KineticGlue is an enterprise social software

Enterprise social software

Enterprise social software , comprises social software as used in "enterprise" contexts. It includes social and networked modifications to corporate intranets and other classic software platforms used by large companies to organize their communication...

. It is a private, social network

Social network

A social network is a social structure made up of individuals called "nodes", which are tied by one or more specific types of interdependency, such as friendship, kinship, common interest, financial exchange, dislike, sexual relationships, or relationships of beliefs, knowledge or prestige.Social...

 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

Saas

SAAS is an abbreviation for* Social Accountability Accreditation Services* Software as a service * Student Awards Agency for Scotland* Seattle Academy of Arts and Sciences* South Australian Ambulance Service...

 (Software as a Service

Software as a Service

Software as a service , sometimes referred to as "on-demand software," is a software delivery model in which software and its associated data are hosted centrally and are typically accessed by users using a thin client, normally using a web browser over the Internet.SaaS has become a common...

) 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

Bangalore

Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...

, India. As per a December 2010 article in Entrepreneur, KineticGlue is used by 600 enterprises in India on a trial or subscription basis.

History

KineticGlue was started in September 2008 by Vivek Paul

Vivek Paul

Vivek Paul is an Indian-born businessman and founder of Akansa Capital, an India-focused Private Equity Fund. He is also a Consulting Professor of Radiology at Stanford University. Mr. Paul founded , a cloud software company in the enterprise social media space...

, ex-CEO of Wipro

Wipro

Wipro Limited formally Western India Products Limited is a global IT services and consulting company headquartered in Bangalore, India. As of 2011, Wipro is the second largest IT services company by turnover in India and employs more than 120,000 people worldwide as of March 2011...

 and Meeta Malhotra, a marketing and branding professional. According to Vivek Paul, 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

Wipro

Wipro Limited formally Western India Products Limited is a global IT services and consulting company headquartered in Bangalore, India. As of 2011, Wipro is the second largest IT services company by turnover in India and employs more than 120,000 people worldwide as of March 2011...

 and Neev Technologies.

On Dec 2010, KineticGlue announced its acquisition of Injoos, a Bangalore-based company building social media tools for the enterprise.

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

Talent management

Talent management refers to the skills of attracting highly skilled workers, of integrating new workers, and developing and retaining current workers to meet current and future business objectives. Talent management in this context does not refer to the management of entertainers...

 to day-to-day collaboration

Collaboration

Collaboration is working together to achieve a goal. It is a recursive process where two or more people or organizations work together to realize shared goals, — for example, an intriguing endeavor that is creative in nature—by sharing...

:

• 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

NASSCOM

The National Association of Software and Services Companies of IT software and services related activities for use of both the software developers as well as interested companies overseas....

 EmergeOut Conclave, KineticGlue was chosen as one of the Top 8 SaaS Applications from India, by a panel from Sequoia Capital

Sequoia Capital

Sequoia Capital is a Californian venture capital firm located on Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park, California. The Wall Street Journal has called Sequoia Capital "one of the highest-caliber venture firms", and noted that it is "one of Silicon Valley's most influential venture-capital firms"...

, Frost & Sullivan

Frost & Sullivan

Frost & Sullivan, Inc. is an American firm which provides market research & analysis, growth strategy consulting and corporate training services. Its headquarters are located in San Antonio, Texas, with offices in over 20 countries across the world....

 and SAP

SAP AG

SAP AG is a German software corporation that makes enterprise software to manage business operations and customer relations. Headquartered in Walldorf, Baden-Württemberg, with regional offices around the world, SAP is the market leader in enterprise application software...

.

Pricing

KineticGlue provides a 30-day free trial, followed by a subscription model of pricing.

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. Your Story: Company Profile, KineticGlue: The Gel that lubricates a company’s operations.