Partnership with Open Orchard to Provide First and Only Integrated On-line
Business Application for Small and Medium Enterprises in the UK
LONDON, Oct. 31, 2002 -- NetLedger, a leading provider of application software,
has joined forces with Open Orchard, a new BT-backed UK software solutions
provider for small to mid-tier businesses, in an exclusive partnership
to bring NetLedger`s widely-used online business management services to
the UK market.
These new services include NetSuite, an easy-to-use business application
which manages key business processes including financials, customer relationship
management, purchasing and e-commerce. The partnership also brings NetCRM
to the UK market. NetCRM is a customer relationship management (CRM) service,
integrating complete sales force automation, marketing management and customer
support functionality in a single on-line offering. The new services will
be available to UK businesses from January 2003.
Today`s announcement combines the distribution strength of Open Orchard
with NetLedger`s award-winning applications services. Open Orchard is a
BT-backed venture chartered to deliver business services and applications
to small and mid-sized companies. With more than 5700 customers, NetLedger
is the leading provider of on-line business applications to small and medium
enterprises. In addition to NetSuite and NetCRM, NetLedger`s products also
include the Oracle(r) Small Business Suite.
There are approximately 3.7M businesses in the UK and the majority of these
still buy separate, expensive software packages to run and manage their
business. Historically, the cost associated with running and integrating
data from these incompatible systems is high. Because of this separacy,
the software infrastructure utilized by many companies does not allow business
processes to run seamlessly across front and back office functions.
To address this, Open Orchard and NetLedger have joined forces to bring
the NetCRM and NetSuite products to the UK market. These products are
aimed at giving businesses a totally integrated set of processes that allows
them to focus on improving customer satisfaction, reaching new markets,
and improving business efficiency.
Zach Nelson, President of NetLedger, said: "We are thrilled to have Open
Orchard as our first partner outside the United States. We share a common
belief that the best-of-breed business application to run small and midsize
companies is an integrated suite."
Yvonne Thomas, CEO of Open Orchard added; "NetLedger`s credentials in the
US, coupled with their award-winning suite of solutions, make them an ideal
partner for us to deliver on our proposition to supply mid-tier businesses
with big business advantage."
Today`s announcement combines the distribution strength of Open Orchard
with NetLedger`s award-winning applications services. Open Orchard is a
BT-backed venture chartered to deliver business services and applications
to small and mid-sized companies. With more than 5700 customers, NetLedger
is the leading provider of on-line business applications to small and medium
enterprises. In addition to NetSuite and NetCRM, NetLedger`s products also
include the Oracle(r) Small Business Suite.
For more information contact:
Claire Candler
The RED Consultancy
+44 (0)207 465 7787
openorchard@redconsultancy.com
Mei Li
NetLedger
(00 1) 650/627-1063
meili@netledger.com
About NetSuite
NetSuite enables companies to manage all key business operations in a single,
integrated system, including customer relationship management; sales and
marketing; customer support; accounting and payroll; warehousing and product
assembly; Web store and Web presence; and employee productivity. And, NetSuite
is delivered as an online service, so there is no hardware to procure,
no large, up-front license fee, and no complex set-ups. Companies can be
up and running on NetSuite in a matter of minutes.
NetSuite has been designed to be easy to use. Additionally, users can access
it anywhere and anytime, further increasing ROI. It provides graphical
portal views to the application called "dashboards" that are organized
according to needs of the user accessing the system. A warehouse worker
view would concentrate on products to be shipped and received. The sales
view would focus on the leads to be called today and performance against
quota for the quarter. Finally, a manager`s view would graphically aggregate
data summarizing the performance of their group.
About NetCRM
NetCRM is designed to automate all "front-office" customer interactions
- from marketing, to sales, to support, to account management. The new
CRM service includes important features such as sales order management,
marketing automation, customer support automation, and partner relationship
management. Users of NetCRM can easily upgrade to NetSuite to obtain a
completely integrate front-office/back-office solution.
About Open Orchard
Launched in 2002, Open Orchard is a new BT-backed venture dedicated to
bringing big business advantage to businesses of all sizes by delivering
high-value software solutions with minimum total cost of ownership. Open
Orchard is committed to helping all businesses to achieve the back office
and front office efficiencies available to larger Corporations, without
the need for an expensive, complex Information Technology (IT) and Business
Process infrastructure.
Through its unique business model, Open Orchard has joined together with
world class IT partners to offer businesses best-of-breed software applications,
which can be cost-effectively and rapidly deployed and whose benefits can
make an immediate and tangible impact on any business.
For more information on Open Orchard, visit the company`s website at www.openorchard.com
or call 0845 602 3832.
About NetLedger, Inc.
Founded in 1998, NetLedger, Inc. is a leading provider of application software
for small and mid-sized businesses. In addition to NetLedger Advanced Accounting,
NetCRM and NetSuite, NetLedger`s products also include Oracle Small Business
Suite, which has won many prestigious industry awards, such as the PC Magazine
Editors` Choice Award in 2001 and 2002; PC World Best Bets 2001; PC World
2001 World Class Award; Forbes.com Best of the Web 2001 and 2002; and Upside
Hot 100 2002. NetLedger also provides enhanced, integrated solutions through
its strategic partnerships including Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO), Paytrust,
and Innovative Merchant Solutions. The company currently has more than
5,500 companies using its products and the company`s investors include
Larry Ellison, StarVest Partners L.P., ADP and PaineWebber. For more information
about NetLedger visit www.netledger.com.
NetLedger is based in San Mateo, Calif. (USA).
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