Paglo

Paglo was an IT Management SaaS company that provided a search engine for IT and logs. It was designed for IT professionals and Managed Service Providers (MSPs), and it allowed them to discover all of their IT data and solve computer, network, and user problems. The company was launched on November 19, 2007. It has since been bought by Citrix Online.

Paglo consisted of three key components: Paglo Crawler, Paglo Search Index, and Paglo UI. Users downloaded the open source Paglo Crawler to run on their network on any desktop computer or server. It crawled their network and IT assets and gathered information, which it then securely uploaded to each user’s private Paglo Search Index. Windows event logs were also collected via the Crawler and Unix logs were sent directly into the Paglo Search Index via Syslog-ng or Rsyslog.

Via a browser and the Paglo UI, users accessed their account to query their Paglo Search Index, to display the results as charts, lists, or tables. Users could save queries onto a Dashboard that continuously self-updated as the Crawler uploaded fresh data. Users could also save their queries and Dashboard views for the community to use. The company termed this communal aspect of Paglo, "Social Solving"

Paglo was headquartered in Menlo Park, California. The name Paglo is in honor of the fictitious, 17th-century Italian explorer, Francisco Paglo.

History

Paglo was founded in July 2007, after CEO Brian de Haaff and CTO Dr. Chris Waters led the successful sale of Network Chemistry's wireless security business to Aruba Networks (NASDAQ: ARUN). Paglo also includes two popular network troubleshooting and management tools developed by Paglo's founders, Packetyzer and RogueScanner.

The company was launched on November 19, 2007 and entered a private beta period in late January 2008. More than 800 companies used the Paglo service as part of the company’s early access program. A number of users declared that Paglo is "Google for IT." Others called Paglo a "Web 2.0 approach to IT" and a "revolution for IT administrators left in the Jurassic age."

On May 27, 2008 the public beta of service was opened. The Beta included a new and improved look, as well as community and “social solving” features that make it even easier for people to find answers to tough IT issues. The company also introduced the ability for the community to share searches, dashboards, and alerts through Paglo share-its and be recognized for their contributions.

In January 2009, the company released the GA version of the service and over the next few months added a number of applications including Inventory Management, Virtualization Monitoring, Network Monitoring, and Patch Management.

On June 30, 2009 the company released the first cloud-based log search engine. Users could use Syslog-ng or Rsyslog to send log data directly to Paglo.

In 2010, Paglo was acquired by Citrix Online. Its technology was integrated into the GoToAssist line of products.

Paglo community

IT professionals benefit from the wisdom of their peers. Searches, dashboards, and alerts can be instantly saved as a Paglo share-it, and can then be shared within a company or with the entire Paglo community. Share-its are categorized by type and contain the search syntax to answer a specific question or generate quantitative results. All users can take advantage of share-its and modify them to meet their specific needs. When a share-it is used, the returned information is based on the specific data in the user’s Search Index.

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