Best Buy Chooses GoToMyPC to Give Consumers Access to New ConnectedLife.Home System, from Anywhere.The Ultimate Digital Lifestyle: Consumers Can Access Networked Home Electronics and Digital Entertainment from Any Remote PC 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. -- To enhance the value and convenience of its new ConnectedLife.Home system with remote, Web-based access, Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :BBY BBY Best Buy (stock symbol) BBY Before Battle of Yavin (Star Wars) BBY BeBeyond (Chinese online community) ) has formed an alliance with 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. , a division of 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) ). Best Buy selected Citrix([R]) GoToMyPC([R]), the recognized market leader in Web-based remote PC access, to give customers fast, reliable connectivity to ConnectedLife.Home's Windows([R]) Media Center interface from any computer with an Internet connection. The alliance benefits consumers by expanding the reach of Best Buy's system beyond home use, making it easy to remotely listen to music, view live feeds from surveillance cameras, and operate home controls from anywhere. ConnectedLife.Home, which was presented with great fanfare at the 2007 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. , delivers the ultimate in home convenience and home entertainment. Using the latest technologies, ConnectedLife.Home links core home systems, including lighting and comfort controls, with digital home entertainment in a networked environment. The system connects customers to family photos, home movies, music and home automation controls via one easy-to-use interface. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. David Hemler, vice president of sales and operations for Best Buy's Business division, GoToMyPC makes the system even more powerful by giving customers universal access to their connected home. "With GoToMyPC our customers can control and monitor their home from anywhere in the world, providing convenience and peace of mind. It gives customers access to their integrated home electronics and digital entertainment from wherever they happen to be. And with GoToMyPC's new remote sound feature, customers can even listen to their home music collection over the Web in real-time!" "We selected GoToMyPC, the market leading Web-based remote access service, as the best solution for providing fast, reliable remote access to ConnectedLife.Home," adds Hemler. "By teaming with Citrix, we are able to offer our customers the best remote access experience." ConnectedLife.Home integrates controls for digital entertainment and home automation into a single interface that makes it easy to manage and use these diverse electronics from within the home. By downloading GoToMyPC to the Windows Media Center See Media Center Edition. PC, which is the heart of the ConnectedLife.Home system, consumers using a remote computer with Internet access See how to access the Internet. can: * Access their integrated home entertainment - including music, movies, photos and more. * View live feeds from surveillance cameras monitoring child care workers, pets or property. * Check local weather and adjust the thermostat thermostat, automatic device that regulates temperature in an enclosed area by controlling heating or refrigerating systems. It is commonly connected to one of these systems, turning it on or off in order to maintain a predetermined temperature. prior to coming home. * Create the appearance of activity by turning lights on or off while on vacation. "Best Buy leads the consumer electronics market and, with ConnectedLife.Home, is paving a new way for consumers to manage their increasingly digital lives," said Brett Caine, general manager of Citrix Online. "GoToMyPC allows consumers to connect to their homes - and the digital life experience - from anywhere in the world. The combination of a connected home and anytime, anywhere remote access is irresistible ir·re·sis·ti·ble adj. 1. Impossible to resist: an irresistible impulse to sneeze. 2. Having an overpowering appeal: irresistible beauty. ." GoToMyPC provides the fastest and easiest to use remote access service available today. In addition to enabling users to access, view and use everything on their desktop from a remote location, its new Remote Sound capability allows users to listen to anything on their remote PCs, including music, voice-mail, videos, recordings and system sounds in full audio. GoToMyPC provides robust and comprehensive security protection, including Advanced Encryption Standard (cryptography, algorithm) Advanced Encryption Standard - (AES) The NIST's replacement for the Data Encryption Standard (DES). The Rijndael /rayn-dahl/ symmetric block cipher, designed by Joan Daemen and Vincent Rijmen, was chosen by a NIST contest to be AES. (AES) using 128-bit keys to ensure the privacy of all remote connections. For more information on GoToMyPC, please visit www.gotomypc.com. About Citrix Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS) is the global leader and the most trusted name in application delivery infrastructure. More than 180,000 organizations worldwide rely on Citrix to deliver any application to users anywhere with the best performance, highest security and lowest cost. 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 prosumers. Citrix has approximately 6,200 channel and alliance partners in more than 100 countries. Annual revenue in 2006 was $1.1 billion. Citrix([R])and GoToMyPC([R]) 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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