Netviewer
{{Short description|German IT company}}{{Notability|Corp|date=March 2022}}{{Infobox company|
| name = Netviewer AG
| logo = Image:Netviewer Logo small.gif
| type = Public corporation
| foundation = 2001
| location = Karlsruhe, Germany
| key_people = Robert Gratzl
Jörg Mayer
Lars Thomas
| industry = Information Technology
| products = Netviewer GoToMeeting, Netviewer GoToAssist, Netviewer GoToAssist Corporate
| num_employees = ~200+ (April 2009)
| homepage =
}}
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.{{cite web |url=http://www.netviewer.com/en/about-us/company-profile/ |title=Company Profile - Netviewer |author= |website= |publisher=Netviewer.com |accessdate=24 April 2014}}
also: {{cite web |url=http://investors.citrix.com/releasedetail.cfm?releaseid=649381 |title=Citrix to Acquire Netviewer |author= |date=17 December 2010 |website= |publisher=Citrix |accessdate=24 April 2014}}
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|date=April 2014}}
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.{{cite web |url=http://www.netviewer.com/en/products/overview/ |title=Overview - Products - Netviewer |author= |website= |publisher=Netviewer.com |accessdate=24 April 2014}}
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.
{{cite web |url=http://www.dialogika.de/~support/Dwnlds/Fraunhofer_SIT_Certificate_tcm23-584.pdf |title=Results of the test of the Netviewer Software by the Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Telecooperation |last=Reinema |first=Rolf |date=April 2004 |website=dialogika.de/support |publisher=Fraunhofer SIT |format=PDF |accessdate=24 April 2014 |quote=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. }}
See also
- GoTo (US company) – currently company with the legacy of these products
- Web conferencing
- Comparison of web conferencing software
- Collaborative software
References
External links
- [http://www.netviewer.co.uk/ English homepage]
- [http://www.netviewer.de/ German homepage]
- [https://techcrunch.com/2008/10/28/netviewer-scores-9-million-from-t-online-venture-and-the-samwer-brothers/ TechCrunch on investments into Netviewer]
Category:Companies based in Baden-Württemberg
Category:Software companies of Germany
Category:Companies established in 2001
Category:Internet Protocol based network software