Interview with José Olalla Hevia, published in Computing magazine
(CIO of BBVA)

In this interview (published in issue 658 of Computing magazine) the CIO of BBVA, José Olalla, gives us a preview of the institution’s master plan to combine cost savings with growth.

BBVA is one of the most technologically advanced financial institutions. Proof of this can be seen in the TIER IV certification its Madrid data centre has just obtained, the top level achieved by a Spanish company. In 2010, the group spent €1.8 billion on ICT and this year it will increase this figure in order to complete its transformation and help the organisation to expand abroad, primarily in the United States.

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