By Steve Ragan Mar 27, 2007, 11:01 GMT
Tungle, founded in 2006, is a new internet startup that recently launched a beta program for their product line. The peer-to-peer (P2P) meeting software called Tungle. Tungle enables users to use their current calendaring programs, to organize meetings with friends, co-workers, or business associates that use different groupware or desktop time management systems. The new product is expected to launch soon, and will come as a free version or paid version depending on need.
“Tungle is powerful and unlike any other online calendar solution available to people today,” said Marc Gingras, chief executive officer at Tungle Corporation. “Before a user sends a meeting request, our solution gives users a snapshot view of the times their friends, co-workers or business associates are free or busy. This makes it much easier to schedule meetings, and why this feature is so popular within corporate workgroup environments. Because Tungle transcends a single corporation or computer system, people can schedule meetings with friends, colleagues or co-workers no matter where they are or what time management or groupware solution they use. As we progress through the beta period, we will continue to add the features that users find effective - and that set us apart from the competition.”
Tungle is a P2P meeting coordinator that is downloaded and installed by the end user. Its one-click setup automatically installs the software and seamlessly integrates with a user's time management and calendaring system. Tungle also provides a native, enterprise-class meeting scheduler that automatically suggests times when multiple contacts are available. This enables people to coordinate activities with their friends or colleagues.
The Tungle client is currently set to work with Outlook 2003 and later as the beta program progresses it will work with all Outlook versions, Google Calendar, IBM, and others.
“The Tungle Viewer enables users to view the availability of other trusted Tungle users, in order to suggest appropriate meeting times, or to allow users to view their colleagues' calendars from the Tungle Viewer or by using their application's existing infrastructure. Tungle provides users with a scheduling wizard, Tungle Suggest, enabling them to schedule meetings with colleagues. With this dialog, users can quickly zoom in on meeting times appropriate to all colleagues with just a few clicks of the mouse.” – Tungle beta launch announcement
Security and privacy is another factor Tungle talks about. “Tungle does not rely on a central server or device to share information between users. The information remains on the personal computer of the user, and is only shared with their trusted friends or colleagues. Tungle's P2P Engine manages the secure transmission of information and uses advanced authentication and encryption measures to protect the privacy of the user and maintain the integrity of the network,” the launch release says.
Tungle is being distributed in a controlled beta distribution. People can go to the Tungle website at www.tungle.com and sign up to be a Tungle beta customer. To ensure that Tungle's beta customers can effectively test the solution, each accepted user will receive five tokens, enabling them to invite up to five other people to join their initial network. Advanced Tungle Synchronization and Advanced Tungle Suggest will be made available sometime during the beta program. Users will be able to select Premium Tungle Features singly or in packages. Pricing for Advanced Tungle Synchronization is expected to be $10.00 a year. Advanced Tungle Suggest is also expected to be $10.00 a year.
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