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Adobe LiveCycle Document Security Server — a server-based software application that helps organizations
automate the processing of electronic documents by providing batch-based capabilities to digitally sign and certify
PDF files, validate digital signatures, and encrypt/decrypt PDF documents; safeguards information when it leaves a
company’s network and integrates with existing public key infrastructures.
Adobe LiveCycle Policy Server — a server-based software application that helps organizations manage
information access securely with dynamic, persistent document control; allows for the control and monitoring of
electronic document usage inside or outside the firewall, online or offline, and across multiple document platforms;
lets organizations know when a document has been viewed, printed, or altered, and restricts access so that only
intended recipients can open, use, and forward a document; allows for previously granted document permissions and
access to be revoked; leverages Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader software to author and view protected
documents.
OEM PostScript and Other
OEM PostScript and Other Opportunities
Graphics professionals and professional publishers require quality, reliability, and efficiency in production
printing, and we believe our printing technology provides advanced functionality to meet the sophisticated
requirements of this marketplace. As high-end printing systems evolve and transition to fully digital, composite
workflows, we believe we are uniquely positioned to be a supplier of software and technology based on the Adobe
PostScript and Adobe PDF standards for use by hardware manufacturers in this industry. We generate revenues by
licensing our technology to OEMs that manufacture printers and other output devices.
OEM PostScript and Other Products
Adobe PostScript — a printing and imaging page description language that delivers high quality output,
cross-platform compatibility, and top performance for graphically-rich printing output from corporate desktop
printers to high-end publishing printers; gives users the power to create and print visually rich documents with total
precision; licensed to printing equipment manufacturers for integration into their printing products.
Adobe Extreme — a printing architecture for service bureaus, prepress shops, and commercial printers; the
fastest, most flexible implementation of our printing technology; provides an integrated workflow that automates
prepress tasks, optimizing output speeds and quality by using Adobe PDF and job tickets; offers flexibility while
delivering a scalable, reliable, and productive printing environment.
COMPETITION
The markets for our products are characterized by intense competition, evolving industry standards, rapid
software and hardware technology developments, and frequent new product introductions. Our future success will
depend on our ability to enhance our existing products, introduce new products on a timely and cost-effective basis,
meet changing customer needs, extend our core technology into new applications, and anticipate and respond to
emerging standards and other technological changes.
Creative Professional
In our Creative Professional segment, we offer the Adobe Creative Suite in two versions, which are products
that consist of combinations of several of our technologies. The Adobe Creative Suite Standard Edition combines
the capabilities of Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe Photoshop, as well as file management and
integration technology called Version Cue. The Adobe Creative Suite Premium Edition adds to this the capabilities
of Adobe Acrobat Professional and Adobe GoLive.
We also offer some of the technologies available in our Creative Suites as individual software applications. We
believe these individual products (Adobe GoLive, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe InDesign), as well as other
publishing products we offer — Adobe PageMaker and Adobe FrameMaker — compete favorably on the basis of
features and functionality, ease of use, product reliability, and price and performance characteristics. In addition, the