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With our Acrobat Connect product, we intend to increase awareness of our solution in targeted horizontal
markets such as training and marketing, as well as targeted vertical markets such as manufacturing, financial
services and telecommunications. We also intend to market the benefits of how our Acrobat and Acrobat Connect
solutions can be used together to meet the synchronous and asynchronous collaboration needs in the marketplace.
With the broad distribution and reach of our free Adobe Reader, we also intend to expose the capabilities of
Acrobat Connect to potentially new users with a simple-to-adopt business model based on monthly or annual
subscription fees.
Knowledge Worker Solutions Products
Adobe Acrobat 3D — enables collaboration between extended teams of designers and engineers to more
securely and reliably communicate, visualize, and document architectural and manufacturing designs using 3D
data; allows users to insert and publish 3D designs from major CAD applications in Adobe PDF documents that
can easily be shared with suppliers, partners, and customers using the free Adobe Reader software.
Adobe Acrobat Connect (formerly Macromedia Breeze) — a rich Web-based communication system which
enables organizations to reduce the costs of travel and increase the effectiveness of online training, marketing
events, sales meetings and collaborative Web conferencing solutions which are instantly accessible by customers,
partners and employees using Adobe Flash Player; consists of a core Connect Events Server or hosted service,
and modules that provide specific application functionality, including Connect Training and Connect Events; can
be deployed with either some or all of these components together; Connect Training allows organizations to build
a complete online training system with Microsoft PowerPoint presentations that include surveys, analysis, course
administration and content management; Connect Events allows users to provide seminar and training sessions as
well as to conduct business presentations through the Web.
Adobe Acrobat Elements — desktop software that enables enterprises to extend the value of their Microsoft
Office investment by standardizing on Adobe PDF for reliable document distribution; provides for the easy
conversion of Microsoft Office documents to Adobe PDF, preserving document integrity for reliable viewing and
printing on other operating systems and hardware platforms inside and outside the enterprise’s IT firewall.
Adobe Acrobat Messenger — software that works with a scanner or digital copier and is designed for
workgroups and departments to transform paper documents into electronic Adobe PDF files and deliver them via
e-mail, Web or fax; allows users to preview their documents on-screen, crop or rotate pages, and add electronic
annotations.
Adobe Acrobat Standard — creates secure, reliable and compact Adobe PDF files from desktop authoring
applications such as Microsoft Office software, graphics applications and more. Supports automated collaborative
workflows with a rich set of commenting tools and review tracking features; includes everything needed to create
and distribute rich electronic documents that can be viewed easily within leading Web browsers or on computer
desktops via the free Adobe Reader.
Adobe Acrobat Professional — in addition to all the capabilities of Acrobat Standard, Acrobat Professional
delivers specialized capabilities for creative professional and engineering users, such as pre-flighting, color
separation and measuring tools.
Adobe Document Center — a hosted service that enables businesses to secure and mange Adobe PDF files
and other common business document files such as those in Microsoft Office formats.
Create Adobe PDF Online — a Web-based subscription service that provides for the easy conversion of
Microsoft Office documents and other application files to Adobe PDF for the secure and reliable sharing of rich
electronic documents that can be viewed easily within leading Web browsers or on computer desktops via the free
Adobe Reader.
Enterprise and Developer Solutions Segment
Enterprise and Developer Solutions Market Opportunity