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Hiitch now supports virtual networks on a single server. What this basically means is that you can now host multiple distinct desktop social networks on a single Hiitch server. The main advantage of this new feature is sharing and reducing both hardware and bandwidth cost. This new feature is useful when you have distinct social groups which you may want to keep separated without running multiple servers. The cool part about our virtual network feature is that a new network can be added while the other existing networks are up and running at the same time. No reboots, no need to reconfigure or restart the server.

The Hiitch server can accept runtime administration instructions such as adding a new network, removing an existing user and so on while the server is still actively running. These runtime administration instructions are just simple XML files that tells the server what to do when an instruction is issued. Issuing an instruction is as easy as placing the XML instruction file into the runtime instruction folder of the server’s setup directory.

Our New Networking Services

With the introduction of this new virtual networking feature, we are also planning to launch our private network services soon. These services will allow your company/club/organization to purchase a dedicated network from us for a low monthly fee. We will setup and manage everything for you such as hardware, bandwidth, security and upgrade & maintenance. Hence everything is handled for your company/club/organization and there is no effort from your part or the need for any dedicated manpower such as programmers, geeks and administrators. Do let us know if you are interested in purchasing such a service.

It has been quite a while since our last post, here’s a quick update on what we are doing right now. Besides bug fixing, we have upgraded our server to improve the overall performance of Hiitch. Everything seems whole lot faster now.

Over the next few months, we will be simplifing the procedure for you to set up your own network with Hiitch. This significant improvement will allow you to set up your own niche community in just a few quick steps. On top of that, we will start a market place and invite developers to build and sell features add-on for Hiitch. Lastly an overhaul of our main website, we have been receiving alot of criticism about our website and we hear you.

As you can see, lots of exciting things are about to happen. Do subscribe to our blog for the latest update.

Ouch, we are been featured on the hit list of KillerStartups.com. Thanks Gonzalo for that little mention of us. Read the full review here.

We are now officially open sourced. Now you can build, customize and hack your own desktop social networking platform using Hiitch. Hiitch offers you not just a client program to some proprietary server but an entire open sourced desktop social networking platform that is real time, secure and totally free.

You can read more about how the Hiitch platform works through these articles:

• Network Connection Overview
• Software Components Overview
• Security Overview

Become part of our community today and tell us about how you are using Hiitch to meet your own needs.

Enjoy.