NetSuite appoints new board member

NetSuite, a US-based vendor of on-demand, integrated business management software suites, has appointed Edward Zander to its board of directors. In addition to his board service, he will also serve on the compensation committee and the nominating and governance committee of the board.

Mr Zander was most recently chairman of the board and CEO of Motorola. Before joining Motorola in 2004, he spent 15 years with Sun Microsystems, rising to president and COO.

In addition to his key leadership roles with Motorola and Sun, Mr Zander was managing director of private equity fund Silver Lake Partners, vice president of marketing at Apollo Computer, and an engineering and marketing executive with Data General.

Zach Nelson, CEO of NetSuite, said: "We are really thrilled to have Ed join our board, and I am personally excited to have the opportunity to work with him again. Cloud computing is the convergence of telecommunications, advanced data center capabilities, and great web-native software. Ed's incredible background and track record in all of these areas will bring enormous benefits to NetSuite as we bring the promise of cloud computing to businesses worldwide."

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