Polaris Retail Infotech (PRIL), a wholly owned subsidiary
of Polaris Software announced the launch of Linux powered Retail Store
Management solution “iStore Linux”. PRIL has signed up Samsonite to rollout
iStore Linux in its 60 exclusive brand outlets across India. iStore is available
on all Linux flavors present in the market. The combination of SOA based iStore
application on Linux system can potentially bring down the set-up and running
cost of retail store software by 50%.
Samsonite in India chose PRIL's iStore bundled with IBM's
Retail Integration Framework to gain advantages of scalability and flexibility
that a next generation retail solution and an open operating environment could
provide.
With iStore available on Linux, Samsonite was convinced of
the benefits of robustness, high availability and low TCO.
iStore was jointly launched by PRIL and IBM in 2009. It is
the first SOA-based Retail solution in India that is built on the
open-standards-based Java Platform, Enterprise Edition and is bundled with IBM's
Retail Integration Framework. The iStore POS interface is touch screen enabled
with L-design for maximum sales user comfort.