Jul 17

iPhone BusinessThe Apple iPhone is not directly marketed or sold sold as a business device although some small businesses have found it useful in accessing customer, sales and financial data.  NetSuite is a software company that has worked directly with Apple in making their online customer relationship management software accessible on the Safari browser.  This on-demand enterprise resource planning and e-commerce solution now works with Apple’s iPhone Safari browser.

Even though Mozilla’s Firefox and Microsoft’s Internet Explorer have supported NetSuite, Safari had lagged behind, mostly due to it not supporting DHTML, advanced JavaScript, cascading style sheets and AJAX.  This has all changed now that the iPhone has shipped.

According to NetSuite, the browser is now capable to support small and media sized businesses with 50 to 500 employees, complete access to their vendor’s services.  They attribute the Apple iPhone’s success with their system due to its large screen and crisp browser.

There are a few more hurdles for the iPhone to become a better option for businesses.  AT&T lacks a business plan for its iPhone and service.  Several small business owners are saying that if AT&T were to change their policy on the business plans, then it would be an easy decision to go with the iPhone for their employees.  Via Information Week.

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