HP Enterprise Services Italia announced that Luxottica Group, a designer, manufacturer and distributor of eyewear, has signed an agreement to outsource data center management to HP.

Under the agreement, HP and Luxottica will work to improve agility, security and scalability of Luxottica’s IT infrastructure and migrate it to a cloud-computing environment. The company’s journey to a cloud computing environment is focused on standardization to reduce risk and improve governance of IT operations.

“Today’s business environment holds many opportunities to innovate and operate more efficiently, to compete at the highest level on a global scale,” said Dario Scagliotti, CIO, Luxottica.

“Companies such as Luxottica that operate in complex global markets need more flexible processes, applications and technology to support business growth and innovations,” said Howard Hughes, SVP and general manager, Enterprise Services—Europe, Middle East and Africa, HP.