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When the U.S. military sought to create a secure network over which soldiers in Tikrit could share intelligence on medical supplies and road conditions with nongovernmental organizations in New York and Geneva, it turned to a software package called the Groove Workspace. Using Groove, Central Command set up a so-called Darknet. Darknets allow a group to create a digital utopia that is equal parts socialist and elitist: participants can get information freely as long as they share the same software and have been granted the access code.

PEER-TO-PEER COMPUTING: Businesses that adopt 'swarming' can imitate the military and avoid management over-control, writes Paul Rubens

Swarming, a technique pioneered by the US army, is emerging as a peer-to-peer (P2P) networking technique in the civilian world, helping organisations reduce the time needed to react to new business opportunities.

It’s time for a back-to-basics assessment of the goals, challenges, and opportunities in the application of technology to communication and collaboration, and that’s what this document is about. What follows is a new framework for assessing software products and their utility for communication and collaboration, along with some recommendations for information technology strategists.

A White Paper

This paper provides an in-depth technical examination of Groove’s security architecture. The paper is intended for organizations conducting in-depth evaluations of Groove products and its potential impact on their existing IT infrastructures.