Lantern networking software allows you to manage your network, and collaborate with other LAN users in a very easy and intuitive way: View in "real-time" all your LAN computers' status (on or off), hard-drive space, memory usage, and other parameters. You may even check many parameters of your PCs while the machines are turned off. View your connected computer drives, directories, and files as if they all resided on the same PC. Execute programs, or open documents just by clicking on them. Automatically backup specified folders on the connected computers - Set it up once, and the backup will be repeated at the specified time interval. Move and Copy files between computers with a simple "drag and drop" to a directory on the destination PC. Send Instant Messages to other LAN users - Choose your destination PCs, type a message and with one click all selected users will receive the message. They can respond to you in the same easy way. Easily plan backup - Set the time when backup should start, and the interval at which it should be repeated. Choose the directories that should be backed up. Set the order in which the backup should occur. Lantern will make the necessary computations, and will show you if the individual workstations backup will fit onto the designated destination drive. Also, Lantern will show the date and time of the next scheduled backup. Distribute a file to multiple computers - Select your destination PCs, and with one click the file is on its way to its destinations. Know what was happening on your network, when your were not at your PC - Lantern logs important events occurring on your network. Every event includes a time stamp, so that you know exactly when it happened. Also, various kinds of events are shown in different colors, to make the log more easily readable. Take control over PCs on the LAN using integrated VNC viewer.