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AppLocation Joins NetSuite's SuiteFlex Developer Program
NetSuite ERP Set to Go Mobile with LBS Location Awareness
SAN MATEO, Calif. and VICTORIA, British Columbia – November 2007 –
AppLocation Systems, Inc. announced that it has become a member of NetSuite’s SuiteFlex Developer Program. By extending NetSuite’s One System Architecture with web-based wireless location awareness and integration capabilities, it’s now easier than before to find inventory in the supply chain by “going mobile.”
“Our carrier grade MOBILEFusion™ platform links location sensitive data from telco networks to ERP applications such as inventory, billing and order entry,” said AppLocation President Gary Hartwig.
The convergence of location sensitive technologies such as RFID, GPS and location based services (LBS) requires a next generation wireless plug and play platform to drive easy, affordable adoption of asset location for supply chain logistics. The SuiteFlex Development platform goes beyond other on-demand development environments by allowing third party applications to integrate transaction data – orders, inventory, invoices and shipments – with their applications.
“We bring rich mapping, location-sensitive data, business logistics and supply chain visibility plus mobility intelligence into transaction data,” said Hartwig. “SuiteFlex enables us to build workflows for common business PDAs that look and operate as if NetSuite’s own developers wrote them. This is a good fit both for our products and for our clients.”
In an interview with Fierce Wireless, Nov. 1, 2007, Andrew Seybold, one of the most respected and influential analysts in the wireless industry said the convergence of RFID, GPS and LBS is a key driver in enterprise mobility. He said enterprise solutions are not about one location-aware technology or another but rather about all of them being embedded in the applications that enterprises use to beat their competitor. “RFID is coming to every cell phone,” said Seybold. “If you take RFID, GPS and LBS and put them all together, and look at all of the applications that the enterprise uses, I think all of those technologies are going to play in one form or another.”
Hartwig agrees and feels AppLocation is well positioned to assist mid-size firms integrate location-enabled mobility devices directly to their NetSuite ERP.
Because NetSuite holds critical business data of a company – orders, invoices, Web site transactions, shipping records, time tracking and payroll data – the applications that are built on it using SuiteFlex provide key tools for managing the company’s business. AppLocation’s MOBILEFusion platform allows real-time data from a variety of sources to be linked directly to NetSuite applications from wireless devices. Mobile locating and integration extends the range of business applications enhanced workforce mobility, and efficiency, which directly relates to improved transaction times and can create a competitive advantage.
AppLocation uses its expertise in carrier-grade, location-based services and its web-based MOBILEFusion™ platform to track assets wirelessly, improving its clients’ logistic and supply chain business decisions on land, on water, and in the air – utilizing the latest technology in CDMA/GPRS/Satellite devices, mapping, sensors, RFID, RTLS and wireless network management.
About SuiteFlex and NetSuite’s Developer Program
SuiteFlex is an application development platform that enables the creation of third-party vertical applications within NetSuite, as well as business process customization for any end-user company. SuiteFlex includes several industry technology advances and innovations including additions to SuiteScript – which allows for on-demand programming using only a web browser on a device with Internet access. As a part of SuiteScript, NetSuite introduced Suitelets and SuiteScript UI Objects, allowing customers and third-party developers to build new workflows and applications that can look and operate as if NetSuite's own developers wrote them. In addition, SuiteFlex introduces a new concept for the Software as a Service market — "Service as Software," SuiteBundler — to deliver new integrated vertical solutions by packaging their Suitelets and other extensions with NetSuite's core ERP/CRM/Ecommerce application. SuiteBundler enables solution providers to embed their industry-best practices, knowledge and applications — traditionally delivered as one-off services — into the actual NetSuite application for verticals in a repeatable fashion.
About NetSuite
NetSuite Inc. is a leading vendor of on-demand, integrated business management application suites for small and medium-sized businesses. NetSuite enables companies to manage core key business operations in a single system, which includes Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), and Ecommerce. NetSuite's patent-pending "real-time dashboard" technology provides an easy-to-use view into up-to-date, role-specific business information.
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Contact: Mei Li
NetSuite Inc.
650/627-1063
meili@netsuite.com