Hiitch introduces new features for different virtual networks to merge so that their members can communicate with each other while maintaining separate or shared resources such as instant messaging (IM), news broadcast, community live boards and etc. It will allow the administrator to create totally separated virtual networks and/or merging those that may require their members to interact within a single physical server to form a larger network. The main idea is to give a greater degree of control, flexibility and privacy by defining distinct network groups and their resources but still allow members from different groups to mix and match when desired.

Members of virtual networks that are standalone can only communicate among their own registered members and access resources such as IM, news broadcast, community live boards and etc that belong to their own network. Hence these standalone networks are considered totally private and isolated. Shared virtual networks allow access from members of different virtual networks based on separate individual network access control lists. Future developments will include support for these features across different physical servers.