iPhone gets NetSuite CRM and ERP apps
This capability is called SuitePhone. Although the iPhone is yet to appear outside the US, it is expected to arrive within a few months in the UK and NetSuite has confirmed that UK customers will be able to take advantage of the compatibility.
The iPhone is one of the most heavily hyped gadgets to date. Although it has caused the greatest stir in the consumer sector, many businesses have begun considering its applications in the enterprise sector.
NetSuite has made use of the fact that Apple has integratedsupport for Ajax web development standards into the iPhone. Apple claims that developers can create web applications using Web 2.0 standards that will work just as well as applications that have beenwritten natively for the iPhone.
The NetSuite services that will become usable through the SuitePhone application include enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM) and e-commerce functionality. NetSuite 2007.0 is currently being rolled out to existing customers and will be made available to new customers in August.