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enhanced visibility into the performance and efficiency of automated business processes, and the LiveCycle Workspace ES
user interface.
Adobe LiveCycle Production Print ES— a server-based, high volume output management solution that allows
organizations to create personalized transactional documents such as statements, contracts, letters, packing slips or welcome
kits; generates documents dynamically by merging data from multiple back-end systems with pre-designed templates and
output documents in a wide range of print or electronic formats to help deliver multi-channel communications; the
technology is licensed from Streamserve and sold by Adobe.
Adobe Central Pro Output Server—a server-based software application for document generation that allows
organizations to create personalized, customer-facing documents from any data source—including legacy, line-of-business,
ERP or CRM applications; merges data with an electronic document template using a powerful processing engine to
dynamically generate electronic documents such as purchase orders, invoices, statements and checks for delivery via Adobe
PDF, the Web, e-mail, fax or print; works with Adobe Output Designer which is a companion tool used to create
sophisticated document templates.
Adobe Output Designer—a design tool that allows users to create electronic document templates for use with Adobe
solutions for document generation; aids in the creation of electronic documents that exactly replicate existing paper
documents.
Adobe Output Pak for mySAP.com—a SAP-certified server-based software application for document generation that
enables organizations to optimize their investment in their SAP solution by creating personalized, professional-looking,
customer-facing documents; provides an easy, fast and cost-effective way to create and maintain documents for the SAP
environment; integrates directly with an SAP system to extract information which is merged with a document template that
defines the layout and formatting of the document; output can be in a variety of formats, including Adobe PDF, print, fax, e-
mail and the Web.
Adobe Web Output Pak—a server-based software application for document generation; creates documents in PDF and
HTML for presentation on the Web and in Wireless Markup Language for presentation to a wireless device; allows users to
personalize and control the look of documents based on the data the documents contain.
Mobile and Device Solutions Segment
Mobile and Device Solutions Market Opportunity
As hundreds of millions of people around the world adopt Internet-connected hand-held phones and devices as a means
to communicate, collaborate and entertain, as well as consumer electronic devices such as digital cameras, game consoles,
music players and electronic educational toys, we believe a significant opportunity exists to offer solutions for these devices
which provide for the creation and delivery of rich content, user interfaces and data services which allow users to engage with
information more easily and effectively.
Our strategy in addressing the Mobile and Device Solutions market is to license Adobe mobile solutions, including
Adobe Flash Player, Adobe Reader LE and Adobe Flash Cast, to device manufacturers and telecommunications carriers that
embed our technology on their platforms, enabling them to provide multimedia content, documents and services to their
customers. As Flash Player and Adobe Reader technology penetrates digital devices and platforms, millions of developers
will be able to use our content creation products to create engaging consumer content and rich mobile business applications.
To support the delivery of content and services in these millions of devices, we offer client-server solutions which
leverage the broad deployment of our Flash Player and Adobe Reader technologies. Flash Cast, the first of these service
delivery solutions, and the newly developed Adobe Flash Home solution consists of client software built upon a new Adobe
Mobile Client runtime technology, as well as server technology that manages the content being delivered to the mobile
phone. Just as other Adobe solutions such as Acrobat and Acrobat Connect are built upon our technology platform, we see
market opportunities to bring similar solutions to the mobile and device ecosystems.