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Industry innovators and market-leaders are turning to NetSuite to fuel their business growth each day. After all, its cloud-native architecture makes it easy to scale and integrate with other software, while its comprehensive set of modules and 3rd party SuiteApps allow for businesses to create a specialized system, tailored for specific industry requirements. Although lower costs and ease of integration are among the many reasons businesses are turning to NetSuite, the new requirements for managing cloud applications, IT services and delivery models can present unique challenges throughout all phases of implementation and post-production support. If your organization recently made the investment in NetSuite, you need to make sure you have the right strategy, resources, and support plan in place in order for your business to thrive. Below we’ve outlined two of the most common support options for NetSuite customers including the pros, the cons, and which  business IT scenarios each option is best suited for.

Implementing (or upgrading) a new ERP (enterprise resource planning) system is not a decision to be taken lightly. In fact, for most organizations, the implementation of a new ERP system is one of the most stressful and disruptive initiatives the business can take on. As you evaluate your ERP options on the market, the system’s ability to scale with your organization’s growth, increase efficiency, and drive down costs are all equally important factors to keep in mind. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’re probably familiar with the latest ERP craze— cloud. If your organization is considering making the transition to cloud ERP, you’re in good company. A growing number of companies are moving to the cloud in an effort to drive cost-savings and increase scalability and business agility. Businesses are increasingly turning to NetSuite, the #1 cloud business software on the market, to fuel their business growth and streamline critical business operations.

As the backbone to many market-leading companies, JD Edwards is one of the strongest, most reliable ERP systems on the market today. However, for many business executives they continue to question if they’re consistently taking advantage of JD Edwards to solve their current technology needs. In a recent interview, Lyle Ekdahl, Oracle’s Senior Vice President and General Manager, said “The strength of digital technologies―mobile, analytics, cloud―doesn’t lie in the technologies individually. Instead, it stems from how companies integrate them to transform their businesses.”

NetSuite is packed with value and provides the system capabilities that all companies need to manage their financial, operational and sales activities, and its use of innovative technology allows companies to gain efficiencies and automation like never before. If you’ve made the leap to cloud ERP and invested in the market-leading system called NetSuite, but you may be overwhelmed with what to do next. There are a few things that you need to know in order to optimize NetSuite, streamline your business processes, manage IT costs, and improve employee productivity. Below, we’ve outlined the 4 things that you need to know about getting started in NetSuite in order for your organization to get the full value out of your NetSuite investment.

As businesses move their business-critical data to the cloud, hybrid cloud architecture, which supports an organization’s data in both public and private cloud environments, is being embraced as a strategic middle-ground for many organizations. For some industries, hybrid cloud is a temporary solution―a stepping stone―as enterprise applications are deliberately and carefully moved to the cloud; for others it’s a more permanent solution due to a variety of business requirements.

Recent updates to NetSuite's SuiteCloud Platform have been called a "Developer's Nirvana" by some, but how do these enhancements benefit NetSuite partners and customers?

For most organizations, leveraging cloud applications provides a significant competitive advantage by allowing them to achieve business agility, scalability, global expansion, and customer intimacy.  However, on-premise iSeries-based JD Edwards customers have generally been limited in their ability to pivot quickly with applications, not to mention they continue to be at risk given the ever-shrinking talent pool for quality iSeries professionals.

As database technologies change, companies’ data requirements are changing too, and it’s no longer a one-cloud-fits-all situation. Whether it’s industry regulations, compliance issues, or simply a lack of resources, there’s no shortage of data challenges out there. Public and private cloud provide very different solutions.

On February 28, a simple typo from Amazon Web Services stalled roughly 150,000 sites for hours, hobbling countless companies around the world. The mishap hit brands like Airbnb, Business Insider, Expedia, News Corp, and many other major global companies, stalling productivity for those businesses as well as all those who rely on their services. To say the least, it was a rough day for AWS and the many, many organizations its services touch.

To say that the winds of change have transformed today’s IT department just doesn’t seem to quite cover the ongoing metamorphosis that mobile, cloud, big data, and the Internet of Things have brought about.