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Adobe LiveCycle Production Print—server-based solution that performs high-volume jobs through efficient batch
processes, generating documents such as statements, invoices, contracts, or welcome kits; merges XML, ASCII or other data
types from back-end systems with Adobe LiveCycle Designer ES templates to generate documents in a broad range of print
or electronic formats to support high volume production requirements; enables customers to print document packages by
collecting multiple jobs over time and then grouping them to minimize mailing costs.
Information Assurance
Adobe LiveCycle Digital Signatures—server-based software application that helps organizations automate the
processing of electronic documents by providing batch-based capabilities to digitally sign and certify Adobe PDF documents,
validate digital signatures and encrypt/decrypt Adobe PDF documents; safeguards information when it leaves a company’ s
network and integrates with existing public key infrastructures.
Adobe LiveCycle Rights Management—server-based software application that helps organizations manage information
access securely with dynamic, persistent document control; allows for access control and auditing of Adobe PDF, Microsoft
Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, PTC Pro/ENGINEER, Dassault CATIA and Lattice XVL CAD 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 and other client plug-in software to author and view protected documents.
Process Management
Adobe LiveCycle Process Management—server-based process management application that allows organizations to
orchestrate people, systems, content and business rules into streamlined, end-to-end processes that are accessible to process
participants through engaging user interfaces, online or offline; provides out-of-box dashboards to help users gain insights
into business operations in real time and management tools to fix day-to-day operational problems and make long-term
process improvements.
Adobe LiveCycle Business Activity Monitoring—software that allows administrators and process participants to quickly
identify bottlenecks, check progress and view other process information related to business transactions; comes in two
versions: Adobe LiveCycle Business Activity Monitoring (“BAM”) ES Standard, which allows for the monitoring of all
LiveCycle processes with 16 out-of-the-box dashboards and, Adobe LiveCycle BAM ES Extended, which adds the ability to
extend Adobe LiveCycle BAM ES to other enterprise business systems so that users can monitor business processes via
dashboards inside and outside the LiveCycle environment.
Other Knowledge Worker and Enterprise Related Products
LiveCycle Managed Services—LiveCycle is available as on-premises software or as a managed services offering
delivered in partnership with Amazon.com Inc. LiveCycle Managed Services customers pay Adobe an annual subscription
fee. In return, Adobe provisions and manages a LiveCycle instance for the customer on Amazon Web Services. By
outsourcing the management of their LiveCycle instance to Adobe, customers benefit from increased capital efficiency and
reduced complexity. As a result, customers can focus more of their efforts on providing successful user outcomes and less on
the tasks of managing computing infrastructure.
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 LiveCycle Designer—desktop software application which simplifies the creation and maintenance of intelligent
XML based forms for deployment as Adobe PDF forms, HTML applications and Flash based RIAs; provides an intuitive,
graphical design tool for creating XML templates that look exactly as the author intended and previewing them before
deployment; it also simplifies adding intelligence to documents, such as business and routing logic, and binding form fields
to arbitrary XML schemes for seamless integration with enterprise applications.
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.