Groove Networks Team with General Dynamics Unit

HostReview.com
Wednesday, July 13, 2005; 11:55 AM

Groove Networks, a subsidiary of Microsoft Corp., today announced that General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), will be an integrator and value-added reseller for Groove Virtual Office.

General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems will use the software’s cross-agency communication and information-sharing capabilities to enhance its enterprisewide solution offerings for the Department of Defense (DoD), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the intelligence community.
General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems and Groove Networks have collaborated on several government initiatives within the DoD, intelligence and homeland security sectors.

General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems also uses Groove Virtual Office software to streamline some of its internal business workflow processes.

“General Dynamics has a great track record for delivering advanced collaboration solutions for government agencies,” said David Scult, general manager of Groove Networks.

Government and nongovernmental organizations alike deploy Groove for interagency and interorganizational collaboration, information-sharing, project management and decision-making, particularly in austere and highly variable communications environments.

General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems is a leading provider of transformational mission solutions in command, control, communications, and computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance.

A subsidiary of Microsoft located in Beverly, Mass., Groove Networks delivers the “virtual office” through software that allows teams of people to work together over a network as if they were in the same location.