Comments on: Why Hasn’t the Buyout Begun? http://www.zhen.org/blog/2004/10/30/why-hasnt-the-buyout-begin/ Business, Technology and Other Things Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:56:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: jlz http://www.zhen.org/blog/2004/10/30/why-hasnt-the-buyout-begin/#comment-71 jlz Mon, 13 Dec 2004 22:10:35 +0000 /?p=22#comment-71 This is very true. Most of the customers we encountered had home grown solutions. The problem is that a lot of times the cost of maintaining the software as well as adding features (once you have something, people's gonna want more) becomes very expensive. Wrt to #1, can you elaborate on "full log analysis system" mean? This is very true. Most of the customers we encountered had home grown solutions. The problem is that a lot of times the cost of maintaining the software as well as adding features (once you have something, people’s gonna want more) becomes very expensive.

Wrt to #1, can you elaborate on “full log analysis system” mean?

]]> By: SwS http://www.zhen.org/blog/2004/10/30/why-hasnt-the-buyout-begin/#comment-70 SwS Mon, 13 Dec 2004 18:53:36 +0000 /?p=22#comment-70 The issue with this market is that a lot of customers are willing to accept "good enough" solutions, including many home-grown scripts and systems. So while the various technologies provide clear value, there is a tendency to either 1. demand of individual security vendors to provide a full log analysis system 2. write a lot of perl scripts by hand to get the job done. Between #1 and #2, it is difficult to develop a vibrant market with clear winners. The issue with this market is that a lot of customers are willing to accept “good enough” solutions, including many home-grown scripts and systems. So while the various technologies provide clear value, there is a tendency to either 1. demand of individual security vendors to provide a full log analysis system 2. write a lot of perl scripts by hand to get the job done. Between #1 and #2, it is difficult to develop a vibrant market with clear winners.

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