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Date Posted: 11/18/2008

Consulting Firms Choose OpenAir for Growth and Cost Benefits


New Customers in the Consulting Industry Validate Growing Demand for SaaS Professional Services Automation Software to Better Manage Resources and Projects
 
 
BOSTON, Mass. – November 18, 2008 – OpenAir, Inc., a NetSuite Inc. (NYSE: N) company and a leading provider of on-demand professional services automation (PSA) software, today announced the latest customers from the consulting industry to choose OpenAir's on-demand professional services software to automate project management and resource management. The growing list of new customers is a testament to the value OpenAir has brought to these businesses by allowing them to do more with less. By using OpenAir, these companies have reduced IT costs and kept their workforces lean and nimble, thus improving their bottom lines.

For example, EpikOne chose OpenAir to manage consultants' time across multiple projects and forecast their future availability. Solusoft integrated OpenAir with its NetSuite system to ensure that consultants aren't over-booked or under-utilized. BioPharm selected OpenAir to have better visibility into key financial metrics. Finally, OpenAir helps APTEC manage growth while reducing costs. For more information about OpenAir customers, please visit www.openair.com/customers.html.

New Customer Wins

The new customers from the consulting industry referenced above are the latest in a growing list of consulting firms that have adopted OpenAir in recent months—a list that includes firms like Novations Group, PRTM and Marketbridge. In addition, EpikOne and Solusoft are also NetSuite customers who chose OpenAir to take advantage of the full NetSuite Services Resource Planning (SRP) solution, the industry's first and only on-demand business management software suite for the overall management of a professional services business. For more information about NetSuite SRP, visit: www.netsuite.com/srp

EpikOne (www.epikone.com), based in Burlington, Vt., is a global analytics consultancy specializing in web analytics consulting, website optimization, and online marketing services. A NetSuite user since 2005, EpikOne recently chose OpenAir for project management, resources management, forecasting and human resources (HR). It plans to integrate OpenAir solutions with NetSuite to automate back-office operations such as billing and expense reimbursement and reporting.

"Because of the number of clients our consultants work with at any given time, managing their time and forecasting future availability was very challenging across the various disparate applications we use," said Rebecca Becker, Managing Director, EpikOne. "We found a solution in OpenAir that provided project management processes, resource management and financial forecasting, as well as basic HR functionality all in one customizable easy-to-use interface. We looked to OpenAir to solve one of our biggest challenges and found that OpenAir solved four."

Solusoft (www.solusoft.com), based in Panama with additional offices in Puerto Rico and Florida, is a business-consulting and technology services company servicing the northern Latin America and Caribbean region with IT-enabled solutions that optimize operations and increase revenue and profitability. Solusoft has been a NetSuite customer since 2003 and recently integrated OpenAir with NetSuite via the SuiteFlex platform to increase the performance of the company's projects, resources and revenue forecasting. The integrated NetSuite-OpenAir solution gives Solusoft access to a real-time dashboard that provides metrics across its entire business portfolio and creates a comprehensive cradle-to-grave view of all client relationships.

"What our new OpenAir environment delivers is full visibility into every customer project and all the time commitments of every one of our 45 consultants," said Glenn Tjon, Managing Director, Solusoft. "As a result of OpenAir, which we have now integrated with our NetSuite system of record for accounting and CRM, we can ensure that consultants are not over-booked or under-utilized, that project managers always have access to the resources they need to be successful, and that our revenue streams are always recognized, realized, and recorded."

BioPharm Systems (www.biopharm.com), founded in 1995, is an information technology company that provides implementation, consulting and application hosting services to the clinical trials industry. BioPharm Systems recently chose OpenAir to have better visibility into the key financial metrics needed to manage its 40 consultants.

"Our company has been looking for a web-based time and expense entry system to replace the use of spreadsheets," said Alex Sefanov, Founder and CEO, BioPharm Systems. "We decided to take our company to the next level and implement a PSA solution to assist us with resource management, more accurate billing, and integration with Salesforce.com and QuickBooks, and to provide better visibility into our operations by tracking key performance indicators (KPIs). We issued an RFP, and compared several PSA systems. OpenAir was a clear winner with robust functionality, intuitive user interface, and excellent support. We will be going live in about two weeks, and are very excited about new opportunities that OpenAir will open for us."

APTEC LLC (www.aptecllc.com), based in New York, N.Y., is a technical consulting firm that provides services to improve insight into business operations, mitigate risk, and enable organizations to increase their growth capacity. APTEC selected OpenAir recently to automate its service delivery operations as the company prepares for significant growth and expansion in 2009 and beyond.

"OpenAir provides a comprehensive, user friendly and affordable platform for the management of professional services in the areas of project management, time and expense reporting, and invoicing," said Aaron Perry, President, APTEC. "We are excited about the move to OpenAir, which is a critical component of the 'high-speed/low drag' infrastructure necessary to support our company."

About OpenAir

OpenAir, Inc., a NetSuite Inc. company, is a leading provider of Software as a Service (SaaS) services automation software. Offering both professional services automation (PSA) and project portfolio management (PPM) solutions, OpenAir provides project-based organizations and firms the tools they need to grow their businesses quickly and profitably. Providing enterprise-level functionality for businesses of all sizes, OpenAir has more than 42,000 active users at over 300 world-class firms using the software to better capture billable time, manage projects and resources and bill customers. Coupled with a team of highly experienced consultants from some of the world's leading services firms, OpenAir's services automation solutions drive higher profits through improved utilization, visibility and data collection. To learn more, please visit www.openair.com
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