Outsourcing Models

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P2P Collaboration Software Groove
Networks Discovering P2P by Michael Miller
(ISBN 0-7821-4018-1)
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Imagine that you have the biggest project of your
life. You were named product manager for your
company and you are working with partners across
four different organizations located on three
continents and in five time zones. The challenge
is to connect these diverse resources. How do you
manage this project and get up to speed
immediately? Enter Groove Networks.
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Groove Networks History

• Ray Ozzie founded Goove in October 1997
• Rays inspiration for Groove came after watching
  his son play Quake, an on-line video game, with
  this friend across the Internet
• Ray began to understand that his son and his
  friends had created their own virtual environment
  to socialize and play a game in
• He realized businesses could harness the same
  power of the Internet to securely interact and
  collaborate on their business problems.

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What is Groove?

• Combination of software and services that
  transform the Internet into a personal medium for
  direct communication and interaction.
• Peer-to-Peer network technology
• Virtual space for small work groups (ideally for
  30 or less)

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Groupware Functionality

• Collaborative discussions
• Document sharing and
• bulletin boards
• Instant messaging, email
• Video and voice capabilities
• Application sharing
• Workflow and voting
• Calendar and scheduling

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How Does Groove Work?

• Once you have installed Groove on your local
  computer, the first step is to create a shared
  workspace for a particular project, task, or team
  exercise.
• You then populate the workspace with application
  tools and data.
• Using instant messaging or e-mail, you invite
  users to participate in the secure shared
  workspace.
• All of the information created and displayed in a
  Groove shared workspace is stored on each
  individuals local computer.
• When a user enters the workspace after being
  absent, any changes made in the workspace are
  automatically replicated to the users machine.
• To support low bandwidth requirements, Groove
  uses a method of data transfer known as the
  binary differential method.

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How Does Groove Work?

• Shared space a secure environment for invited
  members
• Stored locally on members computers
• Space synchronized
• Offline usage
• P2P architecture

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Capabilities of Groove

• Communication tools
• Live voice, instant messaging, text-based chat,
  and threaded discussion
• Content sharing tools
• Shared files, pictures, and contacts
• Joint activity tools
• Co-Web browsing, multiple-user drawing and
  editing, and group scheduling/calendar

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Groove Pricing

• Revenue Model
• Licensing Network Service
• Licensing
• 49 per user (one-time license fee)
• Service
• 8 per user per month
• (www.groove.net)