KineticGlue

KineticGlue is an enterprise social software. It is a private, social network for employees of an organization to collaborate on their day-to-day work. Apart from the social collaboration formats such as microblogs, blogs and discussions, KineticGlue also provides tools for formal, structural collaboration such as project and document management.

It is primarily offered as a SaaS (software as a service) application. Access to a KineticGlue network is locked to the email domains of an organization, making the network thus private and secure.

KineticGlue is the flagship product of KineticGlue Online Communities Private Limited, a company based out of Bangalore, India. As per a December 2010 article in Entrepreneur,^[1] KineticGlue is used by 600 enterprises in India on a trial or subscription basis.

History

KineticGlue was started in September 2008 by Vivek Paul, ex-CEO of Wipro and Meeta Malhotra, a marketing and branding professional. According to Vivek Paul,^[1] they ‘spent the summer and fall of 2008 just studying the market and conceptualizing the thought’. They built the initial, core development teams with engineers from Wipro and Neev Technologies.

On Dec 2010, KineticGlue announced its acquisition of Injoos, a Bangalore-based company building social media tools for the enterprise.^[2] The company was acquired by BMC Software in June 2013 for an undisclosed amount. ^[3]

Features

KineticGlue offers the following enterprise collaboration features:

People

• Rich profile with more than fifty attributes
• Calendar
• Photo album
• Sticky Notes
• Tasks
• People directory
• Direct messaging

Informal Collaboration

• Groups & subgroups
• Microblogs
• Replies and threaded conversations
• Multiple files & link sharing
• Central file share
• Discussion forums
• News (Blogs)
• Polls
• Announcements with rich-media enhancements
• Bookmarking
• Tags & smart tags

Structured Collaboration

• Project & task management
• Document management with version and access control options
• Events and schedules

Integration & Multi-modal access

• Cross-platform mobile application (works in iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, Windows and Symbian phones)
• SMS-based collaboration (two-way communication through SMS)
• Integration with Active Directory services
• Email-based collaboration

Security & Administration

• Domain locking
• Multiple administrators and moderators
• Content moderation
• User administration
• Role-based access

Use Cases

The case studies in KineticGlue's website indicate that the platform is used for varied purposes such as talent management to day-to-day collaboration:

• Connecting different branches and divisions in an organization
• Mentoring high potential employees
• Mapping talent to open positions
• Facilitating collaboration between front desk and back office
• Creating a business social network for marketing teams

Awards and Nominations

In the June 7, 2011 NASSCOM EmergeOut Conclave,^[4] KineticGlue was chosen as one of the Top 8 SaaS Applications from India,^[5] by a panel from Sequoia Capital, Frost & Sullivan and SAP.^[6]

Pricing

KineticGlue provides a free basic version of its social platform. Users can upgrade to the premium version, which is charged on a subscription basis.

See also

• Twitter
• Chatter
• Yammer
• Socialtext

References

External links

1. The Economic Times: KineticGlue is exactly what I wanted to do: Vivek Paul
2. The Economic Times: When does a CEO call another?
3. The Economic Times: KineticGlue buys start-up Injoos in all-stock deal
4. Entrepreneur magazine: Organization 2.0
5. NASSCOM blog: Announcing the Top 8 SaaS-Apps at EMERGEOUT Conclave in Chennai
6. Yourstory.in: Company Profile, KineticGlue: The Gel that lubricates a company’s operations.
7. NextBigWhat.com: KineticGlue Sells to BMC Software; Focus on Indian Market Was A Mistake Says Founder Vivek Paul