Netviewer
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| Company type | Public corporation |
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| Industry | Information Technology |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Headquarters | Karlsruhe, Germany |
Key people | Robert Gratzl Jörg Mayer Lars Thomas |
| Products | Netviewer GoToMeeting, Netviewer GoToAssist, Netviewer GoToAssist Corporate |
Number of employees | ~200+ (April 2009) |
Netviewer AG was a German IT company headquartered in Karlsruhe. The company's software products provided web conferencing, desktop sharing, and remote maintenance capabilities.
History
[edit]Netviewer was founded in 2001. In 2002, the firm won a competition for startup companies sponsored by German savings banks and McKinsey Consulting's German branch. In 2007 and 2008, Frost & Sullivan[1] and Gartner[2] stated that Netviewer was among the leading European providers of web conferencing software. In 2011, Netviewer was acquired by Citrix Systems under the division Citrix Online[3]
Products
[edit]Netviewer products focused on desktop sharing between two or more computers over the Internet and allowing the exchange of screen contents. Netviewer The firm's products include web conferencing Netviewer Meets; help desk and IT support software, Netviewer Support; a remote access tool, Netviewer Admin; and the web-based webinar and webcast Netviewer Present.[citation needed]
Netviewer Meet was available as freeware for private users and as software-as-a-service or on-premises licensing models for commercial use. The other products are available as software-as-a service or on-premises licenses exclusively.
After the acquisition of Netviewer, two different products, GoToMeeting for web conferencing and GoToAssist for remote access, were released. No free versions were available; only trial versions.[4]
Security
[edit]Netviewer products use 256-bit AES encryption and key-phrase-based authentication, and the software's security has been certified by Fraunhofer in an expert opinion.[5] The SIT opinion, which is dated April 2004, specifically pertains to Netviewer 2.0 (build 521).
See also
[edit]- GoTo (US company) – currently company with the legacy of these products
- Web conferencing
- Comparison of web conferencing software
- Collaborative software
References
[edit]- ^ European Web Conferencing Software and Services Markets. Frost & Sullivan, September 2007
- ^ Magic Quadrant for Web Conferencing. Gartner Group, July 2008
- ^ "Company Profile - Netviewer". Netviewer.com. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
also: "Citrix to Acquire Netviewer". Citrix. 17 December 2010. Retrieved 24 April 2014. - ^ "Overview - Products - Netviewer". Netviewer.com. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
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Reinema, Rolf (April 2004). "Results of the test of the Netviewer Software by the Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Telecooperation" (PDF). dialogika.de/support. Fraunhofer SIT. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
The results of the detailed analysis carried out by the Fraunhofer Institute SIT are as follows: The current version of Netviewer 2.0 (build 521) satisfies the security demands placed upon it, i.e. all demands for correctness and effectiveness of the implemented measures are fulfilled.