EXCLUSIVE-Netsuite targets SAP, Oracle-source
* NetSuite adds product targeting corporations - source
* NetSuite software links with Oracle, SAP - source
* NetSuite shares rise 2.5 percent
(Adds shares, analyst comment, background)
By Jim Finkle
BOSTON, April 13 (Reuters) - NetSuite Inc (N.N) has developed programs targeted at large corporations, a person familiar with the strategy said, in an effort to move the software maker beyond the small- to mid-sized business market.
The person, who requested anonymity since the products have not been announced, said NetSuite wants to sell the software to divisions of large corporations that use software from SAP AG (SAPG.DE) and Oracle Corp (ORCL.O).
To date, the company has focused on products for small- to medium-sized companies (SMBs). But NetSuite is eager to get a slice of the enterprise market as corporations account for the bulk of sales of business application software, which researcher Gartner estimates at about $89 billion a year. Continued...



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