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NetSuite's Zach Nelson on competition, cost, the Next Big Thing

Last week I met with Zach Nelson, CEO NetSuite in circumstances very similar to those when I recently met with SAP. There are obvious comparisons: SAP provided a hands on individual demonstration of Business ByDesign, NetSuite limited its demo to some pre-canned scenarios demonstrated by...

Tags: NetSuite Inc., Zach Nelson, SAP AG, Financial Planning, Smb/Sme, Branding, Marketing Research, Finance, Marketing, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-09-28

NetSuite on iPhone: customer story

I recorded a quick and dirty video of Peter Bauer, CEO Mimecast a NetSuite user talking about the service delivered on the iPhone. My experience is that most iPhone business apps are not very useful. This is the exception. Peter says that he can get...

Tags: Apple iPhone, NetSuite Inc., Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-09-25

NetSuite launches iPhone app

What's wrong with the browser?I keep seeing pure-play SaaS vendors going with native mobile apps. Doesn't that kind of defeat one of the key tenets of SaaS? To me it seems like a mobile app is a mini-me version of on-premise software.Seriously, why not just stick with the browser? There...

Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Web browsers, Advertising & Promotion, Managed hosting, NetSuite Inc., Service-now.com, app vendor, mobile, Web browser, mobile app, software-as-a-service

Discussion threads 2009-09-24

NetSuite launches iPhone app

NetSuite on Thursday said it has launched its cloud ERP system via an application for the iPhone and iPod touch. With the move, NetSuite has most of its mobile devices covered. NetSuite has apps for the iPhone as well as BlackBerry and Windows Mobile devices. ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, NetSuite Inc., NetSuite iPhone App, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Smart Phones, Web Technology, Enterprise Software, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-09-24

Interesting things I've been briefed on lately...

NetSuite, CA, iTrade Network, Meridian Project Systems, UC4, Project Open,.... NetSuite has some new financial consolidation/planning functionality in their SaaS solution. It permits global firms to handle currency conversion. Adaptive Planning’s software is at the core of this solution. This technology does not currently use...

Tags: Food, Open Source, Information Technology, NetSuite Inc., Computer Associates International Inc., iTrade Network, Meridian Project Systems, UC4, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-09-15

Stories that warrant watching: SPSS, HP, Acer, Google, SAP, Oracle, NetSuite

Wedding bells for a Chicago software firm Last week, IBM offered to pay $1.2 billion for SPSS, nee Statistical Package for the Social Sciences. SPSS was one of those niche firms with a lot of brilliant folks on board. They possessed a number of slick apps that...

Tags: Google Inc., Software-as-a-service, Hewlett-Packard Co., Oracle Corp., NetSuite Inc., SPSS Inc., SAP AG, Acer Inc., Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-08-03

Where's the tipping point for on-demand ERP?

NetSuite delivered a solid quarter, indicated it was gaining traction with its OneWorld ERP suite and took a few jabs at SAP's Business By Design. The larger question: Where's the tipping point for on-demand ERP? That question was raised by JMP Securities analyst Patrick Walravens. The tipping...

Tags: Revenue, On-demand, NetSuite Inc., SAP AG, ERP, Business, Design, McGeever, Managed Hosting, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Cloud Computing, Enterprise Software, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-31

NetSuite's second quarter better than expected

NetSuite on Thursday delivered second quarter financial results that were better than expected. The company also said it garnered higher prices. The company reported a second quarter net loss of $5 million, or 8 cents a share, on revenue of $40.3 million, up 10 percent from a...

Tags: NetSuite Inc., Jollibee, GAAP, Food & Beverage, Financial Accounting, Finance, Manufacturing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-30

NetSuite offers discount for green-friendly organizations

First, Symantec published some enterprise survey results suggesting that businesses are exploring software as a service SaaS as a green computing option. Now, on-demand business applications company NetSuite has tied some specific metrics to the trend. According to an "impact" study conducted for NetSuite conducted by Greenspace,...

Tags: NetSuite Inc., Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-07-27

Wedding Bells: NetSuite + OpenAir + QuickArrow

When PSA and SaaS Got BIG! Today, NetSuite announced it is buying QuickArrow, an Austin, Texas based PSA professional services automation vendor. This $20 million deal will put QuickArrow with OpenAir, another PSA solution that NetSuite acquired a little over a year ago. Click here for the...

Tags: Software-as-a-service, NetSuite Inc., OpenAir Inc., ERP, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Emerging Technologies, Enterprise Software, Software, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-07-22

SAP to bounce?

Larry Dignan pinged me to say the financial analysts are showing renewed interest in SAP with several positive comments on the likely outcome to its Q2 results, due for release on July, 29th: That take is a mixed bag in the things are less worse camp. The biggest argument...

Tags: NetSuite Inc., SAP AG, Tools & Techniques, Cloud Computing, Financial Planning, Enterprise Software, Management, Finance, Software, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-07-09

NetSuite vs. SAP ??? How Newton would see this contest

NetSuite vs. SAP ??? How Newton would see this contestCompetitionCompetition is certainly a good thing. That said, perhaps we can all learn a bit from Darwin rather than just focusing on diffuse motion that isn?t truly benefitting customers?.SAP is doing exactly what we?ve said we?d do, and we?re making...

Tags: NETWORKING, NetSuite Inc., SAP AG

Discussion threads 2009-07-02

NetSuite vs. SAP â€" How Newton would see this contest

Competition is a great thing. It forces even the biggest firms to become humbled. It makes innovation a necessity. It can lower pricing and expand markets to everyone’s benefit. Competition in the SaaS software as a service world of ERP got a little hotter this week...

Tags: Software-as-a-service, NetSuite Inc., SAP AG, Barron, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Emerging Technologies, Enterprise Software, Software, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-07-01

NetSuite + AdaptivePlanning = BPM disruption

This slipped under the radar but on June 10th NetSuite and AdaptivePlanning announced a marketing and integration partnership that will see NetSuite acting as a reseller for AdaptivePlanning's business performance management BPM solution. Why should this matter? So far, the saas/on-demand transaction app...

Tags: BPM, Business Performance Management, NetSuite Inc., Adaptive, Business Intelligence, Sales Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Sales, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-07-01

NetSuite turns in solid Q1 results

NetSuite turns in solid Q1 resultsGood results?Dennis,No disrespect, but I fail to see how you could possibly construe NS Q1 results as "solid" and constituting an "upward trend". Consider the following:Q2 revenue guidance below consensusFY 09 revenue guidance significantly below consensusSignificant decline of OneWorld as a percent of revenue,...

Tags: GAAP, Investment, NetSuite Inc., Q1 Results, revenue

Discussion threads 2009-06-23

A Real ROI from Twitter? The Start of Social Medical Networks

There may not be a big enough return on tweeting yet to report it to your CFO. But it won’t be long before there’s a clear, return on tweeting to report it to your doctor. Let’s say your daughter is suffering from autism, as is Sophie Nelson,...

Tags: Web, Zoho, Condition, Network, NetSuite Inc., ROI, Twitter, ChARMTracker, Development Platform, Storage, Social Networking, Channel Management, Databases, Hardware, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2009-05-22

News to know: Microsoft layoffs, Kindle, NetSuite, Skype, Tedx

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Microsoft starts second round of layoffs. More to come? Mary Jo Foley: Ballmer's layoff mail to the...

Tags: Google Inc., Layoff, Dana Blankenhorn, NetSuite Inc., Andrew Nusca, Skype Technologies S.A., Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows, Workforce Management, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Remote Access, Operating Systems, Software, Human Resources, Hardware

Blog posts 2009-05-06

NetSuite shares plummet day after report of "impressive" growth

Shares of NetSuite, which reported first quarter results yesterday, is taking a beating on Wall Street today, with shares plummeting nearly 20 percent in regular trading, despite the "impressive" growth that the CEO referenced in his earnings statement. First quarter revenue was up...

Tags: Revenue, NetSuite Inc., Operational Accounting, Finance, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-05-05

Netsuite reports Q1; CEO calls growth "impressive"

NetSuite, which makes Web-based business software, reported a first quarter net loss of $3.7 million, or 6 cents per share, on sales of $41.6 million, a 22 percent increase over the year-ago quarter. Excluding items, the company reported a first quarter profit of $1 million, or 2 cents per share....

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., NetSuite Inc., Software As A Service (SaaS), Sales Force Management, Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Sales, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-05-04

An ERP Product Line in 18 months? NetSuite and Rootstock did it

An ERP Product Line in 18 months? NetSuite and Rootstock did itSalesForce.com Link BrokenJust an FYI--Master JoeMove Over Legacy Applications - - - It's No ContestHaving launched one of the first ERP platforms for ERP in 2001, both we and our customers achieved economies of scale that our competitors couldn't...

Tags: Enterprise resource planning (ERP), ERP, Rootstock, NetSuite Inc., ERP Product Line

Discussion threads 2009-05-04