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Bag Airline Stress and Conduct Your Business Meeting Online; GoToMeeting.com Provides Free Offer for Distressed Travelers.


SANTA BARBARA Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. , Calif. -- Today's business Today's Business is a show on CNBC that aired in the early morning, 5 to 7AM ET timeslot, hosted by Liz Claman and Bob Sellers, and it was replaced by Wake Up Call on Feb 4, 2002.  flyer, whose struggles with packed planes and frequent delays took the bloom off air travel long ago, may have reached the limit of endurance. The recent restrictions on carrying laptops aboard, coupled with long security lines and canceled flights, undoubtedly have caused many distressed businesspeople to dream of bagging air travel altogether. In fact, a Wall Street Journal poll on August 15 indicated approximately 30 percent of respondents are less likely to fly since the terror arrests in Britain. With Citrix(R) GoToMeeting(TM) from Citrix Systems Citrix Systems' (NASDAQ: CTXS) is an American technology company, based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with subsidiary operations in California and Massachusetts, with additional development centers in Australia, India and the UK. , Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS CTXS Citrix Systems (NASDAQ stock ticker symbol) ), that dream of staying grounded can become a practical reality. This secure, online collaboration service makes it simple to conduct a meeting or deliver a presentation or product demo to anyone with an Internet-connected device -- whether they are across the state or across the globe.

And although GoToMeeting can't help with frequent flyer frequent flyer Hospital practice A popular term for a Pt who is regularly admitted to a particular ER or health care facility, for various reasons  miles, Citrix is offering a free trial of the software for 60 days: www.gotomeeting.com/now.

"Business travel today isn't just hard on people, it's tough on budgets, especially with long delays that impact productivity and the risk of losing expensive computers that can't be carried onboard," said Brett Caine, general manager of Citrix Online Citrix Online is a division of Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CTXS) that sells Web-based remote access, support, and collaboration software and services. Its products are GoToAssist, GoToMeeting, GoToMyPC, and GoToWebinar. . "Airlines may not even cover losses of computers in checked baggage This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims.

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. Citrix GoToMeeting solves both problems by providing affordable and effective online meetings that are like being there. With GoToMeeting, you cut travel costs and reduce wear and tear on staff. In fact, online presentations and demos can be much more productive than spending hours or days just getting to and from the meeting."

Citrix GoToMeeting allows anyone with a PC and Internet browser to host or attend an online meeting within seconds. Online meetings can be started or scheduled with a click of the mouse from the installed GoToMeeting taskbar An on-screen toolbar that displays the active applications (tasks). Clicking on a taskbar button restores the application to its previous appearance. Windows 95 popularized this feature. See Win Taskbar.  icon, the GoToMeeting Web site, Microsoft(R) Outlook(R) or popular instant-messaging applications. Meeting attendees don't need pre-loaded software to participate -- they can attend by simply clicking on a URL URL
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 sent from the meeting host or by going to the GoToMeeting Web site and clicking the "Join a Meeting" button. Once all invited attendees are in the meeting, the presenter can instantly share any file or application on the desktop, regardless of where it resides. Citrix GoToMeeting pricing is All You Can Meet(TM), providing unlimited meetings for one flat fee with no limits on meeting duration and no "overage Overage

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For business users, following simple basic guidelines will ensure a successful outcome:

--Encourage meeting attendees to actively participate, not just watch passively, through collaborative activities.

--Be creative about how you can achieve your goals -- by working on documents, presenting live demos, walking through presentations.

--Promote good online meeting etiquette by following the same rules as for an in-person meeting, such as an agenda.

"Even if the security situation improves, business travel is still frequently expensive, time-consuming and exhausting," said Caine. "GoToMeeting offers the perfect alternative to jet lag jet lag

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 -- fast, easy and secure meetings without leaving the office."

To assist business travelers, GoToMeeting has a complimentary trial offer for free use of the service for 60 days by visiting: www.gotomeeting.com/now

About Citrix

Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS) is the global leader and most trusted name in on-demand access. More than 180,000 organizations around the world rely on Citrix to provide the best possible access experience to any application for any user. Citrix customers include 100% of the Fortune 100 companies and 98% of the Fortune Global 500, as well as hundreds of thousands of small businesses and individuals. Citrix has approximately 6,200 channel and alliance partners in more than 100 countries. Citrix annual revenues in 2005 were $909 million. Learn more at http://www.citrix.com.

Citrix(R), GoToMeeting(TM) and All You Can Meet(TM) are trademarks of Citrix Systems, Inc. and/or one or more of its subsidiaries, and may be registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and in other countries. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are property of their respective owners.
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