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May 17, 2013 Posted in Business 1 Comment

SuiteWorld Wrap-up – Part One

By Ben Kepes

My post-event thoughts from SuiteWorld are just too weighty for one post hence I’ll break up my analysis into two posts and give folks a chance to digest them over time. Here follows part one. I attended NetSuite’s global conference this year (disclosure – NetSuite contributed to my T&E to

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May 8, 2013 Posted in Business 1 Comment

Looking Forward to GoogleIO and SuiteWorld

By Ben Kepes

Next week sees me continue my US sojourn with stops at NetSuite‘s annual event SuiteWorld and the much-heralded Google developer event, GoogleIO. I’m going to write a compendium post about what I expect to see at these two very different events. Quick disclosure first – as is customary, Google and

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April 8, 2013 Posted in Business Leave a comment

NetSuite Smacks SAP and Microsoft–Remains Surprisingly (Or Not) Silent on Oracle

By Ben Kepes

Recently NetSuite CEO Zach Nelson made a number of comments about NetSuite competitors. The comments, part of the company’s Q4 earnings call, were aimed at convincing the marketplace that both SAP and Microsoft have stumbled in their attempts to move to the cloud. In an interview that reflected on the

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January 14, 2013 Posted in Business Leave a comment

Because Old School Retail is Dead–NetSuite Acquires Retail Anywhere

By Ben Kepes

Short version NetSuite’s acquisition of Point of Sale (POS) vendor Retail Anywhere creates a powerful offering that allows retail businesses to compete in the face of a challenging environment. Long version NetSuite recently acquired Retail Anywhere, a provider of multi-channel retail management solutions designed to improve the retail customer experience.

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October 17, 2012 Posted in Business 2 Comments

Netsuite Introduces Billing and Subscription Service

By Ben Kepes

At the NetSuite SuiteWorld conference held earlier this year, CEO Zach Nelson announced that the company would begin to provide some billing and subscription functionality into their platform. Billing in the services based world is an immense nightmare, others have delved into intricate detail of the reasons why this is

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May 21, 2012 Posted in Business 1 Comment

SuiteCommerce and the Value of End To End

By Ben Kepes

At the NetSuite SuiteWorld event recently [Disclosure: NetSuite funded my travel and accommodation to attend] the company announced SuiteCommerce an end-to-end solution that ties back end ERP functionality with customer facing e-commerce solutions that are optimized across any endpoint – desktop, mobile, tablet etc. It’s a compelling proposition and one which

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May 8, 2012 Posted in Business 2 Comments

SuiteWorld-Looking Back, Looking Forwards

By Ben Kepes

Next week sees me winging my way, albeit briefly, to San Francisco to take part in the annual NetSuite user conference, SuiteWorld. It will be the third time I’ve been to the event, and it’s always a great chance to catch up with colleagues, talk with NetSuite customers and partners,

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April 26, 2012 Posted in Business 2 Comments

NetSuite Earnings Call Summary

By Ben Kepes

High level; Record Q1 Revenue of $69.3 Million, a 30% Year-over-Year Increase Recurring Revenue Grows 27% Year-over-Year to $58.0 Million Non-GAAP Net Income Grows 116% Year-over-Year Operating Cash Flow Grows 58% Year-over-Year to $10.6 Million Interestingly NetSuite made a Q1 loss of $7.7M, the exact same loss as in Q1

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October 11, 2011 Posted in Business Leave a comment

Analyst Relations–Contrasting Salesforce, NetSuite and Oracle

By Ben Kepes

I’ve spent a great deal of time over the past years exploring the world of enterprise software and cloud – two distinct areas that are tending towards a greater and greater intersect. In my journey of discover I’ve been fortunate that, as well as lots of conversations with customers, I’ve

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May 2, 2011 Posted in Business Leave a comment

Looking Forward to SuiteWorld

By Ben Kepes

In a week or so I’ll be making my regular trans-Pacific commute to the Bay Area, this time I’ll be attending NetSuite’s first ever user conference, SuiteWorld. As Vinnie pointed out, this is; NetSuite’s first global customer event. You have to admire their discipline – many vendors have one even

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