Comments on: Klir Closing http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2007/08/01/klir-closing/ One foot in the muck, the other in utopia Tue, 22 May 2012 15:13:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: 3 Important Things from the Microsoft Management Summit 2011 http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2007/08/01/klir-closing/comment-page-1/#comment-343661 3 Important Things from the Microsoft Management Summit 2011 Fri, 25 Mar 2011 16:44:13 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2007/08/01/klir-closing/#comment-343661 [...] Windows Server, Dynamics, and SharePoint) is knowledge-base served up as a SaaS – something klir (RIP) and Splunk have played around with – to make this kind of collaborative IT management work, you [...] [...] Windows Server, Dynamics, and SharePoint) is knowledge-base served up as a SaaS – something klir (RIP) and Splunk have played around with – to make this kind of collaborative IT management work, you [...]

]]> By: Coté's People Over Process » 3 Important Things from the Microsoft Management Summit 2011 http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2007/08/01/klir-closing/comment-page-1/#comment-343658 Coté's People Over Process » 3 Important Things from the Microsoft Management Summit 2011 Thu, 24 Mar 2011 22:19:41 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2007/08/01/klir-closing/#comment-343658 [...] Server, Dynamics, and SharePoint) is knowledge-base served up as a SaaS – something klir (RIP) and Splunk have played around with – to make this kind of collaborative IT management work, [...] [...] Server, Dynamics, and SharePoint) is knowledge-base served up as a SaaS – something klir (RIP) and Splunk have played around with – to make this kind of collaborative IT management work, [...]

]]> By: Coté's People Over Process » GoToManage – Citrix Buys Paglo – Quick Analysis http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2007/08/01/klir-closing/comment-page-1/#comment-341468 Coté's People Over Process » GoToManage – Citrix Buys Paglo – Quick Analysis Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:08:40 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2007/08/01/klir-closing/#comment-341468 [...] SaaS angle: only a handful of IT Management vendors try this approach, and most seem to slink away (or worse). Citrix Online says this purchase will expand their GoTo portfolio, building on their mid-market [...] [...] SaaS angle: only a handful of IT Management vendors try this approach, and most seem to slink away (or worse). Citrix Online says this purchase will expand their GoTo portfolio, building on their mid-market [...]

]]> By: People Over Process » AccelOps All-in-One IT Management http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2007/08/01/klir-closing/comment-page-1/#comment-332084 People Over Process » AccelOps All-in-One IT Management Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:48:55 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2007/08/01/klir-closing/#comment-332084 [...] memories of 2003!). For the vendors, the SaaS model hasn’t been a proven slam-dunk - witness the demise of Klir and the lack of SaaS options from the so-called Little 4 crew. That said, I’m the last person [...] [...] memories of 2003!). For the vendors, the SaaS model hasn’t been a proven slam-dunk – witness the demise of Klir and the lack of SaaS options from the so-called Little 4 crew. That said, I’m the last person [...]

]]> By: People Over Process » ManageEngine adds SaaS http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2007/08/01/klir-closing/comment-page-1/#comment-299119 People Over Process » ManageEngine adds SaaS Wed, 25 Feb 2009 23:22:33 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2007/08/01/klir-closing/#comment-299119 [...] startup called Klir tried to sell an IT management as a SaaS offering, but their VCs shut them down before they had much of a chance to try it out wide-scale. FiveRuns started down this path, but then went off the rails (hey-o!). There’s also Paglo [...] [...] startup called Klir tried to sell an IT management as a SaaS offering, but their VCs shut them down before they had much of a chance to try it out wide-scale. FiveRuns started down this path, but then went off the rails (hey-o!). There’s also Paglo [...]

]]> By: Jay Godse http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2007/08/01/klir-closing/comment-page-1/#comment-289501 Jay Godse Sun, 01 Feb 2009 17:24:41 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2007/08/01/klir-closing/#comment-289501 SaaS is the way to go. It is easy to buy because there are usually no capital expenses up front (e.g. servers, software licenses, installation). It's usually pay as you go, and it is an operating expense. If you run low on cash, you can usually ratchet back without huge penalties. It is good for providers too because it provides a recurring revenue stream. It's a lot easier to plan a business around recurring revenue streams. Working for a SaaS provider is better too because if you have to host/operate the software that you write, you will be more concerned with quality. Also, you will have motivation to deliver small amounts of value frequently so that you can continuously and smoothly improve cash flow. This is contrasted against writing software for software product companies which deliver on death-march deadlines and then fire redundant developers after the software is released. Google's offering is interesting because it is really inexpensive (at the high end) or free (at the low end). SaaS is the way to go. It is easy to buy because there are usually no capital expenses up front (e.g. servers, software licenses, installation). It’s usually pay as you go, and it is an operating expense. If you run low on cash, you can usually ratchet back without huge penalties.

It is good for providers too because it provides a recurring revenue stream. It’s a lot easier to plan a business around recurring revenue streams.

Working for a SaaS provider is better too because if you have to host/operate the software that you write, you will be more concerned with quality. Also, you will have motivation to deliver small amounts of value frequently so that you can continuously and smoothly improve cash flow.

This is contrasted against writing software for software product companies which deliver on death-march deadlines and then fire redundant developers after the software is released.

Google’s offering is interesting because it is really inexpensive (at the high end) or free (at the low end).

]]> By: People Over Process » IT Management for The Big Switch - Mid-afternoon Speculation and Blue-skying http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2007/08/01/klir-closing/comment-page-1/#comment-129136 People Over Process » IT Management for The Big Switch - Mid-afternoon Speculation and Blue-skying Tue, 08 Jan 2008 20:38:37 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2007/08/01/klir-closing/#comment-129136 [...] that. People like FiveRuns inherently have this, but the IT Management as SaaS providers out there are getting harder to find. I know BMC has it stuffed in a closet somewhere, but only because I used to work on it. New people [...] [...] that. People like FiveRuns inherently have this, but the IT Management as SaaS providers out there are getting harder to find. I know BMC has it stuffed in a closet somewhere, but only because I used to work on it. New people [...]

]]> By: People Over Process » Paglo Briefing - Search over your IT Junk, and hosted/SaaS too http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2007/08/01/klir-closing/comment-page-1/#comment-109406 People Over Process » Paglo Briefing - Search over your IT Junk, and hosted/SaaS too Wed, 05 Dec 2007 18:19:03 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2007/08/01/klir-closing/#comment-109406 [...] Thus, Paglo is a SaaS IT Management offering - a rare find now-a-days, along with FiveRuns, Service-now.com, NetCraft’s Versiera, and BMC’s Service Desk Express as the only ones that immediately spring to my mind…RIP Klir? [...] [...] Thus, Paglo is a SaaS IT Management offering – a rare find now-a-days, along with FiveRuns, Service-now.com, NetCraft’s Versiera, and BMC’s Service Desk Express as the only ones that immediately spring to my mind…RIP Klir? [...]

]]> By: People Over Process » Microsoft System Center Essentials http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2007/08/01/klir-closing/comment-page-1/#comment-56103 People Over Process » Microsoft System Center Essentials Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:42:04 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2007/08/01/klir-closing/#comment-56103 [...] options along with handing off scaling hassle to Microsoft would be appealing to SCE customers. (Recently shut-down Klir is in the area, so there’s a freshly available talent pool [...] [...] options along with handing off scaling hassle to Microsoft would be appealing to SCE customers. (Recently shut-down Klir is in the area, so there’s a freshly available talent pool [...]

]]> By: Open Sourcing Discontinued Software - Fate of Klir’s IP « FR Test Blog http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2007/08/01/klir-closing/comment-page-1/#comment-54829 Open Sourcing Discontinued Software - Fate of Klir’s IP « FR Test Blog Fri, 10 Aug 2007 20:42:36 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2007/08/01/klir-closing/#comment-54829 [...] company that’s shuttering operations: Klir Technologies (see Cote’s blog on the closing here) which begs the question of what should happen to a company’s intellectual property when it shuts [...] [...] company that’s shuttering operations: Klir Technologies (see Cote’s blog on the closing here) which begs the question of what should happen to a company’s intellectual property when it shuts [...]

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