GoToWebinar

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GoToWebinar is a Web-hosted service created and marketed by Citrix Online, a division of Citrix Systems. It is Webinar and desktop sharing software, which means that it enables the user to hold Web events for attendees from other computers via the Internet.

[edit] Technology

GoToWebinar was developed in June 2006 by Citrix Online of Santa Barbara, CA. It was designed to allow the desktop view of a host computer to be broadcast to a large group of computers connected to the host through the Internet. Transmissions could be protected with high-security encryption and passwords.

[edit] Features

GoToWebinar software is installed by logging onto the GoToMeeting Web site. GoToMeeting features^[1] in all editions include:

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
Question and answer window for taking questions from attendees
24-bit color when accessing a host PC supporting this display mode
Desktop recording for recording Webinar sessions
Comes with a copy of GoToMeeting

Competing products exist, including other Web-hosted services.