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Twentyyearsofhelpingpeople
communicatebetter
Overthelasttwodecades,AdobeSystemshas
beenintroducingpowerful,creativewaysfor
peopletocommunicate.FromDesktopPub-
lishingintheeightiestoWebPublishinginthe
nineties,standard-settinginnovationssuchas
AdobePostScriptandAdobePhotoshopsoft-
warehavehelpedputvisuallyrichcommuni-
cationswithinthereachofmillionsofpeople
worldwide.PDFhasmadeuniversaldocument
exchangeacommonplacereality—todate,
morethanhalfabillioncopiesofAdobe
AcrobatReadersoftwarehavebeendistrib-
uted,allowinganyonetoexchangeand
interactwithAdobePDFdocumentsfrom
nearlyanycomputer.
Today,AdobePDFliesattheheartofanew
communicationsmodel:NetworkPublish-
ing.BringingtogetherAdobesoftwareand
thecomplementarytechnologiesofdedicated
partners,NetworkPublishingallowslarge
organizationsaswellasindividualstocre-
ate,manage,anddelivervisuallyrichcontent
toanyone,anywhere,onanydevice.Asan
increasingnumberofinuentialcustomers
embraceNetworkPublishing,they’rerealizing
loweredcosts,heightenedefciencies,andbet-
terreturnontheirtechnologyinvestments.
Lookingahead,Adobehasdevelopedahighly
focusedbusinessstrategyforthefuture.We’re
extendingourreachintotheenterprise,
deliveringsolutionsthatsolvethereal-world
documentworkowchallengesoflargecor-
porationsandgovernmentagencies.We’re
continuingtohelpcreativeprofessionalswork
moreefcientlyandmoreeconomically.And
we’rehelpinganewgenerationbecomeuent
inthelanguagesofdigitalphotographyand
digitalvideo.
Aswestepforwardintoournexttwentyyears,
Adobeiscommittedtomaintainingindustry
leadership.Toconductingourbusiness
ethically.Toactinginthebestinterestsofour
stockholders.Tomeetingtheexpectationsof
ourcustomers,ouremployees,andourcom-
munity.And,asalways,weremaincommitted
tohelpingpeoplecommunicatebetter.