StrikeIron Integrates The StrikeIron Marketplace with NetSuite as Part of the NetFlex Applications Program
Allows NetSuite’s One System Users to Enhance Records With
Real-Time, On-Demand Data From the StrikeIron Web Services Marketplace
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC and SAN MATEO, CALIF., January 12, 2006 –
StrikeIron® Inc., the worldwide leader of Web services commercialization through
the StrikeIron Web Services Marketplace™, today announced that it has partnered
with NetSuite to deliver on-demand Web services as a value add to their
inaugural NetFlex Applications Program. The NetFlex Application platform goes
beyond other on-demand development environments by being the first to allow
third party applications to integrate rich transaction data – orders, inventory,
invoices and shipments – with their applications. For more information about the
NetFlex Applications Program, please visit www.netsuite.com/NetFlexapps.
Because NetSuite is the “system of record” spanning ERP, Ecommerce and CRM,
the range of applications built using its NetFlex environment is far more
powerful than applications built on stand-alone, point-product applications.
NetSuite’s order management, inventory management, shipping management, and
payroll and financial data are the lifeblood of most companies, and now such
data can be accessed for new Web services-based applications. By adding Web
services such as email and address verification, geocoding or credit card
validation companies can perform real-time data verification. In addition, data
enhancement eliminates the cost and headache of importing and exporting customer
data in and out of their CRM system.
StrikeIron is the leader in the commercialization of Web services through the
StrikeIron Marketplace, which is available as part of the StrikeIron Web
Services Business Network. It provides a complete self-publishing capability for
providers and a consistent and simplified authentication, subscription, and
management capability for users. This is an ideal solution for integration of
live data directly into real-time business processes to increase productivity
and lower costs. For example, in CRM applications, customer contact management,
data quality cleansing, and company competitive and financial data. Web services
can be used to implement live data feeds and eliminate the time consuming,
costly and error prone methods of bulk data importing, exporting and cleanup
resulting in greater productivity at a lower cost.
StrikeIron’s OnDemand for Excel add-in also enables drag and drop integration
of NetSuite’s Web Services API into Excel for a live look into the NetSuite
system via a spreadsheet. If desired, NetSuite’s Web services can be combined
with StrikeIron’s Marketplace Web Services within a spreadsheet to create an
extended, real-time view of NetSuite data combined with external data sources.
“We are very proud to be a NetFlex Application Program partner to bring
real-time, on-demand data integrity to NetSuite Customers,” said Bob Brauer,
president and CEO of StrikeIron. “Multiple Web services combined with our
pay-as-you-go model allows for greater flexibility, better cost efficiencies and
access to real-time data without the problems of traditional database
problems/issues such as updating, exporting and importing data.”
“NetSuite helps a company manage its core back-office/ front-office
processes. The NetFlex Application Program allows third-parties to leverage this
‘system of record’ to extend NetSuite into a host of important applications,”
said Zach Nelson, CEO of NetSuite. “StrikeIron’s Excel tool will allow customers
to interact with NetSuite data using a live spreadsheet. Combined with other
data services from the marketplace, this is a powerful tool for our
customers.”
About NetSuite
NetSuite enables companies to manage all key business operations in a single,
integrated system, which includes customer relationship management; order
management and fulfillment; inventory management; finance; ecommerce and Web
site management; and employee productivity. NetSuite is delivered as an
on-demand service, so there is no hardware to procure, no large, up-front
license fee, and no complex set-ups. Finally, NetSuite's patent-pending
"real-time dashboard" technology provides an easy-to-use view into role-specific
business information that is always up-to-date. For more information about
NetSuite, visit: www.netsuite.com
About StrikeIron
StrikeIron is the leader in providing innovative solutions for delivering data
over the emerging Internet. The company’s innovative Web Services Marketplace
provides a technology platform, micro-transaction management and a consistent
interface across many XML-based Web services from multiple, diverse sources.
This allows business users, application developers and enterprise IT
professionals to customize and integrate external data sources and additional
external functionality into enterprise, Web, and composite applications.
Currently, StrikeIron provides over 100 live data sources and business
functions from organizations such as Cortera, D&B, Gale, MapQuest, Midnight Trader,
Tax Data Systems, The Sports Network, and Zacks.
StrikeIron also offers IronCloud™, the only comprehensive Web services delivery
platform that opens up new channels for data distribution and consumption
through Web Services. Enterprises of all sizes can now reduce the cost and
complexity of managing the challenges of data distribution which include
leveraging an existing external hardware and software architecture, controlling
and metering access and usage, external monitoring for 24x7 reliability, full
usage analytics, as well as multiple authentication scenarios and instead
concentrate their focus on making information easier for partners, customers,
and distributed business units to access and use. StrikeIron delivers value to
over 1,500 customers and partners such as Avaya, BEA, Delivery.com, IBM, Honda
Europe, D&B, Siemens, Nike, Swarovski, ShoeBuy, and Exclusive Resorts. For
more information, visit www.strikeiron.com.
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Mei Li
NetSuite, Inc.
(650) 627-1063
meili@netsuite.com