<s>
Marratech	B-Application
was	O
a	O
Swedish	O
company	O
that	O
made	O
software	O
for	O
e-meetings	O
(	O
e.g.	O
,	O
web	B-Protocol
conferencing	I-Protocol
,	O
videoconferencing	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
in	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Marratech	B-Application
was	O
founded	O
in	O
1998	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
spin-off	O
company	O
from	O
the	O
Centre	O
for	O
Distance-Spanning	O
Technology	O
at	O
the	O
Luleå	O
University	O
of	O
Technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Marratech	B-Application
prototype	O
was	O
launched	O
1995	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
an	O
EU	O
project	O
called	O
Multimedia	O
Assisted	O
Tele-engineering	O
(	O
MATES	O
)	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Marratech	B-Application
's	O
first	O
product	O
,	O
which	O
offered	O
voice	O
,	O
video	O
,	O
whiteboard	O
and	O
group	O
instant	O
messaging	O
,	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
November	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
release	O
required	O
the	O
presence	O
of	O
an	O
IP	B-Protocol
multicast	I-Protocol
network	O
and	O
was	O
built	O
as	O
a	O
server-less	O
architecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
solution	O
has	O
since	O
evolved	O
to	O
support	O
both	O
traditional	O
IP	O
Unicast	O
and	O
IP	B-Protocol
multicast	I-Protocol
,	O
high	O
security	O
and	O
multi-platform	O
computing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
guaranteed	O
,	O
serverless	O
,	O
scalable	O
data	O
delivery	O
over	O
both	O
Multicast	O
and	O
Unicast	O
,	O
Scalable	O
Reliable	O
Multicast	O
(	O
SRM	O
)	O
is	O
used	O
over	O
the	O
Real-time	B-Protocol
Transport	I-Protocol
Protocol	I-Protocol
,	O
called	O
SRRTP	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2004	O
,	O
Marratech	B-Application
introduced	O
support	O
for	O
dialing	O
out	O
to	O
IP	O
telephones	O
,	O
land	O
lines	O
and	O
mobile	O
phones	O
via	O
the	O
Session	B-Application
Initiation	I-Application
Protocol	I-Application
(	O
SIP	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2005	O
,	O
H.323	B-Protocol
support	O
was	O
added	O
to	O
communicate	O
with	O
traditional	O
video	B-Application
conferencing	I-Application
equipment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2005	O
,	O
Marratech	B-Application
launched	O
Marratech	B-Application
Free	O
,	O
a	O
freeware	O
edition	O
of	O
its	O
product	O
to	O
host	O
video	B-Application
chats	I-Application
online	O
accessible	O
to	O
everyone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2006	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
projects	O
to	O
handle	O
remote	O
,	O
wireless	O
eye	O
examinations	O
via	O
video-conferencing	B-Application
was	O
launched	O
in	O
rural	O
India	O
by	O
the	O
university	O
of	O
Berkeley	O
and	O
Intel	O
,	O
with	O
Marratech	B-Application
providing	O
the	O
video-conferencing	B-Application
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2007	O
,	O
Marratech	B-Application
's	O
video	B-Application
conference	I-Application
software	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Most	O
engineers	O
and	O
key	O
personnel	O
have	O
moved	O
to	O
Google	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
plans	O
its	O
use	O
for	O
their	O
staff	O
members	O
initially	O
and	O
later	O
they	O
might	O
come	O
out	O
with	O
a	O
massive	O
change	O
in	O
the	O
software	O
for	O
public	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
12	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
Marratech	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
close	O
down	O
its	O
website	O
before	O
the	O
year-end	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
19	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
Marratech	B-Application
announced	O
on	O
their	O
homepage	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
suspended	O
all	O
its	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
the	O
key	O
features	O
included	O
in	O
Marratech	B-Application
are	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
solution	O
includes	O
a	O
freely	O
downloadable	O
client	O
and	O
a	O
server	O
,	O
called	O
the	O
Marratech	B-Application
Manager	O
.	O
</s>
