GoTo Meeting (formerly GoToMeeting) is a web conferencing software by GoTo. It is an

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desktop sharing Desktop sharing is a common name for technologies and products that allow remote access and remote collaboration on a person's computer desktop through a graphical terminal emulator. The most common two scenarios for desktop sharing are: * Remot ...

, and

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software package that enables the user to meet with other computer users, customers, clients, or colleagues via the

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in real time. In late 2015,

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announced plans to spin off the GoTo Meeting business as a standalone subsidiary with a market value around $4 billion. In July 2016,

an
LogMeIn
announced plans to merge the GoTo family of products.

Technology

GoTo Meeting is designed to broadcast the desktop view of a

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to a group of computers connected to the host through the Internet. Transmissions are protected with high-security

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and optional

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s. By combining a web-hosted subscription service with software installed on the host computer, transmissions can be passed through highly restrictive firewalls.

History

GoTo Meeting was developed in July 2004 using the remote access and screen sharing technology from

GoToMyPC GoToMyPC is remote desktop software that allows users to access computers remotely using a web browser. It was developed by ExpertCity and launched in 1998. Citrix Systems acquired ExpertCity in 2004 and maintained the GoToMyPC brand and services. ...

and

GoTo Resolve GoTo Resolve (formerly GoToAssist & RescueAssist) is a cloud-based remote support platform designed and targeted at IT support teams and customer support organizations. In 2018, LogMeIn's GoToAssist was rebranded to RescueAssist creating the Resc ...

(then GoToAssist; later GoTo Assist and RescueAssist) to allow web conferencing. The later release of GoTo Webinar in 2006 and

GoTo Training GoTo, formerly LogMeIn Inc., is a flexible-work provider of software as a service (SaaS) and cloud-based remote work tools for collaboration and IT management, with products including GoTo Connect, GoTo Resolve, Rescue, Central, and more, built ...

in 2010 expanded GoTo Meeting capabilities to accommodate larger audiences. In February 2017, GoTo Meeting became a product of LogMeIn as a result of a merger between LogMeIn and Citrix's GoTo business.

Editions and features

GoTo Meeting features include: * Mobile apps for

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, iPhone, and Android devices * Encryption and

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security provided by a

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(TLS) website with end-to-end 128-bit

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(AES) encryption and optional passwords * Specific application sharing for showing only selected programs with attendees *

Multi-monitor Multi-monitor, also called multi-display and multi-head, is the use of multiple physical display devices, such as monitors, televisions, and projectors, in order to increase the area available for computer programs running on a single computer sy ...

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

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. * GoTo Meeting hosts up to 250, with Enterprise tier allowing for 3,000 attendees. * Video conferencing *

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compliance * In-room solutions wit
GoTo Room
and InRoom Link.

Awards

* 2016 Best Productivity App 2016, Appy Awards * 2016 and 2017 Best Collaboration Solution,

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* A leader in Gartner's Magic Quadrant

References

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