History: Group Collaboration and Web Meetings Software
Founded by the University of Arizona and IBM through a grant from the National Science Foundation, GroupSystems’ released their first product (DOS-based) in 1989 and invented the Group Decision Support Systems (GDSS) category. In 1992, the company launched a powerful set of collaboration tools for meeting facilitators running on Windows. The market-leading Windows products, GS I WorkGroup and MeetingRoom, are still the most full featured team collaboration products for face-to-face meetings on the market today. In 2004, the company released GroupSystems II, an Internet native collaboration suite that is optimized for geographically distributed teams. Now GroupSystems has transformed the paradigm of innovation yet again. With the release of ThinkTank, innovation is now an embedded functionality within the enterprise which supports all levels of activity. The company, born from scientific pedigree, has been recognized by Gartner as the world leader in Group Intelligence and Innovation – technology, templates, and a service model for complete turn-key solutions to corporate and government giants.
