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GoToMeeting Type Subsidiary Industry Telecommunications software and services Headquarters Santa Barbara, California (United States) Parent Citrix Systems, Inc Website GoToMeeting.com GoToMeeting is a Web-hosted service created and marketed by Citrix Online, a division of Citrix Systems. It is a remote meeting and desktop sharing software that enables the user to meet with other computer users, customers, clients or colleagues via the Internet in real-time.
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Technology
GoToMeeting was designed to allow the desktop view of a host computer to be broadcast to a group of computers connected to the host through the Internet. Transmissions could be protected with high-security encryption and optional passwords. By combining a Web-hosted subscription service with software installed on the host computer, transmissions could be passed through highly restrictive firewalls.[1]
History
GoToMeeting was developed in July 2004 by Citrix Online of Santa Barbara, California. In September 2009, Citrix Online and Rotary International announced a partnership to offer Rotary clubs and their members Citrix GoToMeeting to meet, collaborate and communicate via the Web.[2]
Editions and features
GoToMeeting has been sold in two editions - Personal and Corporate - providing increasing service management capabilities. Version 4, released in 2008, maintains these editions, providing Macintosh support for meeting hosts and VoIP integration. Software is installed by logging on to the GoToMeeting Web site. GoToMeeting software is compatible with Microsoft Explorer versions 6.0 and above, Mozilla Firefox 2.0 and above and on Macintosh Safari 3.0 and above. GoToMeeting features[3] in all editions include:
- End to end encryption and authentication security provided by a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Web site with end-to-end 128-bit Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) encryption and optional passwords
- Specific application sharing for showing only selected programs with attendees
- 24-bit color when accessing a host PC supporting this display mode
- Multi-monitor support for a client PC
- Meeting recording and playback for recording and saving meetings to a user desktop for later review
- Total audio package provides toll based phone or conferencing via VoIP.
- GoToMeeting hosts up to 15 users and one organizer while GoToMeeting Corporate offers up to 25 users with multiple organizer option.
GoToMeeting in context
GoToMeeting took the remote access and screen sharing technology from GoToMyPC and GoToAssist and extended it to allow collaborative meetings over the Web. Subsequently, GoToWebinar expanded GoToMeeting capabilities to accommodate larger audiences.
Awards
- 2008 North American Web Conferencing Company of the Year by Frost & Sullivan
GoToMeeting 4.0 winner of the TMC Labs innovation award in June 2008
- 2008 Sales and Marketing Management People's Choice Award
- 2008 Customer Interactions Solutions Magazine Product of the Year
- Internet Telephony Product of the Year 2008
- ELearning Magazine 2008 Best of ELearning award in Best Web Seminar Solution
- Search Unified Communications.com Product Leadership Award 2009: Gold Award in Realtime Communications Tools.[4]
Citrix Online Web-Based Solutions
GoToMeeting is a part of Citrix Online’s collection of web based software. In addition to GoToMeeting, Citrix Online develops GoToMyPC (Remote Desktop Access Software), GoToWebinar (Web Event Software), and GoToAssist (Remote Support Software).
See also
References
- ^ Nino Marchetti (2005-08-21). "GoToMeeting 2.0". Digital Trends. http://reviews.digitaltrends.com/firstlook78.html. Retrieved 2007-09-18.
- ^ "Rotary International and Citrix Partner to Provide Clubs with Solutions to Host Online Meetings". tradingmarkets.com. 2009-09-30. http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/2556671/. Retrieved 2009-10-01.
- ^ "GoToMyPC Personal Features". Citrix Online. 2005-08-08. http://www.citrix.com/English/NE/news/news.asp?newsID=21632. Retrieved 2007-09-18.
- ^ https://www2.gotomeeting.com:443/en_US/pre/news/pressAwards.tmpl
External links
- GoToMeeting Web site for software installation and information.
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