Business Software

The Internet has become pervasive in our daily life and cloud computing is the newest offering as service over the ubiquitous Web. Cloud computing has been considered as a much hyped phenomenon in the IT and business world promising to deliver a host of benefits.

NetSuite Inc., a provider of cloud-based business software, has announced details of a special London-based event designed to help UK and European-based professional services firms and workgroups leverage the power of cloud computing solutions to survive and thrive in the current challenging economic environment.

This event, 'A Cloud Computing Wake-Up Call for Professional Services," will take place July 8 at One Whitehall Place, London, from 3 to 6:30 PM. To register for this complimentary event, please click here.

This event will highlight the strategies and best-practices from the cloud computing playbooks of a number of leading companies, including Accenture (News - Alert), Siemens, Lloyd's Register and NetSuite. Saideep Raj, NetSuite CEO, Zach Nelson, and Accenture Partner will be speaking on directions for professional services of the company.

All professional services leaders interested in learning how to leverage cutting edge cloud technology for professional services automation (PSA) and services resource planning (SRP) to reduce costs, increase utilization, improve the quality and transparency of customer interactions and provide visibility into their services business operations can take part in this event.

Services leaders will walk away from the seminar with new actionable knowledge, including:

--Methods to ease the organizational strains of a widely-distributed and remote workforce

--Techniques to improve employee utilization, increasing billable accounts and enhancing corporate value

--Cloud-computing technologies that seamlessly integrate multiple subsidiaries, languages, currencies and time zones to drive greater efficiency throughout widespread organizations

--Concrete examples of cloud computing business applications that support financial services, business consulting, professional services, software, creative and technology companies to reduce overhead and increase profitability and growth

--New approaches to business intelligence, including analytics and interactive dashboards that allow services businesses to make proactive, informed decisions and address key issues before they become problems

Earlier this month, NetSuite (News - Alert) announced the release of the NetSuite Manufacturing Edition, a manufacturing suite designed to enhance agility and visibility of small and medium-size businesses.