For myself I have been trying to summarize Groove's appeal, promise, and functionality. I took their propaganda, reworded some, re-ordered it a bit, added an observation or two...
Selective telepathy?
Right out-of-the-box direct connections when you are ready.
Bring remote people and information together to get your work done faster and easier. All you need to work with other Groove users is access to the Internet.
Consultants, freelancers and home-office workers, whose value is often created in solitude NOW have also a ready means for collaboration, without heavy investment in infrastructure.With little cost and no headaches Groove Workspace puts the power of collaboration with selected collegues on the PC desktop of each.
Original productivity from specialized applications or tool suites can be copied to a common file archive, ready for sharing. Instant or delayed messages can carry attached files with no threat of digital virus infection. Such files won't be mistaken by email filters or trashed by antivirus guardians.
Offline availability
Freelancers and consultants are frequently on the move. With Groove you can work in a hotel room or on a plane without worrying about saving your information or getting it to the people you work with: Groove automatically saves your work and synchronizes your changes with those of your Groove contacts when next you reconnect to the internet.This same functionality allows you to keep your work laptop and home PC(s) automatically in synch.
Rich interactive joint functionality
Email is fine for sending messages but for projects that require more Groove offers: real-time doc review & editing, group PowerPoint presentations, meeting management, project set-up and tracking, group scheduling, and much more including XP 11 MS Office applications.
Superior security
Without a corporate budget, individuals can't afford the kind of protection companies take for granted. Groove changes all that, providing industrial-strength security that you never have to think about because it's always on, protecting your content and conversations on your hard-disk and moving over the Internet. And, spam is excluded.
Groove Workspace sits on your PC, not a Web site or server, so there's no special configuration or set-up required. You don't have to contend with crashing email servers, mailbox size limits, or snooping ISPs reading your messages.
Your own private network running unseen over the internet, without tedium.
Dodging firewalls and avoiding restriction by the general run of IT departments, this cyber courier service lets you OWN your communications.
The Low-Cost Groupware and VPN Alternative
A better way to work with mobile employees, remote clients and customers at a fraction of the cost of enterprise collaboration solutions.
