SAN MATEO, Calif., July 19, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Oracle NetSuite
Global Business Unit, one of the world's leading providers of
cloud-based financials / ERP, HR, Professional Services Automation
(PSA) and omnichannel commerce software suites, today announced
that it has teamed up with the BRCA Foundation, a nonprofit created
to fund research for the prevention of "BRCA cancers," or cancers
believed to be caused by "broken" BRCA genes, to help launch a BRCA
registry project and help the BRCA Foundation gather information
relevant to its mission and organizational vision. A four-person
team from NetSuite, together with the BRCA Foundation, created
customizations in NetSuite to encourage participants to sign up for
the program and ultimately pass voluntary contact and demographic
data from a genomics testing partner to the BRCA Foundation, using
the NetSuite SuiteCloud development platform. This data will be
used to provide individuals with news and information about BRCA
cancers, and allow them to connect with potential studies in which
they may want to participate.
Established in 2016 by NetSuite Co-founder and NetSuite Global
Business Unit Executive Vice President of Development, Evan Goldberg, the BRCA Foundation was created
to accelerate research and foster collaboration to prevent and cure
BRCA cancers. BRCA1 and BRCA2 are genes that produce proteins that
help repair damaged DNA. For people who have a mutation in those
genes, DNA damage may not repair properly and are more likely to
develop additional alterations that can lead to cancer. A nonprofit
and a NetSuite customer, BRCA applied for pro bono services from
Oracle NetSuite Social Impact to help it establish a registry to
gather and share data to provide researchers with potential
participants they might use to conduct studies that will lead to
better treatment and preventative options.
"NetSuite has been incredibly helpful and supportive of our
mission every step of the way," said Gail
Fisher, Deputy Director of the BRCA. "It's amazing what
talented people can do with such a flexible platform. The registry
is going to go a long way in the fight against cancer and have a
huge impact on people with BRCA."
As a result of the project, the BRCA Foundation now has a button
on its website allowing volunteers to sign up for a genetic cancer
screening test from its genomic testing partner. If volunteers
choose, they can provide the BRCA Foundation with contact and
demographic data to be maintained securely within NetSuite. That
data can then be used in the fight against cancer, for example by
enrolling participants in clinical trials if they wish.
"This project was so gratifying to be a part of," said Jerome
Wi, Solution Consulting Manager at NetSuite and Project Manager for
Suite Pro Bono. "I got to lend my development skills to support a
project that will ultimately help to fight against cancer, all
while using the SuiteCloud development platform."
About Suite Pro Bono Program
Suite Pro Bono, a program
of Oracle NetSuite Social Impact, connects nonprofit and social
enterprise customers with NetSuite employees
who use their time and expertise to help organizations
accelerate their social impact. Since its establishment in
2013, Suite Pro Bono has provided close to 10,000 hours' worth of
services globally.
About SuiteCloud
NetSuite's SuiteCloud is a
comprehensive offering of cloud-based products, development tools
and services designed to help customers and commercial software
developers take advantage of the significant economic benefits of
cloud computing. Based on NetSuite, the industry's leading provider
of cloud-based financials / ERP software suites, SuiteCloud enables
customers to run their core business operations in the cloud, and
software developers to target new markets quickly with
newly-created mission-critical applications built on top of mature
and proven business processes.
The SuiteCloud Developer Network (SDN) is a comprehensive
developer program for independent software vendors (ISVs) who build
apps for SuiteCloud. All available SuiteApps are listed on
SuiteApp.com, a single-source online marketplace where NetSuite
customers can find applications to meet specific business process
or industry-specific needs. For more information on SuiteCloud and
the SDN program, please visit www.netsuite.com/developers.
About Oracle NetSuite Global Business Unit
Oracle
NetSuite Global Business Unit pioneered the Cloud Computing
revolution in 1998, establishing the world's first company
dedicated to delivering business applications over the internet.
Today, Oracle NetSuite Global Business Unit provides a suite of
cloud-based financials / Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), HR and
omnichannel commerce software that runs the business of companies
in more than 100 countries. For more information, please visit
http://www.netsuite.com.
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