Business Software

Cloud-based business software provider NetSuite has announced that numerous customers of Microsoft Dynamics GP have switched over to NetSuite's (News - Alert) 21^st Century cloud computing solution.

 

These customers include companies such as Healthcare IP Partners, Cover-All Technologies, Intermountain Soft Water, Advocacy Center of Louisiana, Max Katz Bag Company and Blinc.

The companies switched over to NetSuite's business software because it offered "superior reporting and analytics, freedom from costly server maintenance, improved financial performance, and easier SOX compliance," according to company officials.

NetSuite's comprehensive solution combines enterprise resource planning (ERP), accounting, customer relationship management (CRM) and Ecommerce capabilities in a single cloud application.

Healthcare IP Partners said that it adopted NetSuite to improve real-time financial visibility to its business partners. Company officials said that superior transactional drill-down and faster access to key facts and figures made NetSuite the obvious choice.

Ann Massey, CFO at Cover-All Technologies, said that they required SOX compliance as a public company. "We also needed a system that has disaster recovery capabilities."

Massey said that the company had a lot of silos and mismanagement because it didn't have everything in one place. "When we moved to NetSuite we accelerated our closing period from two weeks all the way down to four days."

Advocacy Center of Louisiana switched from Microsoft (News - Alert) Dynamics GP to NetSuite, because it needed a solution with greater disaster recovery protection. 

"NetSuite is better than Dynamics GP in almost every way," said John David Felt, CIO at Advocacy Center. "The interface is far superior and easier to use. The reports look better and are easier to create, and the system is faster."

Greg Reyneke, general manager at Intermountain Soft Water, said that after migrating to NetSuite's comprehensive Web-based solution, "we discovered the intuitive simplicity of relationship marketing with NetSuite."

Max Katz Bag Company said that the high costs and demands of Microsoft Dynamics GP ownership pushed the company to look for a better approach, which it found in the NetSuite cloud-based solution.

Blinc Inc said that it was looking for a full-spectrum enterprise solution vendor that could offer ease-of-use, responsiveness, and flexibility. "I've had enough experience with Great Plains to know that you have to write programs every time you want to do something. With NetSuite every report I need is already there, and more," said Lewis Farsedakis, CEO at Blinc.

NetSuite is a provider of on-demand, integrated business management software for growing and mid-size businesses. Recently, the company announced that it won three CODiE awards for 2010, more than any other vendor.