Adobe News Desk

(April 30, 2006) - Robert X. Cringely thinks Apple should buy Adobe. In an article published on the National Public Radio website discussing Apple's future, he lays out some goals for Apple on its quest to desktop dominance: an important link in this chain, according to Cringeley... (more)

"With Flex 2.0 and Flash Player 8.5, we can finally deliver the kinds of rich applications our clients demand without compromise. That's Web 2.0!" With these words, a VP at Cynergy Systems today gave his ringing endorsement of the Adobe Flex 2.0 product line and Adobe Flash Playe... (more)

Adobe Systems has introduced Adobe LiveCycle Policy Server 7.2, an enterprise rights management (ERM) solution for protecting and controlling documents throughout their entire lifecycle, from creation, through distribution and collaboration, to archiving and destruction. Now, org... (more)

Adobe Systems has announced the immediate availability of Adobe Acrobat 8 software amid an enthusiastic early reception from knowledge workers worldwide who for months have tested and provided feedback to help the company fine tune the product line. The new Acrobat 8 provides bus... (more)

Now that Microsoft has validated a document format that is not theirs, but one that is Adobe's - PDF - what will become of the Adobe revenue stream normally associated with PDFs?  "What we have done over the last five years is added functionality beyond PDF creation in our produc... (more)

While very proud of the work that his team has done in Flash 8, Adobe's Flash Product Manager Mike Downey (pictured) nonetheless concedes that there are several things that just couldn't make it into the Flash 8 release. Now developers therefore have the first of what he says wil... (more)

"Today's enterprises seek RIA solutions that not only ease development pains when creating business-critical Internet applications but also leverage existing IT assets - without compromising performance or functionality," said Coach Wei (pictured talking with SYS-CON.TV), Chairma... (more)

"Adobe’s business continues to perform well, driven by strong demand for our creative solutions and Acrobat," said Adobe's CEO Bruce R. Chizen (pictured), as Adobe yesterday reported record financial results for its first quarter ended March 3, 2006 - the first quarter to r... (more)

Adobe Systems has announced the appointment of John Loiacono (pictured) as senior vice president, Creative Solutions. In this role, Loiacono will have responsibility for the development, delivery and marketing of Adobe's entire creative software portfolio, including flagship bran... (more)

PointRoll is partnering with On2 Technologies to add Flash 8 video encoding capabilities to PointRoll video units. As part of the agreement, PointRoll is licensing On2's Flix Engine and Flix Pro toolsets to enable PointRoll to create and deliver the industry's highest quality Fla... (more)

Immediately available in English, French and German language versions - with a Japanese version due out next month - "Acrobat 3D" has just been launched by Adobe. The company's goal is to help extend 3D visualization, communication and collaboration across geographically disperse... (more)

Creating a Remote Object DataManager in ActionScript 3.0 for Flex 2.0 Tien Nguyen followed up on my WebService DataManager with one for RemoteObject as well. I haven't had a chance to try it myself yet, but this RemoteObject DataManager should work through the CFAdapter for more ef... (more)

I saw that senocular.com was asking What will happen to MMUGs now? Will they become Adobe User Groups (AUGs?) I can't speak for other MMUGs but I can announce what we're going to be doing in 2006 with the London Macromedia User Group: We're going to be renaming it to the London M... (more)

PaperThin's  CommonSpot Content Server version 4.6 has a  taxonomy module that now provides complete out-of-the-box taxonomy management for Web content administrators and contributors. New features include a taxonomy term editor and a taxonomy API, along with a powerful facet-bas... (more)

Seapine's adaptable application lifecycle management (AALM) solutions for enterprise-level software development "feature seamless integration with each other as well as with a wide variety of other popular software development tools," the company says. Its Surround SCM product no... (more)

Adobe completed its acquisition of Macromedia on December 5, timed to coincide with the beginning of its fiscal year. Now it has released record-setting results for its most recent quarter and year, reaching almost $2 billion in revenue for the year. It has projected a 35% revenu... (more)

The leading global service provider for accelerating content and business processes online, has announced that Comedy Central, the only all-comedy network, relies on Akamai Media Delivery to support its recently launched MotherLoad broadband channel initiative. Mo ntherLoad is a ... (more)

Perforce Software has announced a new integration between Perforce, the Fast Software Configuration Management (SCM) System, and SOFTIMAGE|XSI, a 3-D modeling and animation solution for the film, broadcast, post-production and interactive entertainment industries. Extending Perfo... (more)

A leading technology provider in video streaming, has announced that senior vice president and research analyst Richard Fetyko of Merriman Curhan Ford & Co. initiated research coverage on VitalStream on November 15, 2005. This event represents the first independent research analy... (more)

The world leader in video streaming, has launched VitalStream Professional Services, a core group of technical staff and select industry partners experienced in streaming technologies dedicated to delivering quality, tailored solutions for customers with specific streaming needs,... (more)