloud
Lift&Reshape

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Automation tools
Pipeline

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Upgrade
Step 0

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Upgrade
Step 1

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Upgrade
Step 2

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Upgrade
Step 3

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Open Point:
 apoc custom
 Versione 5
 Driver Client compatibile con versione 5
Evoluzioni
PRO:
 Fully Managed (Patch, Upgrade…)
 Scale On-Demand, Without Service Interruption
 Fully Managed Backups
 Cross-Region Database Cloning
 No Downtime

20. 14 maggio 2024
Thank
You!