NetSuite Oracle has established a boundary to delineate the target markets for the company's channel and direct sales force. The threshold outlined during this week's partner kickoff at NetSuite SuiteWorld was 1,500 employees. Below that, it's the field of NetSuite and its VARs; above that the territory the Oracle direct sales force.

Except for a handful of changes, this year's SuiteWorld conference will be pretty much like the past editions. Those changes are it's in Las Vegas, Nev., not in California for the first time, starting Monday, April 24; CEO Zach Nelson is gone, and, oh yeah, Oracle acquired the company last year.

Doug Kennedy has done well with his career at NetSuite. Kennedy joined the cloud-based company in May 2015 as VP of global systems integrators. He made the cut after Oracle acquired NetSuite in July and in March became VP of business development and partner strategy for Oracle's Marketing Cloud Division.