NetSuite

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After a public breakup, former NetSuite partner Skyytek has filed suit, highlighting the new channel tensions posed by SaaS.

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Brian Keare stares at a complex dashboard on his Mac all day long, watching sales and inventory flow in and out of his small company in southern California. "Who would have thought that a finance guy like me would be on a Mac?" says Keare, CFO of Circle of Friends, which sells baby bath products.

NetSuite is taking a cue from rival Salesforce.com's playbook with a new developer network and online application marketplace.

NetSuite is launching a new software suite for multi-channel retailers on Wednesday.

NetSuite could get a sales boost from a new channel deal with Hewlett-Packard.

On-demand business software vendor NetSuite is trying to grab CRM (customer relationship management) customers from its rival Salesforce with an aggressive discount offer.