The Australian Financial Review and NetSuite Unveil the Future for Business Transformation and the Cloud Landscape

Join The Australian Financial Review and NetSuite CEO Zach Nelson in Sydney and Melbourne for the NetSuite Cloud 2012 Tour

You're invited to an exclusive forum on Tuesday, 9th October in Sydney or on Thursday, 11th October in Melbourne, featuring The Australian Financial Review and a panel of industry leaders sharing strategic insights into the future of cloud computing.

Join NetSuite CEO Zach Nelson to explore the current approaches, findings and real-world experiences of cloud adoption and the advancement of the next generation of cloud computing—Commerce as a Service. Discover how leading B2B and B2C Australian companies use cloud technology to transform operations, simplify the commerce experience across all touch points and increase profitability.

Hear The Australian Financial Review unveil new C-Level research conducted in conjunction with Frost & Sullivan that investigates the key challenges facing Australian organisations, including the consumerisation of IT and the growth and demand for multi-channel operations for businesses.

Whether you are transitioning to the cloud or advancing to the next level, this forum offers strategic insights that can help you make the most of your cloud investment.

You'll learn how to:

• Implement the cloud now to deliver faster time-to-market, time-to-action, and greater organisational agility and competitiveness
• Gain insights from C-level executives on the competitive advantage their cloud solutions are providing today
• Transform your customer experience by delivering a seamless cross-channel experience across all customer touchpoints, including mobile, PCs, brick-and-mortar stores, tablets, social platforms, and phones
• Streamline operations by integrating order processing with critical business processes from fulfillment, to financials, sales and customer service
• Grow multi-channel sales with real-time visibility of all customer transactions and interactions across any sales channel, international market, and business model.

Agenda

Keynote Speakers

Zach Nelson
Chief Executive Officer
NetSuite Inc.

Zach Nelson is an accomplished software industry executive and visionary with more than 20 years of leadership experience. His career began with executive positions in marketing, sales, product development and business strategy at some of the most influential and innovative technology companies, including Oracle, Sun Microsystems and McAfee/Network Associates.

CEO of NetSuite since 2002, Nelson led the company's successful IPO in 2007 and its rise from startup to a slate of over 12,000 active companies and subsidiaries. Under Nelson's leadership, NetSuite has grown substantially year-over-year to become one of the industry's leading cloud computing companies. He was named one of the 10 Visionary CEOs of 2008 by InternetNews.com.

Nelson holds a patent in the field of application integration, and has several others pending approval. He holds B.S. and M.A. degrees from Stanford University.

Beverley Uther
Head of Research
Australian Financial Review Business Intelligence

Beverley has over 15 years experience in qualitative and quantitative research, in the business and consumer markets with a particular focus on banking, IT and retail and research among business decision-makers.