Leading Enterprise Developers Embrace NetSuite Cloud Platform
Ariba, Citrix Systems, Concur Technologies, Pitney Bowes, Callidus Software and Yammer To Bring New Apps to NetSuite's SuiteCloud Computing Platform
SAN MATEO, Calif., May 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- NetSuite Inc. (NYSE: N), the industry's leading provider of "cloud-based" financials / ERP software suites, today announced the latest enterprise-class developers joining with NetSuite to bring new applications designed specifically to leverage the SuiteCloud development platform. These companies, which include Ariba, Citrix Systems, Concur, Yammer and Callidus Software, are among the largest and most influential names in enterprise computing and strengthen the already extensive roster of independent software developers (ISVs) announcing the development of NetSuite Applications, or SuiteApps, for NetSuite's cloud development platform.
NetSuite's SuiteCloud is a comprehensive offering of cloud-based products, development tools, and services designed to help customers and commercial software developers take advantage of the significant economic benefits of cloud computing. The complete SuiteCloud offering includes NetSuite's multi-tenant, always-on SaaS infrastructure; the NetSuite Business Suite of applications for Accounting/ERP, CRM and Ecommerce; and comprehensive development tools to create cloud-based business applications on top of NetSuite.
"The companies signing on to the NetSuite SuiteCloud are among the biggest, best, and brightest in enterprise computing and cloud thought leadership," said Zach Nelson, NetSuite CEO. "By working with these firms, NetSuite ensures that all of our users can benefit from the newest innovations in high-end enterprise computing, delivered with the economies of scale only the cloud can provide."
Among the enterprise ISVs joining NetSuite are:
-- Ariba (NASDAQ: ARBA), the leading provider of collaborative business
commerce solutions. Through the Ariba® Commerce Cloud, NetSuite users
can seamlessly buy and sell products and services, and manage their cash
more efficiently and effectively than ever before. Through Ariba,
NetSuite corporate users will have access to an international community
of over 500,000 global businesses who use the Ariba Network to
collaborate around key commerce activities, with streamlined generation
of purchase orders, sales orders, and invoicing. In addition, Ariba
makes it easier for NetSuite customers to prepare quotes and proposals
for other participants in the Ariba Commerce Cloud.
-- Callidus Software (NASDAQ: CALD), leader of sales performance management
solutions. The NetSuite and Callidus partnership brings integrated sales
performance to the cloud, providing solutions that manage the talent
lifecycle for sales professionals to maximize sales effectiveness. The
partnership maximizes the benefits of NetSuite's market-leading platform
and Callidus' on demand Monaco solution to enable businesses to
seamlessly drive sales effectiveness as part of their CRM and ERP
investment.
-- Citrix Systems (NASDAQ: CTXS), leaders of the virtual computing
revolution. Citrix's OpenCloud Access SaaS identity and access
management product allows enterprise IT administrators to easily
integrate cloud applications into the enterprise directory, and make the
management of user accounts on cloud computing platforms a seamless
extension of the enterprise provisioning/ de-provisioning process.
"Citrix recognizes NetSuite's leadership in cloud applications, and
believes that supporting NetSuite for this type of enterprise directory
integration, benefits both existing Citrix customers using the NetSuite
platform, as well as existing NetSuite customers looking for a single
sign-on and identity management product for their environment," said
Sunil Potti, VP of Product Marketing for Citrix. "The new NetSuite
connector gives enterprises using Citrix technologies and subscribing to
NetSuite the seamless access and user management benefits."
-- Concur (NASDAQ: CNQR), leaders in travel and expense management. By
announcing new integration between Concur's expense management solution
via SuiteApp for SuiteCloud, Concur's enterprise platform remains
available to enterprise customers who choose NetSuite as their ERP
system of record. The SuiteApp makes Concur data available from within
NetSuite, pairing the power of Concur's best-of-breed travel & expense
management solution with the extensive NetSuite platform.
-- Pitney Bowes (NYSE: PBI) Pitney Bowes is a global technology company
that provides software, hardware, and services to integrate
communication channels and enable revenue growth. As a corporate-backed
Ecommerce venture, Pitney Bowes Ecommerce Solutions offers market-proven
solutions for international Ecommerce. Pitney Bowes' Ecommerce SuiteApp
permits leading retailers to sell to international customers, solve
international Ecommerce challenges, and grow their international
business.
-- Yammer (http://www.yammer.com), providers of enterprise social networking that
offers a secure way for employees to communicate, collaborate and share
information more easily and efficiently than ever before. With the new
Yammer SuiteApp, key business events or updates in NetSuite become
content in a user's Yammer activity feed, enabling more real time
collaboration with coworkers around the business processes managed and
tracked in NetSuite.
For more information about SuiteCloud, SuiteApps and NetSuite's SuiteCloud Developer Network, please visit http://www.netsuite.com/suiteapp. Members of NetSuite's SuiteCloud Developer Network will be represented in force at SuiteWorld 2011, the company's flagship user conference for customers, partners, and developers taking place May 8-12, in San Francisco.
For more information about NetSuite, please visit http://www.netsuite.com. Follow NetSuite's Cloud blog, NetSuite's Facebook page and @NetSuite Twitter handle for real-time updates
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