primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . july 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message logmein inc. type public traded as nasdaq logm industry computer software founded budapest hungary 2003 headquarters boston massachusetts usa key people william bill wagner president & ceo edward herdiech cfo sean ford cmo matt kaplan cpo larry d angelo svp sales sandor palfy cto michael donahue svp general counsel rob lawerence svp corporate strategy timothy tj ewing vp global operations products cloud based saas revenue 271.6 million 2015 1 number of employees 1 006 end of 2015 1 website logmeininc.com logmein inc. nasdaq logm founded in 2003 and based in boston massachusetts is a provider of software as a service and cloud based remote connectivity services for collaboration it management and customer engagement . 2 the company s products give users and administrators access to remote computers . on october 9 2015 a press release announced that logmein will buy the password manager solution lastpass . 3 on july 26 2016 a press release announced that logmein will merge with the citrix online goto family of collaboration products . the combined company will be headquartered in boston massachusetts and will be led by the current ceo and cfo of logmein . 4 contents 1 products 2 technology 3 company history 4 see also 5 references products edit the company s products are focused on four business areas including collaboration services it management services customer support services and internet of things services . the products include logmein pro subscription based remote access and administration software logmein central web application focused on it management for remotely managing pcs and servers running on windows or mac os x operating systems logmein rescue remote support help desk web application used by large contact centers and help desks for diagnosing and troubleshooting computers smartphones and tablets citation needed logmein hamachi network virtualization and vpn service logmein backup remote backup software join.me a freemium meeting and online collaboration software remotelyanywhere remote access and administration software xively platform as a service for building and managing internet of things devices and related services cubby a cloud file and sync and share service 5 boldchat a premier citation needed live chat and click to call customer service solution used by thousands of retail financial services manufacturing software and telecommunications organizations appguru meldium team password manager cloud identity & access management lastpass 6 technology edit logmein remote access products use a proprietary remote desktop protocol that is transmitted via ssl . an ssl certificate is created for each remote desktop and is used to cryptographically secure communications between the remote desktop and the accessing computer . 7 users access remote desktops using either the logmein ignition stand alone application or a web portal . the web portal requires either an activex plugin for internet explorer or an extension for firefox the logmein plug in for firefox or an extension for safari the logmein plug in for safari or a plugin for google chrome . 8 failing that it falls back to requiring java in order to run a java program 9 and failing that it falls back to a screen shot based html remote control . 10 the web portal also provides status information for the remote computers and optionally remote computer management functions . the service connects the remote desktop and the local computer using ssl over tcp or udp and utilizing nat traversal techniques to achieve peer to peer connectivity when available . 7 11 12 company history edit the company was formerly known as 3am labs inc. before march 2006 . as of december 31 2012 the company serves over 213 million internet enabled devices like smartphones and tablets . there are five data centers operating in the company four in the united states and one in europe . 2 the company s ceo michael simon and cto m rton anka collaborated at uproar an internet game site eventually bought by vivendi universal at the height of the dot com bubble . 13 14 anka s work for uproar allegedly laid the foundation for his remotelyanywhere application which later evolved into logmein after 3am labs incorporated . 13 3am labs acquired the hamachi vpn product . 15 logmein inc. changed its name from 3am labs in 2006 . 16 tridia sued logmein inc. for patent infringement in january 2008 . 17 18 logmein inc. completed an ipo in 2009 . trading of logmein inc. shares on the nasdaq global market commenced on july 1 2009 . 19 in 2011 the company began a move into cloud services for the internet of things by acquiring pachube which would later become the xively service . 20 in may 2014 it added to this initiative by acquiring ionia corp. which specializes in integrating connected objects . 21 logmein inc. acquires bold software llc in 2012 . 22 23 logmein acquired meldium for 15 million in september 2014 . 24 logmein acquired lastpass for 110 million in october 2015 . 25 logmein announces in july 2016 a merger with citrix s goto family of products via a reverse morris trust . 4 see also edit comparison of remote desktop software references edit a b logmein annual report 2015 pdf . logmein . retrieved 2016 08 14 . a b business summary . https investor.logmeininc.com about us investors news press release details 2015 logmein to acquire password management leader lastpass default.aspx a b logmein announces merger with citrix s goto family of products to create billion dollar industry leader . globenewswire . july 26 2016 perez sarah 17 december 2012 . logmein s dropbox competitor cubby reveals pricing ; stays competitive at 7 per month for 100 gb . tech crunch . retrieved 30 december 2012 . https investor.logmeininc.com about us investors news press release details 2015 logmein to acquire password management leader lastpass a b logmein an in depth look whitepaper the logmein plugin for chrome windows is here . retrieved 2013 02 27 . install the logmein plug in for firefox . retrieved 2010 10 21 . firefox 3.5 logmein plugin reports no activex or java controls installed . defaulting to html view . . retrieved 2010 10 21 . software maker targets remote access market sspa recognized innovators fall 2006 a b soule alexander 2004 09 20 . budapest startup 90 jobs coming to woburn . http www.theregister.co.uk 2001 02 07 vivendi buys uproar games site https secure.logmein.com corp pressrelease.asp id 49 logmein acquires instant vpn creator archived october 14 2007 at the wayback machine . https secure.logmein.com corp pressrelease.asp id 39 article mentions logmein name change http sec.edgar online.com 2008 03 07 000095013 5 08 001656 section22.asp logmein inc. securities registration statement s 1 a regarding patent case tridia patent complaint and demand for jury trial sec form 10 k . december 31 2010 . mike butcher 20 july 2011 . logmein acquires internet of things startup pachube for 15m in cash . techcrunch . alspach kyle 2014 05 06 . logmein acquires boston internet of things firm for 12 million . betaboston . retrieved 2014 05 06 . logmein logmein acquires bold software logmein . investor.logmein.com . 2012 01 09 . retrieved 2014 02 20 . logmein acquires web chat company bold software for 16.5 m . techcrunch . 2012 01 09 . retrieved 2014 02 20 . http www.forbes.com sites benkepes 2014 09 04 logmein acquires meldium start of the identity consolidation https investor.logmeininc.com about us investors news press release details 2015 logmein to acquire password management leader lastpass default.aspx v t e remote administration software general remote desktop software comparison of remote desktop software implementations absolute manage aetherpal apple remote desktop citrix xenapp crossloop litemanager logmein netop remote control netsupport manager pcanywhere radmin realvnc remote 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