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Adobe Systems Inc. By Scott Phillips. About Adobe:. Adobe Systems Incorporated (pronounced A – DOE – BEE) is an American computer software company which has been historically focused upon the creation of multimedia and creativity software products that are sold worldwide.
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Adobe Systems Inc. By Scott Phillips
About Adobe: • Adobe Systems Incorporated (pronounced A – DOE – BEE) is an American computer software company which has been historically focused upon the creation of multimedia and creativity software products that are sold worldwide. • They were founded in 1982 at Mountain View, California by ‘John E. Warnock’ and ‘Charles M. Geschke’ who are the current Co-Chairmen of the Board. • Primarily made software for Apple products until they made a partnership with Microsoft. • In December 2005 Adobe acquired it’s former competitor ‘Macromedia’ which allowed them to inherit newer software products and platforms such as ‘Coldfusion’, ‘Dreamweaver’, ‘Flash’ and ‘Flex’ to its product portfolio. • As of the end of last year (December 2009) Adobe had a Revenue of $2.95 Billion, Net Income (Profits) of $387 Million with ~8660 active employees working for them.
Leadership & Specialties: • Executive Board/ Corporate Leadership: • Charles M. Geschke Co-Chairman of the Board • John E. Warnock Co-Chairman of the Board • ShantanuNarayen President & Chief Executive Officer • Karen Cottle Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary • Mark Garrett Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer • Donna Morris Senior Vice President, Human Resources • Kevin Lynch Senior Vice President: Experience & Technology Group, Chief Technology Officer • Product Specialties: • Desktop software (Photoshop etc) • Server software (ColdFusion etc) • Formats (Portable Document Format, Flash Video etc) • Web-hosted services (Kuler etc) • Web design programs (Dreamweaver etc) • Video editing and visual effects (Premier Pro etc) • eLearning software (Captivate etc)
Adobe Products: • Adobe Photoshop CS/Photoshop Elements • Graphics editing program • Commonly used in photos and image digital manipulation • Also used to create artwork • Purchasable • Adobe Fireworks • Formerly Macromedia Fireworks • Bitmap and Vector Graphics editor • Mainly aimed towards web designers for rapidly creating website prototypes and application interfaces. • Purchasable • AdobeDreamweaver • Formerly Macromedia Dreamweaver • Web Development application • Allows users to preview websites in locally installed web browsers. • Purchasable
Adobe Products cont… • Adobe Illustrator • Vector Graphics Editor • Provides results in typesetting and logo graphic areas of design. • More commonly used by digital artists for drawing and designing. • Purchasable • Adobe Flash • Formerly Macromedia Flash • Multimedia platform for animation, video and interactivity to Web Pages. • Frequently used for advertisements and games. • Purchasable • Adobe Acrobat Reader • Used View, create, manipulate, print and manage files in Portable Document Format (PDF). • Widely used to present information with a fixed layout. • Freeware
Even more Products… • Acrobat family • Acrobat Capture • Acrobat Connect (formerly Macromedia Breeze) • Presenter • Acrobat Distiller • Reader • Audition • Bridge Captivate • Central Output Server • ColdFusion • Content Server • Digital Editions • Digital Negative • Director • DNG Converter • Document Server • Document Policy Server • Engagement Platform • Flash family Flash Professional • Flash Cast • Flash Catalyst • Flash Lite • Digital Home • Flash Media Server • Flash Media Live Encoder • Flash Player • FlashTime • Flash family • Flash Professional • Flash Cast • Flash Catalyst • Flash Lite • Digital Home • Flash Media Server • Flash Media Live Encoder • Flash Player • FlashTime • Flex • Font Folio • InCopy Integrated Runtime • Kuler • LiveCycle family • Assembler • Barcoded Forms • Designer • Document Security • Forms • Form Manager • PDF Generator • Policy Server • Reader Extensions • Security Server • Photoshop family • Photoshop Elements • Photoshop CS • Photoshop Express • Photoshop Lightroom • And many more I ran out of room for…
References: • http://www.adobe.com/ • http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/ • http://www.adobe.com/products/ • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Systems (To get me started) • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Adobe_software