GoTo Technologies USA, Inc., formerly LogMeIn Inc., is a

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SaaS Software as a service (SaaS ) is a cloud computing service model where the provider offers use of application software to a client and manages all needed physical and software resources. SaaS is usually accessed via a web application. Unlike oth ...

) company that provides unified communication and IT management software. The company was founded in 2003, and is based in

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. On February 2, 2022, the company was rebranded from LogMeIn to GoTo. With the rebranding to GoTo, the company also announced the launch of a unified application featuring two main products: *

LogMeIn Resolve LogMeIn Resolve (formerly GoToAssist & GoTo Resolve) is a cloud-based unified endpoint management platform developed by LogMeIn. The software incorporates remote monitoring and management (RMM) and mobile device management (MDM) features in a sin ...

for IT management and support * GoTo Connect for business communications On December 17, 2019, LogMeIn announced an agreement to be sold for $4.3 billion to Francisco Partners and Evergreen Coast Capital Corp., which is a private equity affiliate of

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. The deal closed on August 31, 2020.In 2022, GoTo announced the purchase of Mobile Device Management (MDM) company Miradore.

History

LogMeIn was founded in 2003 in

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as 3am Labs, and changed its name in 2006. In 2006, 3am Labs acquired Hamachi VPN product. LogMeIn, Inc., completed an

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in 2009. Trading of LogMeIn, Inc., shares on the NASDAQ Global Market commenced on July 1, 2009. In 2011, the company began a move into cloud services for the

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by acquiring Pachube, which would later become the

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service. In May 2014, it added to this initiative by acquiring Ionia Corp., which specializes in integrating connected objects. LogMeIn, Inc., acquired Bold Software, LLC, in 2012. The company abruptly discontinued LogMeIn Free on January 21, 2014, giving users only a seven-day grace period to migrate to LogMeIn Pro. LogMeIn acquired Meldium for $15M in September 2014 and retired the Meldium product offering in July 2017. On October 9, 2015, LogMeIn acquired

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for US$110 million. On December 14, 2021, the company announced that LastPass would spin off into its own cloud-based security company. The spin-off was completed in May 2024. In July 2016, LogMeIn announced in a merger with Citrix's GoTo products using a

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. July 26, 2016 In February 2017, LogMeIn completed a merger with GetGo, the

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of the GoTo product line from

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. In February 2018, the company announced the sale of

to Google for $50M. Also in February 2018, the company announced the acquisition of Jive Communications for $342M. On August 31, 2020,

, by its affiliate Evergreen Coast Capital, and Francisco Partners completed their acquisition of LogMeIn, and LogMeIn's stock was delisted from

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. On February 2, 2022, LogMeIn was rebranded as GoTo, restoring the original brand that ExpertCity created in 1998, before Citrix Systems acquired it in 2004.

Products

The company's product portfolio is split into two business units; unified communications and collaboration, and IT management & support.https://www.channelpronetwork.com/2025/01/31/key-channel-headlines-logmein-returns-as-gotos-it-portfolio-brand-inky-introduces-new-generative-ai-capabilities-and-more/The products include: *GoTo Business Communication Products ** GoTo Connect ** GoTo Contact Center **

GoTo Meeting GoTo Meeting, previously known as GoToMeeting, is a web conferencing tool developed by GoTo. This software facilitates online meeting, desktop sharing, and video conferencing software package that enables the user to meet with other participant ...

**GoTo Webinar **GoTo Training ** Grasshopper *LogMeIn IT Management & Support Products **

**LogMeIn Rescue **LogMeIn Miradore **LogMeIn Pro **LogMeIn Central **

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. ...

** Hamachi

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