Citrix Online Amplifies Collaboration Leadership with Integrated Toll-Free Audio for GoToMeeting

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Citrix Online, a division of Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXS), today reinforced its leadership and record of innovation in Web conferencing by adding integrated toll-free audio services for GoToMeeting Corporate and GoToWebinar users. With this addition, participants now have a range of audio options to choose from, including integrated toll-free, a toll-based number, or Voice over IP (VoIP) for audio over the Internet. For the first time, participants in the same online meeting can select the audio option that is best for their needs.

“Our annual survey of North American users of conferencing services reveals that the overwhelming majority (89.1%) believe there is personal value in an integrated audio and Web conferencing service vs. two independent providers”

The audio services come with features that are flexible and easy to use, and meeting organizers are able to predict costs through affordable flat-rate plans. And unlike most services in the market requiring multiple vendors, these options are all available from Citrix Online in one convenient and easy way for customers to fulfill all of their audio and Web conferencing needs.

Customers hosting meetings with integrated toll free will benefit from simple, intuitive features that are designed to enhance their meeting experience, including:

• Seamless one-click recording for all attendees with no additional charges or equipment needed.
• Affordable and predictable subscription-based pricing that scales to benefit high-volume customers with bundling options to suit any type of use.
• Simple scheduling and management features with convenient controls for supporting audio sessions. Organizers have the flexibility to decide which meetings to offer toll free.

“Our annual survey of North American users of conferencing services reveals that the overwhelming majority (89.1%) believe there is personal value in an integrated audio and Web conferencing service vs. two independent providers,” said Andy Nilssen, senior analyst and partner at Wainhouse Research. “The simplicity of being able to initiate a single conference with audio and Web capabilities combined with the ability to visually present audio control elevates the elegance of the entire virtual meeting experience. This will no doubt increase the appeal of Citrix Online’s portfolio among companies of all sizes.”

“GoToMeeting has completely changed the way we meet with customers—we collaborate extensively at a moment’s notice and with very little cost, as a result it’s become the standard meeting platform throughout our company,” said Christine Pullin, marketing manager at Electronic Commerce, Inc. “With integrated toll-free audio, we’ve now enhanced the meeting experience for our customers giving them attractive audio options and mutually beneficial cost savings.”

“With the addition of our innovative toll-free audio option, our customers have an unbeatable combination of the simplest, most comprehensive and affordable audio service in the industry,” said Elizabeth Cholawsky, vice president of products and client services at Citrix Online. “Our initial beta customers have been especially pleased with the flexible and predictable pricing plans. We’re confident that this expanded audio platform will drive even greater adoption of GoToMeeting and GoToWebinar.”

Integrated toll-free is provisioned through Citrix Online Audio, LLC, a division of Citrix Online. Citrix Online Audio provides HiDef Conferencing™ and HiDef Corporate™ for higher quality audio conferencing at a lower cost. For more information about Citrix Online’s Web and audio conferencing solutions, and free trial offers, visit www.citrixonline.com and www.hidefconferencing.com.

About Citrix

Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXS) is the leading provider of virtualization, networking and software as a service technologies for more than 230,000 organizations worldwide. Its Citrix Delivery Center, Citrix Cloud Center (C3) and Citrix Online Services product families radically simplify computing for millions of users, delivering applications as an on-demand service to any user, in any location on any device. Citrix customers include the world’s largest Internet companies, 99 percent of Fortune Global 500 enterprises, and hundreds of thousands of small businesses and prosumers worldwide. Citrix partners with over 10,000 companies worldwide in more than 100 countries. Founded in 1989, annual revenue in 2008 was $1.6 billion.

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