Citrix® GoToMeeting® and Citrix Receiver™ Pre-Loaded on DROID 3 by Motorola, Now Available Through Verizon Wireless
July 07 2011 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
Citrix Systems today announced that Citrix® GoToMeeting® and
Citrix Receiver™ will be pre-loaded on the DROID 3 by
Motorola, the latest Android-powered device from Motorola now
available through Verizon Wireless. DROID 3 by Motorola smartphone
users now have the ease and convenience of mobile collaboration
with the ability to attend online meetings anytime, anywhere, and
they can access their applications, desktop and data while on the
go.
The availability of the pre-loaded apps brings the popular,
market-leading web conferencing solution GoToMeeting and the
universal software client Citrix Receiver to a Motorola device
completely designed for work productivity. In line with its vision
of providing new ways to move work to a more optimal place – a
concept Citrix calls ‘workshifting’ – Citrix continues to help
businesses increase productivity, reduce costs and attract and
retain top talent by enabling more flexible work arrangements.
Citrix plans to make GoToMeeting for Android available in the
Android Market™ later this summer.
What Is New: GoToMeeting Pre-loaded on DROID 3 by
Motorola
- Pre-loaded for convenience:
Android users can access the pre-loaded GoToMeeting app directly
from the DROID 3 by Motorola.
- Quick session entry: Join
meetings in seconds by tapping a link in an email or tapping the
GoToMeeting icon and entering the meeting ID.
- VoIP and integrated audio:
Quickly connect to audio through the Internet using the built-in
mic and speakers.
- Audio controls: Mute yourself to
eliminate background noise while on the go.
- Zoom in on meeting content: Zoom
meeting content up to 200% by pinching the screen.
- Portrait or landscape view: Flip
your DROID 3 by Motorola to adjust your view of meeting
content.
- See who’s attending: View a list
of meeting attendees.
Why It Matters
- The world of work is no longer confined
to the office and collaboration solutions like GoToMeeting and
mobile devices powered by Android are helping people get work done
from anywhere, fueling the workshifting trend.
- Citrix ‘GoTo’ mobile services,
including the GoToMeeting and GoToMyPC® apps for iPad® and now
GoToMeeting for Android pre-loaded on DROID 3 by Motorola, ensure
secure, reliable and high-performing support for the growing mobile
workforce.
- Citrix is making collaboration possible
on the go, transforming the way people work and enabling them to
work wherever, whenever and however they choose.
Supporting Quotes and Statistics
"Our mission is to enable today's workforce access to the best
and easiest-to-use tools to work from anywhere, anytime. With our
market-leading GoToMeeting and Citrix Receiver pre-loaded on DROID
3 by Motorola, the mobile workforce gains a very powerful package:
instant access to critical work apps and data, collaboration on
demand and a no-compromise killer personal smartphone.” Bernardo
de Albergaria, VP and GM, Collaboration, Online Services Division,
Citrix Systems
“Businesses now have easy one-click access to online meetings,
applications, desktops and business services directly from our
faster, thinner and more powerful DROID 3 by Motorola. Adding
Citrix GoToMeeting and Citrix Receiver to this innovative device
extends our commitment to delivering Ready for Business
experiences. We share Citrix’s vision of empowering today’s mobile
workforce with the optimal tools for flexible, productive and
engaging work.” Christy Wyatt, Corporate Vice President,
Software and Services Product Management, Motorola Mobility
“We’ve been using GoToMeeting for the past six years and now
we’ve added GoToMeeting to our mobile devices. It’s super easy to
use and doesn’t take much time to learn. Our sales and technical
support teams are constantly on the go working from various
locations, and they depend on easy access to meetings. The
convenience of joining a meeting from any location ensures that our
teams can respond to client needs anytime, anywhere. GoToMeeting
continues to be an extremely very valuable solution for us.”
Peter Sternkopf, PMP, Chief Technology Officer, TERIS
Demand for the GoToMeeting app for Android is expected to grow
with the burgeoning market for Android-based smartphones. According
to IDC, Android will ascend to the leadership position in 2011
among operating systems and remain there throughout our forecast
period. Android has quickly established itself as the cornerstone
of many companies' smartphone strategies. Other vendors are
expected to follow. IDC believes that by the end of 2010, total
Android-powered shipments reached a total of 69.9 million units,
representing 23.0% of all smartphone shipments for the year. IDC
believes that vendors will ship a total of 178.9 million
Android-powered smartphones by the end of 2011 and reach 420.0
million units by 2015.1
Pricing and Availability
Citrix GoToMeeting for Android and Citrix Receiver for Android
are pre-loaded on the Motorola DROID 3 smartphone device through
Verizon and available free of charge.
For more information about GoToMeeting, visit
www.gotomeeting.com. For more information about Citrix Receiver,
visit www.citrix.com/receiver.
DROID 3 by Motorola is now available online at
www.verizonwireless.com and will be in Verizon Wireless
Communication Stores by July 14 for $199.99 with a new two-year
customer agreement.
Related Links
- The DROID 3: Ready for Business with
Citrix Receiver and GoToMeeting:
http://blogs.citrix.com/tag/motorola/
Follow Us Online
- Citrix GoToMeeting on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/GoToMeeting
- Citrix GoToMeeting on Twitter:
http://twitter.com/#!/gotomeeting
- Citrix Receiver Cloud Demo Environment:
http://citrixcloud.net
- Workshifting blog:
http://workshifting.com
About Citrix Systems, Inc.
Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXS) is a leading provider of
virtual computing solutions that help companies deliver IT as an
on-demand service. Founded in 1989, Citrix combines virtualization,
networking, and cloud computing technologies into a full portfolio
of products that enable virtual workstyles for users and virtual
datacenters for IT. More than 230,000 organizations worldwide rely
on Citrix to help them build simpler and more cost-effective IT
environments. Citrix partners with over 10,000 companies in more
than 100 countries. Annual revenue in 2010 was $1.87 billion.
The Online Services Division of Citrix provides secure,
easy-to-use cloud-based solutions that enable people to work from
anywhere with anyone. Whether using GoToMeeting® to hold
online meetings, GoToWebinar® to conduct larger web
events, GoToTraining® to train customers or employees,
GoToMyPC® to access and work on a remote Mac® or
PC, GoToAssist® to support customers or GoToManage® for IT
support and management, businesses and individuals are increasing
productivity, decreasing travel costs and improving sales, training
and service on a global basis. For more information,
visit www.citrixonline.com.
Citrix® is a trademark of Citrix Systems, Inc. and/or one or
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and registered trademarks are property of their respective
owners.
Android is a trademark of Google Inc. Use of this trademark is
subject to Google Permissions.
MOTOROLA and the Stylized M Logo are trademarks of Motorola
Trademark Holdings, LLC. DROID is a trademark of Lucasfilm Ltd. and
its related companies. Used under license.
1 IDC “Worldwide Smartphone 2011 – 2015 Forecast and Analysis,”
Doc#227367, March 2011.
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