Colligo Workgroup Edition

Colligo Workgroup Edition allows multiple users to communicate electronically without access to corporate network or the Internet. Mobile workers can set-up a private, secure network directly between their laptops. To fully realize the features and functionality of Workgroup Edition, two or more users must be running it simultaneously. While Workgroup Edition is used most frequently over ad hoc Wireless Local Area Networks (WiFi), it is an IP-based application and therefore operates regardless of the underlying connectivity technology. Workgroup Edition 5 is the most reliable and broadly available peer-to-peer collaboration solution and supports the latest generation of laptops and Microsoft operating systems, including XP and Vista.

Colligo Workgroup Edition is packed with tools that let users interact with their private workgroup community in ways they never thought possible outside of the office. And it is super easy to use. Users are up and operating in just three simple steps, as described below.

Step 1 - Discover
At the click of a button, users can create and use their own WiFi 802.11 ad hoc instant network, however Workgroup Edition can also be used on a wired or wireless network in the office. Once an instant network is created, Workgroup Edition automatically discovers other users in the vicinity and then displays their availability and presence information.

Instant Network Button

Discovery and Display Other Users and Their Status

Step 2 - Connect
Mobile workers can authenticate other users and set-up an encrypted connection. Colligo's patented code word based technology guards against "man in the middle" attacks. All authenticated users are shown in regular font (as opposed to italics for unauthenticated users) and are connected via a 168-bit SSL encryption, the same level of security used for Internet banking.

Step 3 - Interact
Users can then collaborate with other users by exchanging files and messages to keep track of ideas, changes, and additions on a real-time basis. They can chat, interact, or send an electronic sticky note. Users can drag-and-drop files over colleague names to instantly transfer files to a single user or they can broadcast files to all authenticated users. Users can share resources such as printers and other peripherals. Microsoft^® Outlook^® calendars can be shared to view free/busy times (without revealing specific appointments) and to book group meeting. Workgroups can share out Windows^® folders among users on the network. This enables users to act like file servers on the instant network, so client-server applications (such as CaseWare® Working Papers) work easily out of the office in a local workgroup configuration.

Chat and Transfer Files

Share Printers and Folders Out to the Team

Colligo Workgroup Edition | How it works!