GoTo Meeting, previously known as GoToMeeting, is a web conferencing tool developed by GoTo. This software facilitates online meeting, desktop sharing, and

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software package that enables the user to meet with other participants 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,

and LogMeIn disclosed their agreement to merge the GoTo line 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 and

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

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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
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References

External links

* {{Official website Web conferencing Communication software

Technology

History

Editions and features

See also

References

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