LogLogic Eases Compliance Efforts

Company:

Headquarters: San Jose, Calif.

Technology Sector: Security

Key Product: Open Log Management Platform

Year Founded: 2002

Number of Channel Partners: 3,500 worldwide

Ideal Channel Partner: Enterprise-focused solution providers

Why You Should Care: LogLogic takes complex log data and turns it into something manageable.

The Lowdown: As its name suggests, Loglogic touts its line of log management tools as a great way to survive grueling compliance audits.

But while compliance mandates, such as PCI, HIPAA and Sarbanes-Oxley drive the lions' share of LogLogic's business, the offering also lends itself to better security and network performance optimization, executives said.

"This is ideal for companies or government agencies with hundreds of thousands of logs to store in one place," said Vince Schiavo, LogLogic senior vice president of global sales.

Specifically, LogLogic's Open Log Management Platform has the ability to collect and consolidate copious amounts of log data into one easy-to-use repository, executives said, which enables enterprise IT administrators to have a comprehensive view into the entirety of their network via a simple, browser-based user interface.

That information can in turn be used by enterprise customers as a tool in regulatory compliance audits and litigation as well as analyzing network performance issues.

Enterprise companies -- $500 million companies and up -- are the sweet spot, as well as federal government organizations with complex logs, numerous databases and massive amounts of log data that require monitoring, executives said.

Unlike competitors, the Open Log Management Platform can install quickly, and doesn't require many additional vendor-provided professional services.That's where partners come in, executives said.

Instead, partners can take the lead on their own consulting, installation and monitoring services -- such as network security forensics and PCI compliance policy management -- which ultimately will increase their own margins, add value and increase customers ROI, executives said.

"We turned the company over to the channel, running all business through the channel, even deals where we do most of heavy lifting," Schiavo said. "We let our partners drive professional services revenue. Then they're more excited about working with us."