With user data stored on the user's machine and automatically synced when online, "this is the killer app for us," Schoonover said.
David Marshak, an analyst at The Patricia Seybold Group Inc. in Boston, said Groove's key strength is that it combines real-time online collaboration capabilities with off-line workspaces. "The integration ... is much better than anyone else has even attempted," he said.
Peter O'Kelly, an analyst at Burton Group in Boston, said Groove's natural competitors include Lotus Notes/Domino, which was invented by Groove's founder, Ray Ozzie, and other products such as Microsoft Corp.'s SharePoint and Macromedia Inc.'s Breeze. But none match Groove's exact feature set of security, collaboration and online/off-line work capabilities.
"It really is at a sweet spot with a combination of features that no one else has completely," O'Kelly said.
Pricing starts at $179 per user for Virtual Office Professional Edition, with hosted relay and management services starting at $40 per user a year. Customers can also choose to host their own Groove servers, starting at $9,995 per server per year.
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