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Quick Com claims to have the only true, serverless,
peer-to-peer secure file sharing application in its e-Courier™ application. The
Java-based solution also offers guaranteed Quality of Service (QoS) and
simultaneous point-to-point delivery through multicasting. E-Courier supports a
variety of levels of security through encryption, including the ability to run
over Virtual Private Networks (VPNs).
The application automatically populates a user directory and
offers Presence Management, the ability to know when colleagues are online. It
works on any Java 2 platform and the vendor claims it is plug and play, with no
complicated set up.
The company also claims that a US-based industry association
with 500 member companies representing 2,500 users saved more than $1.6 million
dollars on Fax and postal services using the software.
Vendors like Quick Com are addressing a need for companies
to find a secure, guaranteed method of delivery for mass distributed materials.
While email is often used for such purposes, it is neither secure, nor
particularly reliable. Every businessperson gets spam on a daily basis, and
cutting through that clutter can be difficult. By implementing a dedicated file
distribution system, one-to-many file delivery can become more effective and
certainly more secure. In addition, the
one-to-one file-sharing burden can be taken off the internal email system using
such applications.
Others providing similar solutions include Yaga, Oculus
Technologies, and Texar.
There's more on other P2P companies and their applications
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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