Dieselpoint: Described in a Fuzzy Manner
April 29, 2011
A quote from the MartinButler Research “fact with opinion piece” “Dieselpoint” states
“Dieselpoint is something of a Porsche in the Enterprise Search space. It is very fast, well-engineered, doesn’t carry much excess weight, and its text based searching technology can be made to satisfy almost any search requirement.”
Though the Porsche reference is a somewhat unconventional comparison, to most it sounds like this company deserves a closer look. At first glance the Dieselpoint Web Site seems routine but upon taking a closer look one can’t help but notice that it does not list any current information or events within the last several years but they claim to be a leader in their field. This article says some great things about Dieselpoint but it ultimately leaves more questions than answers. Questions such as “What type of system does Dieselpoint offer??” and “What type of moderate prices and options do they offer?” come up. With more questions than answers it may be that this “Porsche” may be parked on the shoulder of the information superhighway.
Check out our Overflight profile of Dieselpoint. Quiet seems it.
Stephen E Arnold, April 29, 2011
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If the Porsche is parked then the CEO was less than truthful with me when I spoke with him in March – don’t shoot the messenger.
[…] Important – Arnold IT is suggesting that Dieselpoint is ‘parked’ – read into that what you will. If this is true then our conversation with the CEO of Dieselpoint in March was misleading to say the least. If it is not true then the statement from ArnoldIT is slanderous and Dieselpoint should take appropriate action. The posting on ArnoldIT is here. […]
Steve,
Don’t you think you should actually call me before you publish a piece like this? Had you done so, I could have told you that Dieselpoint is far from “parked”.
Both 2009 and 2010 were record years for us, with our highest revenue ever. Dieselpoint has been consistently growing over the last several years with a steady stream of new customers, and continuing revenue from customers who have been with us for several years.
Dieselpoint’s current business model is that we service a small number of large customers, most of which were direct sales. Yes, we are “quiet”, as you say. Feeding the bloggers and the industry publications isn’t part of the marketing model. We’re not loud because we don’t need to be. We turn away five or six smaller or other unqualified customers a week as it is, and don’t need to be doing more.
Granted, we don’t update the site very often, but again, it’s not the primary mechanism by which we acquire customers.
I think you’ll find that most of the high-end enterprise solutions do not publish the “moderate prices and options … they offer”. And I think that if you bother to read the site, you’ll find the answer to your other question, “What type of system does Dieselpoint offer?”.
I will also give you a preview of what we have coming. For the last two years, our core development staff has been heads down developing a new way of delivering the Dieselpoint functionality. It’s a very big deal for us. Part of it involves the OpenPipeline software we open-sourced a few years ago, and part it involves the cloud. We’re not ready to announce, but it will be big news in the industry.
And when that happens, maybe we’ll feed the bloggers. And maybe they’ll even call us before they write about us.
Chris Cleveland
CEO, Dieselpoint, Inc.