Adobe Systems Incorporated

Company Overview

Adobe Systems Incorporated (Adobe) engages in designing, developing, and offering software packages including business and mobile software solutions and other related services. The company’s key technologies include Portable Document Format (PDF), Adobe Reader, Adobe Flash Player, Adobe Air, Adobe PostScript, and Omniture Online Marketing Suite. The company’s product portfolio consists of Acrobat 9 Pro extended, Creative Suite 3 design, Photoshop CS3, Creative Suite 3 Web Premium, Fireworks CS3, Photoshop Light Room 2, Captivate 3, Contribute CS3, Cold Fusion 8, Dream Weaver CS3, Creative Suite 3 Production Premium, and Creative Suite 3 Master Collection. Its recent product introductions include Adobe Photoshop lightroom 3, Creative Suite 5 design premium, and eLearning Suite 2, among others. Its software runs on personal computers with Microsoft Windows, Apple OS, Linux, UNIX and various non-PC platforms, depending on the product. It also focuses on developing and marketing a range of products to run on mobile phones. Adobe distributes its products through a network of distributors and dealers, value-added resellers, systems integrators, independent software vendors and OEMs, direct to end users and through its website. The company operates its business in the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa, and Asia. Adobe is headquartered in San Jose, the US.

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