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Porininsight is the Italian Business Intelligence Partner of the Year

Porini announces that Porininsight, Porini Group ​member firm specialised in Microsoft Technologies for digital consulting, business analytics and performance management, has been rewarded as Business Intelligence Italian Partner of the Year during the Worldwide Partner Conference ceremony that has taken place in Orlando.

The award represents a prestigious recognition for Porininsight that has distinguished itself for the excellence of the Business Intelligence solutions based on Microsoft technology that have been planned over the year.
Microsoft appreciated the mission of Porininsight to support management in adopting and developing excellent practices aimed at improving decision-making systems and of corporate governance, using the technology and innovation to set up appropriate instruments to the pursuit of strategic goals.

2015 Inner Circle for Microsoft Dynamics

During the WPC awards ceremony in Orlando, Microsoft has elected Porini Group as member to the Inner Circle for Microsoft Dynamics.

Inner Circle is reserved for the top one percent of Microsoft Dynamics partners around the globe and it represents an elite group of the most strategic partners whose sales achievement ranks them in the highest echelon of the Microsoft Dynamics global network of partners. These partners are recognized for their exceptional overall company performance in delivering valuable solutions to Microsoft Dynamics customers.

2015 President’s Club for Microsoft Dynamics

Porini has today been named in the 2015 President’s Club for Microsoft Dynamics. This achievement is a direct result of slicedbread’s outstanding dedication to customer satisfaction through the delivery of innovative business solutions.

Microsoft-Dynamics-Presidents-Club-2015The Microsoft Dynamics President’s Club honors high-performing Microsoft Dynamics partners with a commitment to customers reflected in their business success and growth. This prestigious group represents the top five percent of Microsoft Dynamics partners worldwide. Membership is granted to elite partners who reach key business milestones while maintaining a constant dedication to high levels of customer satisfaction and an active pursuit of product and technological advancement.

Microsoft are holding the prestigious 2015 Microsoft Dynamics Global Recognition Event in Orlando, Florida, at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference, the company’s annual premier partner event.

Porini Technologies announces the release of Cocai Central

Based on Microsoft Azure technology, Cocai Central is an independent module of Porini suite for Fashion and Retail enabling integration of Microsoft Dynamics ERP and CRM with Retail app Cocai Azure POS or others 3rd parties POS Systems, through preconfigured connectors.

Cocai Central is a specialized Integration Cloud Service Layer, accessible from browser, smartphones and tablets, extending the capabilities of Retail and CRM platforms with multichannel features, enabling integration with other systems like e-commerce solutions.
The application exposes advanced services like fidelity calculations (points, status…), gift cards and vouchers so that every app connected can use the same logic through simple REST web services calls. The whole database can be exposed as a service for an easy integration with any kind of app (web, mobile…), even custom ones​.
Cocai Central solution also acts as a data collector between the different applications of the Porini suite and as a platform for analysis and reporting, made available through Microsoft PowerBI.​

Porini announces the partnership with Capgemini Italy

The partnership will rely mainly on the new Porini suite, based on Microsoft AX and CRM solutions, addressed to fashion and retail companies.

Porini Group is a Microsoft Certified ISV (Independent Software Vendor) active since 1968, which distributes worldwide integrated and international IT solutions for Textile, Fashion and Retail industries, based on Microsoft Dynamics and Azure. With offices in Italy, USA, Portugal and Asia, works in more than 20 countries worldwide through a network of qualified partners offering the full and integrated suite of products, on-premise and/or cloud, supporting the enterprise management systems.

The Porini suite is made of:

• Apparel&Textile for Microsoft Dynamics AX
• Social CRM for Fashion, Luxury & Retail
• COCAI Retail Azure POS

Porini and Gruppo PA extend their partnership with the new suite of products

Porini Srl and Gruppo Partners Associates sign a global worldwide partnership agreement concerning the distribution of Porini software solutions.

The two companies cooperate since years for what concerns the Microsoft Dynamics AX based vertical solution for fashion and textile, where Gruppo Partners Associates is the partner with the biggest number of installations.

Starting from today the offering is enriched with the new suite of Porini products based on Microsoft Azure:

  • Social CRM for Fashion&Retail – vertical solution on Microsoft Dynamics CRM dedicated to companies in mode and retail, with an integrated BI module
  • COCAI Retail Azure POS – modern and flexible POS system available in SaaS (Software as a Service)

“We are very happy about this agreement, being it the natural evolution of a fruitful and strategic cooperation for our group, which has led to sign 10 AX contract in the last 20 months, in an increasingly competitive and challenging market”, states Ennio Baracetti, President of Gruppo Partners Associates.

Lorenzo Sala, President of Porini Group, says, “We consider Gruppo Partners Associates a strategic partner both for the quality of services released and the results achieved in the last years and we are quite happy of their trust in our new suite of products. We believe that the enhanced cooperation will be beneficial to both groups”.

New partnership with ITC Infotech

Porini is proud to announce that a new partnership agreement has been signed between Porini and ITC Infotech, a global IT services company, fully-owned subsidiary of ITC Limited, the US$ 7 billion diversified conglomerate.

The agreement will cover for the time being U.K. but plans are in place for extending it to several other regions, thanks to ITC being a worldwide global player.

“We believe the relationship with ITC will bring soon strong benefits to both companies, leveraging the power of Porini’s complete suite of products for fashion and retail together with the strength, solidity and undisputable business competence of ITC Infotech”, says Fernando Marinho Pereira, General Manager of Porini International.

“With this enhanced partnership, we intend to leverage our expertise and competency in Fashion and Retail domain to develop go-to-market strategies across the globe, enabling faster response to market requirements and customer needs. We clearly see synergy between Porini solution and ITC System Integration capabilities which will help the customers in seeking operational efficiency and achieve a reduced TCO for their end to end solution” says Raj Gupta, Vice President, Alliances at ITC Infotech Limited.

ITC Infotech is committed to deliver end-to-end IT solutions and services to its customers worldwide. They integrate a vast experience across industry sectors with world-class technology and state-of-the-art infrastructure to offer business-friendly solutions across industry verticals that include, among others, fashion and retail ERP and PLM.

New product suite for fashion and retail companies

Porini announces the availability of a new suite of products. This suite extends and complements the already huge set of specific business functionalities provided by Apparel&Textile for Microsoft Dynamics AX (the long established vertical solution Porini sales through a network of highly qualified partners and system integrators).

This new fully integrated suite covers the area of retail (Cocai Retail ​Azure POS), CRM (Analytics and Social CRM for Fashion and Retail) and BI (pre-predefined data cubes based on fully standard Microsoft technologies and components).

The flexible and modular combination of these products, available on premise and in the cloud (Microsoft Azure), offered by a single ISV vendor and through a partner network is a brand new paradigm in the software arena.

The new suite will be officially presented during the International Partner Meeting in Barcelona, November the 3rd.

New partnership with Cyansys Private Limited

Porini is proud to announce the start of a partnership with Cyansys Private Limited, based in Singapore.
Cyansys will address potential customers in the entire South East Asia region.

“We trust the relationship with Cyansys can bring a sensible business growth for both companies in the region, where we can leverage from some already established customers.
The market is more and more receptive for our vertical solution based on Microsoft Dynamics AX and good partners as Cyansys add a tremendous value”, says Giuseppe Ghisoni, Channel Manager Porini.

COCAI 2014: discover the new functionalities

We officially released new Cocai Retail features related to:​

ITEMS
– visual catalogue sales
– enhanced item attributes management and multi store statistics
– import/export tools

CUSTOMER OPERATIONS
– loyalty cards/invitation vouchers with POS activation
– company agreements management
– RFID and entrance turnstiles integration for customer recognition

INVENTORY
– per zone inventory
– Zebra device label printing integration
– handhelds file import
– real time stock management with ERP integration

Cocai Retail is an innovative, scalable and easy POS system completely based on Microsoft Azure technology which allows retail chains to manage all their processes with a multi-device and tablet support.

All functionalities are available off line adopting smart client technology integrated within the solution.