Adobe Systems

Adobe Systems

Adobe Systems is one of the leading manufacturers of document management and graphics design software. Well known for their Adobe Photoshop product, the company also produces a wide range of other products such as Adobe PDF. Founded in 1982 by John Warnock and Charles Geschke, they helped to launch the desktop publishing industry when Apple licensed their postscript technology for use in their laser printers. In 2005 Adobe acquired Macromedia, one of their few large competitors in the space.

Fast Facts:

Ticker: ADBE (NASDAQ)
Established in 1982
Founders: John Warnock and Charles Geschke
Headquarters: San Jose, California
Employees: 6,677 (as of January 2007)
2007 revenue: $3.157 billion USD
Top products: Photoshop, Flash Player

Acquisition of Macromedia:

On December 12, 2005 Adobe acquired their largest competitor Macromedia. The deal was valued at 3.4 billion in stock and brought all former Macromedia products into the Adobe family. These applications include Coldfusion, Flash, Dreamweaver and several other popular web/graphic design programs.

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WashingtonPost.com: "Hackers Exploit Adobe Reader Flaw" (February 9, 2008)
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Reuters: Adobe CEO Eyes Stock Buybacks... (April 17, 2007)
The Motley Fool: Adobe Is No Player Hater (April 17, 2007)
Forbes.com: "Can Adobe Unbox?" (March 28, 2007)
MSNBC.com: Adobe launching Creative Suite 3 (March 27, 2007)
CNN: Adobe in Photoshop freebie (March 1, 2007)

Adobe Background and Articles

MSNBC.com: Flaw found in Adobe Acrobat PDF format (January 4, 2007)
CNN: The Greenest Office in America (October 16, 2006)
Forbes.com: "No flash in the pan" (June 7, 2006)
USAToday.com: "Adobe buys Macromedia in $3.4B deal" (April 18, 2005)
CNET News: How Adobe plans to keep beating Microsoft (April 17, 2004)

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Adobe Information & Reviews

PC Magazine: Adobe Premiere Elements 3.0 Review
CNET Reviews: Adobe product reviews
ZDNet: Adobe Fireworks CS3 Beta Review & Comparison

Adobe Blogs & Message Boards

Adobe.com Blogs
Photoshop Lab
Photoshop Online Podcast
AOL Money & Finance Blog: Can Microsoft dethrone Adobe's Web Multimedia Efforts? (April 17, 2007)
Acid Labs: Tools Leveraging the Social Network (April 17, 2007)
NOVEDGE: Interview with Doug Halliday, Business Development Manager at Adobe (April 13, 2007)
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