The Panthius Enigma

Though I've glimpsed various mentions of Dublin based Panthius lately, from Joe Drumgoole, Silicon Republic and TechCrunch UK (may it rest in peace), I'm puzzled as to why this exciting new hosted e-Business Suite has earned such relatively little buzz on the blogosphere.

Care2 News Network thinks "it's quite an achievement for a small Irish startup". Vidblogcast is equally impressed - "these guys must have been writing this thing for years!" Well, actually it seems they have. Though they appear to have been in stealth mode until very recently the company is around since early 2004. How did they keep flying under the radar? Or more to the point why? Though they're now engaging with bloggers (an email from Director of Technology Robert O'Leary prompted this deeper look) you'd have to ask where is their own blog?

I know Robert has posted to Web2Ireland and while that's a good start surrogate blogging doesn't quite cut it for a product like this. Joe Drumgoole and Conor O'Neill have been blogging about their pre-launch startups - PutPlace and LouderVoice respectively - for months now, steadily building buzz and whetting the appetites of tech bloggers. Why not Panthius? They've got a very exciting service, it deserves much more commentary.

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