Central Desktop
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A dashboard view, seen within Central Desktop
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| Developer(s) | Central Desktop |
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| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Type | Collaborative software |
| Website | www.centraldesktop.com |
The company was founded by CEO Isaac Garcia and CTO Arnulf Hsu in 2005. Prior to founding Central Desktop, Isaac and Arnulf started Upgradebase in 1997, a product data provider to the computer and consumer electronics industry, and Vendorbase in 1999, a B2B marketplace for computer resellers. Both companies were acquired by CNET Networks in 2002.
In December 2006, the company accused Google of unfairly competing against its own customers by bidding on keywords that Google held an interest in. Google responded to the accusations on its own AdWords blog.
Central Desktop received $7 million in first round funding from OpenView Venture Partners in April 2008.
In October 2014, Central Desktop was acquired by PGI (Premier Global Services, Inc.) and rebranded to iMeet Central in November 2015. There are no more community edition available and so users are now restricted to paid services.
Central Desktop is offered in three editions - Workgroup, Enterprise and Community.
Central Desktop product features include:
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