It's about time Groove has got some competition!

Matthew French reports on CADwire.net on Availl

From the first glance, it looks like Availl has solved pretty much the same problems that Groove runtime solves (security, firewall traversal, online/offline handling). In contrast with Groove Availl seems to be only focusing on selling the 'briefcase' solution - file sharing and synchronization. Compared to Groove, Availl's file sharing product looks extremely simple to setup and way more transparent - no shared spaces, no UI.