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Infoworld brings a special report on the evolution of P2P with lots of Groovy details.
P-to-p's next frontier ?
Mobile, wireless apps may present a solid peer-to-peer opportunity for enterprises.
"You put crypto providers at the edge of the network ... really pump up the level of encryption," agrees Michael Helfrich, vice president of applied technology for Groove Networks, which is also developing p-to-p technology to support mobile and wireless applications. "We decided early on that the best decentralized security architecture leverages smart clients, allowing them to ride on dumb networks."
Dancing with peer -to-peer
As p-to-p begins to play new roles, enterprises will need to learn new steps
The lack of centralized control in pure p-to-p systems scared off many enterprises from deploying the technology, but with a number of hybrid p-to-p models now available, companies can choose systems that allow a measure of control while still offering the benefits of p-to-p's decentralized nature -- benefits that extend far beyond desktop-to-desktop collaboration.
Putting peer-to-peer in place
At GlaxoSmithKline, Groove proves to be the right peer-to-peer prescription
"Presence is going to be huge on an ongoing basis in terms of how people are going to interact in the future on a much more synchronous way," says Rob Batchelder, research director at Gartner in Stamford, Conn. "That's one of the hidden benefits that's going to come out of this peer-to-peer stuff -- people are going to increasingly use presence and weave presence into their business processes." 
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