New Citrix GoToWebinar: The First Do-It-Yourself Affordable Way for Anyone to Conduct Online Events.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. -- "Present to the World" with Innovative "All-You-Can-Reach" Flat-Rate Licensing That Delivers World-Class world-class adj. 1. Ranking among the foremost in the world; of an international standard of excellence; of the highest order: a world-class figure skater. 2. Marketing for Professionals and SMBs The industry's first on-demand On-Demand refers to a service or feature which addresses the user's need for instant gratification and immediacy of use. In most cases the value proposition for an on-demand service is wrapped up in the fact that the user or consumer of the service avoids a significant up-front solution for do-it-yourself Web events was announced today by 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) ), the global leader in access infrastructure solutions. Citrix(R) GoToWebinar(TM), the company's next-generation collaboration Working together on a project. See collaborative software. offering, gives marketing professionals the simplest and most affordable solution available for conducting online events, such as large sales presentations and marketing events over the Web. With its innovative All-You-Can Reach(TM) flat-rate plan, GoToWebinar enables any individual to present and extend reach to thousands of people and conduct unlimited Webinars for one flat monthly rate -- an industry first. "Reaching new markets and competing for customers is hard work for most companies but for individuals and small businesses, many lucrative opportunities have seemed far too costly, and simply eluded them until now," said Brett Caine, group vice president and 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. , a division of Citrix Systems, Inc. "With GoToWebinar, we're changing all that by making it possible to reach customers anywhere in the world in a straightforward easy and affordable manner." Purpose-built for Easy Use and High Performance GoToWebinar makes it easy and affordable to reach and interact with online audiences. Novices and veterans alike can easily deliver online presentations to remote audiences, perform live product demonstrations, and provide training to any audience with connectivity to the Web. Leveraging the division's unique expertise in delivering a simpler, better customer experience, GoToWebinar offers the industry's first do-it-yourself service for Webinar organizers and attendees to be up and running in a matter of seconds. Delivered as an on-demand service, GoToWebinar allows users to start using web-events instantly with a flat-rate subscription to the service. Reach Thousands at a Fraction of the Cost The Web-events solution delivers a simpler, better approach for companies to reach and qualify their target audiences. MarketSharp, a firm that provides software solutions and services helping the fast-growing home remodeling remodeling /re·mod·el·ing/ (re-mod´el-ing) reorganization or renovation of an old structure. bone remodeling industry, uses GoToWebinar as a better way to prospect and service customers online. "GoToWebinar makes it very efficient for us to get our message out to hundreds of people at once without traveling," said Tim Musch, director of Business at MarketSharp. "This easy-to-use service saves us about $30,000 a year in travel for sales seminars. When you add in the productivity gains, that savings rises significantly." Because the company can conduct sales seminars more rapidly to more prospective buyers, they have reduced the cost and time to generate leads. "GoToWebinar slashed slash v. slashed, slash·ing, slash·es v.tr. 1. To cut or form by cutting with forceful sweeping strokes: slash a path through the underbrush. 2. our cost per sale by 50 to 75 percent without question," added Musch. "As markets become more competitive and brands less distinguishable, sales and marketing organizations are facing mounting pressure to create efficient customer-centric processes that provide increased reach and revenues while keeping costs under control," said Roopam Jain, principal analyst, Conferencing See teleconferencing. and Collaboration at Frost and Sullivan. "Consequently, organizations must equip e·quip tr.v. e·quipped, e·quip·ping, e·quips 1. a. To supply with necessities such as tools or provisions. b. their sales and marketing teams with the latest technologies, such as GoToWebinar, to dramatically enhance productivity and drive innovation by improving the way they interact with customers, partners, suppliers and employees. Web collaboration is increasingly becoming an indispensable tool in accelerating sales and marketing processes while simultaneously reducing costs." GoToWebinar, with capacity to scale to 1,000 attendees per event, expands upon the capability of the industry's simplest and fast-growing Web conferencing A videoconferencing session via the Internet. In order to interact with other participants, attendees use either a Web application or an application downloaded into their client machines. and collaboration service, Citrix(R) GoToMeeting(TM) Corporate 3.0. Both services will be available as a bundle beginning June 30. Some of the time-saving capabilities included with GoToWebinar are: --Full-service registration with real-time 1. real-time - Describes an application which requires a program to respond to stimuli within some small upper limit of response time (typically milli- or microseconds). Process control at a chemical plant is the classic example. reports --Customized branding of Webinar materials and automated au·to·mate v. au·to·mat·ed, au·to·mat·ing, au·to·mates v.tr. 1. To convert to automatic operation: automate a factory. 2. e-mail templates --Free integrated voice conferencing or toll-free service --Attendee polling and survey capability --Webinar dashboard (1) See Mac Dashboard. (2) A software-based control panel for one or more applications, network devices or industrial machines. Dashboards display simulated gauges and dials that look somewhat like an automobile dashboard. to monitor audiences --Easy controls for quickly changing presenters "We built GoToWebinar to fill the huge market need for a true do-it-yourself solution that allows customers to efficiently deliver their marketing messages, follow up on leads and close the loop on sales," said Brian Donahoo, vice president of product and client services at Citrix Online. "The powerful combination of large-scale Web events with GoToWebinar and small, ad-hoc meetings with GoToMeeting 3.0 gives customers a flexible solution for accelerating sales, marketing, training and business growth, anytime and anywhere." For more information, prior to the June 30th on-sale date, please visit www.gotowebinar.com/nyc. 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 www.citrix.com. For Citrix Investors This release contains forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. which are made pursuant to the safe harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. provisions of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The forward-looking statements in this release do not constitute guarantees of future performance. Those statements involve a number of factors that could cause actual results to differ materially, including risks associated with revenue growth and recognition of revenue, products, their development and distribution, product demand and pipeline, economic and competitive factors, the Company's key strategic relationships, acquisition and related integration risks as well as other risks detailed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Citrix assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking information contained in this press release or with respect to the announcements described herein. Citrix(R), GoToMeeting(TM), All You Can Reach(TM) and GoToWebinar(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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