Netviewer

Netviewer AG
Company typePublic corporation
IndustryInformation Technology
Founded2001
HeadquartersKarlsruhe, Germany
Key people
Robert Gratzl
Jörg Mayer
Lars Thomas
ProductsNetviewer 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

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 2011, Netviewer was acquired by Citrix Systems under the division Citrix Online.[1]

Products

Netviewer products focused on desktop sharing between two or more computers over the Internet and allowing the exchange of screen contents. Netviewer provided the following products:

  • Meets, webconferencing
  • Support; help desk and IT support
  • Admin; remote access
  • Present; webcasting.[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.[2]

Security

Netviewer products use 256-bit AES encryption and key-phrase-based authentication. and the software's security has been certified by Fraunhofer certified the software security in April 2004.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Company Profile - Netviewer". Netviewer.com. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
    also: "Citrix to Acquire Netviewer". Citrix. 17 December 2010. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Overview - Products - Netviewer". Netviewer.com. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  3. ^ 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.