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Groove Networks – Workgroup Collaboration

Updated December 11, 2001

Groove is a suite of P2P capabilities, each of which is offered by any number of standalone competitors. What makes Groove special is the interoperability of the applications and its enterprise-friendly security features.

 

Groove offers tools for voice and text chat and instant messaging, integration with Microsoft’s NetMeeting video conferencing application and MS Office, file sharing and collaborative editing, a shared calendar, and the ability to work on documents even when offline and have changes collated. It also features secure communications and role-based access rights management. Groove 1.0, released in April, improved on the original beta release by including support for a wider range of firewalls and reduced resource requirements. Version 1.1, released in July, features an enhanced user interface, enhanced message history, and several shared space enhancements. Of special interest to network administrators, Groove Enterprise Network Services (ENS) permit businesses to centrally manage Groove licenses, security, usage, and components.

 

There's more on Groove in Part 2 of CTOMentor's peer-to-peer white paper: Peer-to-Peer Computing and Business Networks: More Than Meets the Ear, Part 2 – How Are Businesses Using P2P? Part 2 is available at MindCrossing for a fee of $50. Part 1 - What is P2P? is available for free at CTOMentor.


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