Glance Networks is software company headquartered in Arlington, Massachusetts

Arlington, Massachusetts

Arlington is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, six miles northwest of Boston. The population was 42,844 at the 2010 census.-History:...

. Glance Networks is most notable for Glance, a web-based desktop sharing

Desktop sharing

Desktop sharing is a common name for technologies and products that allow remote access and remote collaboration on a person's computer desktop through a graphical Terminal emulator.The most common two scenarios for desktop sharing are:* Remote log-in...

 and web conferencing

Web conferencing

Web conferencing refers to a service that allows conferencing events to be shared with remote locations. Most vendors also provide either a recorded copy of an event, or a means for a subscriber to record an event. The service allows information to be shared simultaneously, across geographically...

 tool.

Overview

Glance is subscription based, with prices available on the company’s web site. Customers are able to subscribe on a daily, monthly, or yearly basis

Glance eschews most traditional marketing strategies in favor of netroots

Netroots

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-style support from blogging and social networking communities, featuring presences on Facebook

Facebook

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, Twitter

Twitter

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 and similar sites.

Technology

Glance is designed as a web-based, cross-platform

Cross-platform

In computing, cross-platform, or multi-platform, is an attribute conferred to computer software or computing methods and concepts that are implemented and inter-operate on multiple computer platforms...

 remote desktop

Remote Desktop

Remote Desktop may refer to:* Remote desktop software** Apple Remote Desktop** Remote Desktop Services** Remote Desktop Protocol* Desktop sharing...

 application that utilizes several levels of redundancy to avoid disconnections. These are both physical and electronic; Glance's net traffic

Internet traffic

-Historical Internet Traffic Growth:Because of the distributed nature of the Internet, there is no single point of measurement for total Internet traffic...

 travels through two geographically distinct colocation centers

Colocation centre

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, one in Massachusetts

Massachusetts

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 and another in California

California

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.

The main technologies Glance utilizes are Java

Java (programming language)

Java is a programming language originally developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems and released in 1995 as a core component of Sun Microsystems' Java platform. The language derives much of its syntax from C and C++ but has a simpler object model and fewer low-level facilities...

 and ActiveX

ActiveX

ActiveX is a framework for defining reusable software components in a programming language-independent way. Software applications can then be composed from one or more of these components in order to provide their functionality....

; the program automatically chooses which protocol to use based on the needs and capabilities of the host system.

In addition to working within Windows and Linux environments, Glance has garnered much praise for its functionality with Mac OS-based systems

In October 2008, Glance released a new version of their client. This version, Glance 2.4, allows the Glance account holder to either show their screen to others, as they had been able to do previously, or view their guest's screen. This additional mode essentially allows Glance to function as a remote support program, and has been promoted as such.

Awards

In 2010, Glance Networks was named in Lead411's Hottest Boston Companies List

In 2009, Glance Networks was ranked No. 56 in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH

In January 2007, the company received an award from the Small Business Technology Magazine as "Product To Watch For 2006"