an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . may 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message gotomeeting developer s citrix type video conferencing license proprietary website www.gotomeeting.com gotomeeting is a web hosted service created and marketed by the online services division of citrix systems . it is an online meeting desktop sharing and video conferencing software that enables the user to meet with other computer users customers clients or colleagues via the internet in real time . in late 2015 citrix announced plans to spin off the gotomeeting business as a stand alone subsidiary with a market value around 4 billion . 1 contents 1 technology 2 history 3 editions and features 4 online meetings 5 limitations 5.1 gotomeeting with hdfaces 6 awards 7 see also 8 references 9 external links technology edit gotomeeting is designed to broadcast the desktop view of a host computer to a group of computers connected to the host through the internet . transmissions are protected with high security encryption and optional passwords . by combining a web hosted subscription service with software installed on the host computer transmissions can be passed through highly restrictive firewalls . 2 history edit gotomeeting was developed in july 2004 by the online services division of citrix in santa barbara california using the remote access and screen sharing technology from gotomypc and gotoassist to allow web conferencing . 3 the later release of gotowebinar in 2006 and gototraining in 2010 expanded gotomeeting capabilities to accommodate larger audiences . editions and features edit gotomeeting is sold in two editions . single user accounts originally called gotomeeting personal first launched with desktop sharing chat and integrated audio conferencing . multi user accounts previously gotomeeting corporate also included management and central administration services for teams and enterprise users . later versions added support for voip session recording and annotation tools to both editions . gotomeeting features 4 now include mobile apps for ipad iphone and android devices 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 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 25 users and one organizer while gotomeeting corporate offers up to 100 users with multiple organizer option . online meetings edit online meetings are the most basic of functionalities that web conferencing tools provide . gotomeeting has standard online meeting functionalities such as desktop sharing . this is mainly used when a presenter has information to share e.g. a power point slide show . the presenter may perform a task in real time so the attendees can watch the necessary steps to perform the task . limitations edit gotomeeting does not support the conferencing of in room systems or bridges to its meetings . organizations with traditional video conferencing infrastructure sip h. 323 codecs must instead connect via mobile tablet or pc laptop with webcam . gotomeeting with hdfaces edit in 2011 citrix released gotomeeting with hdfaces adding high definition video conferencing support to the web conferencing service . six users can show their webcam streams at a time . 5 awards edit 2012 edison award for best media visual communication 2012 internet telephony product of the year 2011 about.com reader s choice for best web conferencing solution 6 see also edit web conferencing video conferencing comparison of web conferencing software collaborative software references edit alex sherman 2015 10 08 . citrix plans spinoff of gotomeeting instead of sale . bloomberg . retrieved 2016 02 11 . nino marchetti 2005 08 21 . gotomeeting 2.0 . digital trends . retrieved 2007 09 18 . demo 2004 closes with a sharp eye on the future . networkworld . retrieved 6 march 2013 . gotomeeting features . citrix . retrieved 6 march 2013 . withers stephen . gotomeeting s hdfaces feature fronts up . itwire . retrieved 6 march 2013 . press & awards . citrix . retrieved 6 march 2013 . external links edit official website gotomeeting software review gotomeeting comparison with webex adobe connect v t e citrix systems subsidiaries ardence citrix online net6 rightsignature sharefile zenprise products apache cloudstack citrix winframe cloud.com gotomeeting gotoassist gotomypc podio xen xenclient people ed iacobucci mark b. templeton retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title gotomeeting & oldid 732990167 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