“FUTURE OFFICEâ€: THE SME GIPO WINS THE CALL LAUNCHED BY BUFFETTI GROUP AND DIGITAL MAGICS
Rome, May 7 2018 – The SME Gipo wins “Future Office”, the Call for Innovation launched by Buffetti Group, the leading company in office products, also active in the provision of SAAS services and by Digital Magics, the most important incubator of digital startups “Made in Italyâ€, which is active throughout the Italian territory.
Gipo has developed a web app for doctor’s offices, which provides a real integrated management system, with the aim of efficiently organising work times and working spaces shared with colleagues and administrative staff, easy to use and available everywhere. Developed additionally is the GAIA chatbot: a virtual assistant equipped with Artificial Intelligence in order to support the use of Gipo’s functions.
During the Buffetti Innovation Day, which took place in Rome at the headquarters of the Group, the jury of “Future Office” selected from amongst the 10 finalists – operating in the sectors of Business, Home Office, POS innovation and SAAS-based Applications. The jury picked Gipo as the best innovative product/service of the Call. Gipo won a grant of EUR 3,000, logistical support and mentorship services for the duration of 6 months offered by the Buffetti Group.
The finalists of “Future Office” – selected among the applications sent to http://futureoffice.digitalmagics.com – are: BadgeBox, Edo Agenda, Fluida, Gipo, Jointly, Profalia, Sportscanner, Spotonway, Unipiazza and WonderStore.
The Call for Innovation issued by the Buffetti Group and Digital Magics aimed to find the best technological solutions able to create new tools to support work activities, provide consumers with a modern solution to their needs, renew the perception of the brand and their experience in stores.
“We strongly believe in the creativity and the innovative potential that distinguishes startups and many of our small businesses – says Rinaldo Ocleppo, President of Gruppo Buffetti – We are convinced that this initiative can generate winning strategic collaborations that will make the most of new technologies by exploiting commercial and technical support guaranteed by the 790 Buffetti affiliates”.
“The Buffetti Group is the perfect example of how an excellent company born of tradition – said Layla Pavone, Managing Director and Chief Innovation Marketing and Communication Officer of Digital Magics – has been able to innovate over the years. Having opened its own processes, services and products to the external technologies of startups and digital SMEs, working together for this ‘Open Innovation’ program, is a further demonstration of how the future of a company is increasingly depending on the digital sector”.
This press release is online in the section Investors/Press Releases at www.digitalmagics.com
Buffetti Group SpA is a leader in the distribution of a wide range of office products, forms, computer consumables, school supplies, leather goods, gifts and promotional items, through a network of 790 franchised stores, distributed throughout the Italian territory. Through its affiliates, the company also distributes management software for companies, accountants, building managers, automotive practices agencies, travel agencies, retail sector, restaurants, hotels, driving schools, vehicle inspection centers; furthermore, Buffetti provides services relating to digital signatures, tools to issue electronic invoices and administration tools (today via online platform), services to support telematic processes, provision of FAD (distance learning courses) and Electronic Storage services. Buffetti is also active in the provision of SAAS services for digital preservation according to the law and the digitalisation of business processes and of professional offices. Since January 2006, Buffetti has become part of the Dylog Group. The parent company Dylog Italia SpA based in Torino is a leader in the development, distribution and technical assistance of management software for companies and professionals. The software activity is supported by Dylog Hi-Tech, a global leader in the field of non-destructive controls through X-ray vision, dedicated to the food and pharmaceutical industry.
Digital Magics, listed on AIM Italia (symbol: DM), is a business incubator of digital projects that provides consulting services and acceleration services to startups and enterprises, to facilitate the development of new technological businesses. Thanks to the partnership with Talent Garden and Tamburi Investment Partners, Digital Magics has created the most important national platform for innovation for DIGITAL MADE IN ITALY, by providing support to innovative startups to create successful projects, from conception to IPO, while offering services for the digital transformation and “Open Innovation†to excellent enterprises. The incubation and acceleration services offered by Digital Magics are active in the TAG co-working campuses present throughout Italy. Complementary services include investment activities, which have produced over the years a portfolio of 70 investments in startups, scaleups and digital spinoffs with high growth rates. Accelerated companies are flanked by Digital Magics’ team, a partner of enormous business and digital experience, and benefit not only from the large network of private and institutional investors that support them through “club deals”, but also from the many partner companies that support them on an industrial scale.
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