Fujitsu-Microsoft cloud floats to Australia

Australia will be one of five countries initially targeted for a hybrid cloud based solution announced overnight by Fujitsu which allows organisations to use Microsoft Windows Azure components, but choose where their data is located. For Australian clients that means they can choose to keep their data in Australia – overcoming the data sovereignty issue that has held many back from a holus bolus race to the cloud.
 

Concur hooks into TripIt data

Travel itinerary data stored in TripIt can now be accessed by Concur's expense claim software.
 

Adobe adds electronic signature services to portfolio through EchoSign acquisition

Adobe has acquired EchoSign, an electronic signature provider.
 

NetSuite Expands Power of NetSuite OneWorld to address global accounting and tax compliance

NetSuite Inc. (NYSE: N), the industry’s leading provider of cloud-based financials / ERP software suites, today announced that it has expanded the global power and ease of implementation of NetSuite OneWorld by adding new default accounting and tax compliance capabilities to provide out-of-the-box support for the needs of businesses in 12 additional countries across EMEA (Europe, Middle-East and Africa) and Asia-Pacific. More global businesses in these regions can now benefit from compliance with local transaction tax requirements, including out-of-the-box country-specific tax reports and fully detailed audit trails for their subsidiary operations while reaping the benefits of NetSuite OneWorld, the world’s first and most powerful cloud ERP suite for global business management and financial consolidation. For more information about NetSuite OneWorld, please visit http://www.netsuite.com/oneworld.
 

NetSuite Q1 2011 Financial Results YoY 21% Increase

* Record Q1 Revenue of $53.4 Million, a 21% Year-over-Year Increase * Recurring Revenue Grows 20% Year-over-Year to $45.8 Million * Non-GAAP Net Income Grows 52% Year-over-Year * Calculated Billings Grows 30% Year-over-Year * Record Quarterly Operating Cash Flow of $6.7 Million
 

NetSuite Achieves Top Professional Services Automation Software Ranking - Again

NetSuite Inc. (NYSE: N), the industry's leading provider of cloud-based financials / ERP software suites, today announced that for the third consecutive year NetSuite leads the Professional Services Automation market as companies using NetSuite's OpenAir professional services automation (PSA) and services resource planning (SRP) software are among the highest performing when evaluated side-by-side against peer organisations. According to the SPI Research 2011 Professional Services Maturity Benchmark Report, NetSuite owns 20 percent of the market share, while the closest competitor has only 12 percent. To receive a complimentary copy of the full report, visit http://www.openair.com/Whitepapers/268.
 

NetSuite Rescues More Companies from Microsoft Great Plains

NetSuite Inc. (NYSE: N), the industry’s leading provider of cloud financials / ERP software suites, today announced the latest Microsoft Dynamics GP (commonly known as Great Plains) customers to abandon Microsoft Dynamics GP/Great Plains in favor of the cloud-based, flexible functionality of NetSuite.
 

NetSuite Holds Cloud Computing Seminars in Sydney and Melbourne

NetSuite is holding breakfast seminars on the latest Cloud Computing and SaaS strategies for finance and accounting professionals on Wednesday, 13 April in Sydney and Friday, 15 April in Melbourne.
 

Netsuite and Informatica Partner to Deliver First Cloud Two-Tier ERP Solution for Global Enterprises

NetSuite Inc. (NYSE: N), the industry’s leading provider of cloud-based financials / ERP software suites, and Informatica (NASDAQ: INFA), the world’s number one independent provider of data integration software, today announced a strategic partnership to deliver the first cloud computing-based solution for deploying two-tier ERP systems.
 

NetSuite and Informatica team for two tier ERP

Cloud based ERP provider NetSuite has inked a partnership with data integration specialist Informatica which it hopes will help it sell two tier ERP systems - where an on premises ERP system in head office is fed data from cloud based ERP systems used in subsidiaries or branch offices.