LogMeIn

LogMeIn, Inc.
Type Public
Traded as NASDAQ: LOGM
Industry Computer software
Founded Budapest, Hungary, 2003
Headquarters Woburn, Massachusetts, USA
Key people Michael Simon (CEO)
Márton Anka (CTO)
Products LogMeIn Pro
LogMeIn Free
LogMeIn Central
LogMeIn Rescue
LogMeIn Ignition
LogMeIn Hamachi
LogMeIn Backup
join.me
RemotelyAnywhere
Revenue US $ 101.1 million
Employees 415
Website secure.LogMeIn.com

LogMeIn, Inc. (NASDAQ: LOGM) is a public company that provides software as a service-based remote connectivity, collaboration, and support solutions to businesses and consumers.[1]

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Products

Technology

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.[2]

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), failing that it falls back to requiring Java in order to run a Java program,[3] and failing that it falls back to "a screen-shot-based HTML remote control".[4] 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.[2][5][6]

LogMeIn, Inc. holds US Patent 7,558,862 Method and apparatus for remotely controlling a computer with peer-to-peer command and data transfer.[7]

Company history

LogMeIn CEO Michael Simon and CTO Márton Anka collaborated at Uproar, an Internet game site eventually bought by Vivendi Universal at the height of the dot-com bubble.[8][9] Anka's work for Uproar allegedly laid the foundation for his RemotelyAnywhere application, which later evolved into LogMeIn after 3am Labs incorporated.[8]

3am Labs acquired the Hamachi VPN product.[10]

LogMeIn, Inc. changed its name from 3am Labs in 2006.[11]

Tridia sued LogMeIn, Inc. for patent infringement in January 2008.[12][13]

See also

References

  1. ^ http://biz.yahoo.com/e/110228/logm10-k.html
  2. ^ a b LogMeIn, An In-Depth Look, Whitepaper
  3. ^ "Install the LogMeIn plug-in for Firefox". https://secure.logmein.com/US/connect_mozilla.asp?dothis=install. Retrieved 2010-10-21. 
  4. ^ "FireFox 3.5 Logmein plugin reports no ActiveX or Java controls installed. Defaulting to HTML view.". http://community.logmein.com/t5/Free-Pro-User-to-User-Support/FireFox-3-5-Logmein-plugin-reports-no-ActiveX-or-Java-controls/m-p/29115. Retrieved 2010-10-21. 
  5. ^ http://www.news.com/Software-maker-targets-remote-access-market/2100-1012_3-5338700.html Software maker targets remote access market
  6. ^ http://www.thesspa.com/sspanews/_06Dec/article2.asp SSPA Recognized Innovators: Fall 2006
  7. ^ http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=7,558,862.PN.&OS=PN/7,558,862&RS=PN/7,558,862
  8. ^ a b Soule, Alexander (2004-09-20). "Budapest startup, 90 jobs coming to Woburn". http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2004/09/20/story4.html. 
  9. ^ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/02/07/vivendi_buys_uproar_games_site/
  10. ^ https://secure.logmein.com/corp/pressrelease.asp?id=49 LogMeIn acquires instant VPN creator
  11. ^ https://secure.logmein.com/corp/pressrelease.asp?id=39 Article mentions LogMeIn name change
  12. ^ http://sec.edgar-online.com/2008/03/07/0000950135-08-001656/Section22.asp LOGMEIN, INC. Securities Registration Statement (S-1/A) regarding patent case
  13. ^ http://coby.nixon.googlepages.com/TridiaComplaint.pdf Tridia patent complaint and demand for jury trial

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