Ok

we promised some new tools and here they are - plus the emerging look and feel of the first GrooveClinic, in India. we have 20 people now available with a wide range of skills and some serious groove knowledge. Expect to hear more from this team as they get going. here are some of the first offerings. still some rough edges but this is early view for critical comment.

1. www.apwiz.com/dbconnect.htm
- the first simple connector to get REAL data into groove - it's free still and we have exposed only some functionality though much is provided for in the DLL - but the real test, single point integration / access to a common data source works !
tell us what do you really need this for and we can fine tune it ? (pls ignore the bit about it being an unsigned tool etc - it no longer is - it will inject with no hassles)

2. www.apwiz.com/multitool.htm
- the proverbial swiss knife - always useful - customize / create new tools in minutes with no programming - with search and print - plus it's multi lingual as any groove App should be.

3. www.apwiz.com/matrix.htm
- 3D worksheets in a single space - the first tool to allow true B2B interaction and the full promise of groove in the marketplace. Use it for RPP's, RFQ's, Budgeting anything that needs multiple private worksheets in a shared space - assignable to one or more members. privacy in public ! Has individual chats with unread marks and bells, RAG and status indicators plus versatile voting capabilities that you can customize.

still to come ......

4. a true e-mail client - the groove conf cost us a little dev time - but the core is done.

5. a behavoural analysis tool that actually tracks how much time people spend in a space, on what tool, doing what - great insight into who is contibuting as well as a must for time billing.

6. a powerful hybrid tool that merges content from goove space to your backend system and back again while providing a rich VB / Form interface for the data management / CRM / Transactions we are all used to - easily scalable to millions of records across thousands of groove spaces - best of both worlds.

plus - as the GrooveClinic gets more traction, expect some industrial strength vertical apps... soon.....starting with a product development / manufacturing system for the aparrel industry... but flexible enough for anyone ...

regards

the url to Rick's joke
http://www.apwiz.com/dear_tech_support.htm

Hi everyone
my apologies for the disappearance - a couple of broken ribs (while climbing some rocks) just before i left for the groove conf. made it a bit difficult to sit on the machine as i am used to. but that's over and much work has been accomplished and i will post it here.

but first, i just got a cute joke from Rick Lillie on tech support - needed that bit of humour - reminded me of my emerging collection of groove jokes ..... http://www.apwiz.com/groove/groovesite.html

- please contribute