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| Type | Public |
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| 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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[edit] Products
- LogMeIn Pro – subscription-based remote access and administration software
- LogMeIn Free – no-charge remote access software
- LogMeIn Central – web application for remotely managing LogMeIn host software and VPN connectivity services
- LogMeIn Rescue – remote support (help desk) web application
- LogMeIn Ignition – software for facilitating access to computers running LogMeIn host software from Windows, iOS, or Android devices
- LogMeIn Hamachi – network virtualization service
- LogMeIn Backup – remote backup software
- join.me – meeting and online collaboration software
- RemotelyAnywhere – remote access and administration software
- Pachube - web-based service built to manage the world's real-time data
[edit] 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]
[edit] 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]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ http://biz.yahoo.com/e/110228/logm10-k.html
- ^ a b LogMeIn, An In-Depth Look, Whitepaper
- ^ "Install the LogMeIn plug-in for Firefox". https://secure.logmein.com/US/connect_mozilla.asp?dothis=install. Retrieved 2010-10-21.
- ^ "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.
- ^ http://www.news.com/Software-maker-targets-remote-access-market/2100-1012_3-5338700.html Software maker targets remote access market
- ^ http://www.thesspa.com/sspanews/_06Dec/article2.asp SSPA Recognized Innovators: Fall 2006
- ^ 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/02/07/vivendi_buys_uproar_games_site/
- ^ https://secure.logmein.com/corp/pressrelease.asp?id=49 LogMeIn acquires instant VPN creator
- ^ https://secure.logmein.com/corp/pressrelease.asp?id=39 Article mentions LogMeIn name change
- ^ http://sec.edgar-online.com/2008/03/07/0000950135-08-001656/Section22.asp LOGMEIN, INC. Securities Registration Statement (S-1/A) regarding patent case
- ^ http://coby.nixon.googlepages.com/TridiaComplaint.pdf Tridia patent complaint and demand for jury trial
