Kerika 1.1 released

[Kerika, Inc.]

Hi JXTA fans!,

We are pleased to announce the release of Kerika version 1.1, a JXTA-
based Java application that provides a visual context for team  
collaboration, with support for process templates, document  
management and sharing of large files.   We released a beta version a  
year ago, that some of you may have tried out, and based upon the  
feedback we got we have made a bunch of improvements:

1. Sharing projects just became a whole lot easier: previously: just  
add email address to the project's team list and Kerika takes care of  
the rest.  Other Kerika users who are online get a full set of  
project information (Idea Pages, content, etc.), while a storage  
server holds messages for offline users.  But best of all: if your  
team includes people who are not Kerika users, they get their project  
updates sent to them automatically as emails.  This means that you  
don't have to get everyone in the team to use Kerika before you start  
using it!

2. We now have more tightly synchronized views for all members of a  
project: whenever someone moves an item on an Idea Page, or extends a  
project, or makes some visual changes, or adds content, or attaches  
notes to items, or deletes items, or... these changes get reflected  
for all members of the team. Which means that everyone on the team  
always has the big picture, which we call "sharing content in  
context".  Every Idea Page has its own Trash (Recycle Bin), so if any  
member of the team deletes an item from a project, any other team  
member can restore it later.

3. The code is all in Java, so go ahead and try it out on Macs,  
Windows and Linux.  The UI looks identical on all platforms because  
we built our widget set, which is based upon the Mac's Aqua style.

4. For added privacy, users can set up their own "private storage  
server" on any machine they have so long as it is reliably accessible  
by the rest of the team.  By setting up a private server you can  
create a "ring of trust": if any of your team members are offline,  
updates intended for them will be stored on your private server,  
which operates entirely under your control.

The popular document management feature works as before: you can  
attach notes to documents, and whenever anyone edits a shared  
document, this modified version is sent to everyone else on the team;  
Kerika takes care of all the filing for everyone's computers.

Please take a look at one of the Flash demos we have available at  
http://www.kerika.com/flash_demos.html and then give this JXTA app a  
whirl!  Getting started is pretty simple: signup by providing a name  
and email address at https://sales.kerika.com/myaccount.php; then  
click on the link in the confirmation email we send you to get your  
personal License Key.  After downloading and installing Kerika, start  
it up and give it your License Key and you are good to go.

Your feedback would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Arun Kumar

P.S. I think the Linux version will run on Solaris as well -- can  
someone with access to a Sun box help me confirm this?

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