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48
products due to product lifecycle timing and the success of our suites and bundles.
Revenue from our Knowledge Worker Solutions segment increased during fiscal 2006 as compared fiscal
2005 primarily due to continued adoption of our Acrobat family of products and the launch of Acrobat 8 during
the fourth quarter of fiscal 2006, as well as the addition of new products related to the acquisition of Macromedia.
There were no notable decreases for fiscal 2006.
Revenue from our Enterprise and Developer Solutions segment increased during fiscal 2006 as compared to
fiscal 2005 primarily due to the addition of new products related to the acquisition of Macromedia. Revenue from
this segment also grew due to increases in revenue from our LiveCycle products of 23% as a result of increased
licensing and server support revenue, as we continue to successfully focus on both the government sector and
financial services. There were no notable decreases for fiscal 2006.
Revenue from our Mobile and Device Solutions segment increased during fiscal 2006 as compared fiscal
2005, wholly due to the addition of new products related to the acquisition of Macromedia.
Revenue from our Other segments increased during fiscal 2006 as compared to fiscal 2005, primarily due to
increased revenue from PostScript licensing and to the addition of new products related to the acquisition of
Macromedia. There were no notable decreases for fiscal 2006.
Fiscal 2005 Revenue Compared to Fiscal 2004 Revenue
Revenue from our Creative Solutions segment grew during fiscal 2005 as compared to fiscal 2004. The
growth in the segment was due to a 32% increase in revenues from the new versions of our Adobe Creative Suite
products which were released during the second quarter of fiscal 2005. Additionally, there was a 3% increase in
revenues from our digital imaging software products as a result of new releases of our Adobe Photoshop Elements
product as well as the new software bundle that combines our Adobe Photoshop Elements and Adobe Premiere
Elements products. There were no notable decreases for fiscal 2005.
Revenue from our Knowledge Worker segment increased during fiscal 2005 as compared to fiscal 2004
primarily due to a 36% increase in revenues from our Acrobat desktop products. The increase in revenues from
our Acrobat desktop products is due to continued adoption of Acrobat desktop products by enterprises and
technical professionals, as well as the release of Acrobat 7 during the first quarter of fiscal 2005.
Revenue from our Enterprise Solutions segment increased during fiscal 2005 as compared to fiscal 2004
primarily due to our LiveCycle products. There was approximately a 10% increase in revenue during fiscal 2005
due to increased licensing and server support revenue, as we continued our focus on both the government sector
and financial services. Additionally, revenue from our Enterprise Solutions segment increased during fiscal 2005
due to an increase in consulting revenues. There were no notable decreases for fiscal 2005.
Revenue from our Other segments decreased slightly during fiscal 2005 as compared to fiscal 2004 primarily
due to a decrease in revenues from our Classic Publishing software products.
Geographic Information
Fiscal
2006
% Change
2006 to 2005
Fiscal
2005
% Change
2005 to 2004 Fiscal
2004
Americas ................................... $ 1,266.7 35% $ 939.7 22% $ 770.6
Percentage of total revenues .. 49% 48% 46%
EMEA ....................................... 770.1 26% 612.7 13% 541.5
Percentage of total revenues .. 30% 31% 33%
Asia ........................................... 538.5 30% 413.9 17% 354.5
Percentage of total revenues .. 21% 21% 21%
Total revenues ....................... $ 2,575.3 31% $ 1,966.3 18% $ 1,666.6