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.

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.