Here's where XDegrees starts getting nifty. When someone retrieves a file, it could be cached and served up to other users. Configuration options allow or disallow caching. XDegrees recognizes the concept of user groups, so that for the sake of security you can allow files to be cached on other systems owned by your group and not by outsiders. Files can be encrypted during transmission and when stored.
Authentication is supported.
For instance, an enterprise can associate resources with Access Control Lists. Scaling is the main question that comes to mind when somebody describes a new naming and searching system. CEO Michael Tanne claims to have figured out mathematically that the system can scale up to millions of users and billions of resources. Enterprise customers can use own servers to manage in-house applications. Like all sorts of new companies that are using the Web as their vehicle, XDegrees requires users to download and install a small component dedicated to XDegrees services.