Netviewer
German IT company
Netviewer AG was a German IT company headquartered in Karlsruhe. The company's software products provided web conferencing, desktop sharing, and remote maintenance capabilities.
01History
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.
02Products
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.
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.
03Security
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.
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