Cloud Computing PSA Leader OpenAir Strengthens Footprint in Australia With New Strategic...

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Cloud Computing PSA Leader OpenAir Strengthens Footprint in Australia With New
Strategic Partner
AIPEX First System Integrator to Resell Cloud Computing PSA Suite in Australia






BOSTON and MELBOURNE, Australia, Aug. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- OpenAir, Inc., a
NetSuite Inc. (NYSE: N) company and a leading provider of cloud computing
professional services automation (PSA) and Services Resource Planning (SRP)
software, today announced that it has partnered with AIPEX to resell and
support OpenAir solutions in Australia.  This partnership is expected to help
bring the industry's leading PSA and SRP solution to Australian companies,
enabling them to manage their projects, resources, time and expense tracking,
and billing and invoicing processes in the cloud.  Recently OpenAir announced
a number of customer wins in Asia Pacific that included AIPEX, Waugh
Infrastructure Management, Fronde, and Matsco Solutions.

Partnering with OpenAir gives AIPEX an immediate presence in the rapidly
expanding cloud-based PSA industry, as well as the rights to sell and service
the premier PSA solution for mid-sized and enterprise companies.  Leveraging
its local presence and expertise in the enterprise services market, AIPEX
consultants can now specialize in promoting OpenAir solutions to key
Australian companies.

Furthermore, as a current customer of OpenAir, AIPEX has first-hand product
knowledge of the OpenAir suite and how it can help services businesses improve
utilization and project margins while reducing overhead costs.  AIPEX
leverages OpenAir as the core component of their SRP solutions.  With NetSuite
CRM integrated on the front end and NetSuite Financials on the back end, AIPEX
runs its core business in the cloud, leveraging automated workflows to reduce
errors and manual processes.

"The partnership between AIPEX and OpenAir has a great deal of synergy," said
Morris Panner, CEO at OpenAir.  "By bringing together two companies with
proven expertise in the enterprise market, the power of PSA and SRP can now be
extended even further into the Australian services industry.  I am excited to
see what we are able to accomplish together."

"AIPEX has worked on many projects in major enterprises in Australia and we
see a great need for better visibility, transparency and control of project
resources and costs," said Trevor Townsend, Director at AIPEX.  "OpenAir
allows companies to gain a firm grasp of their resource planning and forecast
needs, leading to higher utilization rates, reduced costs, and ultimately,
more effective outcomes for their projects.

To kick off the partnership, AIPEX will host a breakfast seminar on 1st
September 2009 at the Crown Complex in Melbourne.  Entitled
Simplicity>Transparency>Scalability, the seminar will demonstrate how global
businesses utilize OpenAir to optimize resource management and provide value
added services to their customers.  Specifically, Siemens PLM Software will
discuss how OpenAir has enabled the company to automate its global resource
management process by increasing utilization and improving delivery margins. 
For more information, please visit www.aipex.com.au/BreakfastSeminar.

About AIPEX
AIPEX provides clients with expert services and solutions that assist them in
improving their business through information technology investments.  AIPEX's
expertise is its most valuable asset; it is what is required to improve
business processes and ultimately business performance. Formed in 2000, AIPEX
has over 60 consultants and has offices in Melbourne and Sydney, Australia. 
AIPEX delivers quality services by developing its service capacity and
capability in line with forward technology trends and its clients'
requirement, focusing on staying ahead and reacting swiftly to market demands
and aligning itself with innovative partners.

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 80,000 active
users at over 650 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.




SOURCE  OpenAir, Inc.

Mei Li of NetSuite Inc., +1-650-627-1063, meili@netsuite.com, for OpenAir,
Inc., or Kelly Paszamant of OpenAir, Inc., +1-617-351-0232,
kpaszamant@openair.com
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