Adobe
Brocade acquires Foundry; Implicit Networks lawsuit
Jul. 22, 2008
Storage networking company Brocade Communications has agreed to acquire enterprise local-area-network vendor Foundry Networks for approximately $3 billion, the companies announced yesterday; IBM, Oracle, SAP and Adobe ...
IBM, Oracle and SAP sued over server software technology patents
Jul. 21, 2008
BM, Oracle, SAP and Adobe systems are the latest targets of patent lawsuits filed by Implicit Networks.
Adobe touts early customer adoption of AIR
Feb. 25, 2008
Adobe on Monday is making available the first full release of its Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR), and will reveal early adopter customers who are building both business and consumer applications using the technology.
Adobe 'pleased' with Flash on iPhone progress
Jun. 18, 2008
Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen this week confirmed work continues to make Flash available on the iPhone, but warned the work isn't complete yet.
Verizon-Alltel, fast times at Broadcom
Jun. 06, 2008
Verizon reached a deal to buy Alltel for US$28.1 billion, which would make the combined company the largest wireless carrier in the U.S. over AT&T. While that was, arguably, the week's biggest news, it couldn't match ...
Acrobat finds a new home on the Web
Jun. 04, 2008
Remember when hardly a week went by in the early months of 2008 without some sort of Apple product announcement? The past few weeks, Adobe has been doing its best Apple imitation, with a slew of product news aimed at ...
Adobe unveils Acrobat.com and Acrobat 9, Extreme claims patent win over Enterasys
Jun. 03, 2008
Adobe yesterday introduced Acrobat.com and unveiled Acrobat 9, the first version of Acrobat to be integrated with the vendor's Flash multimedia technology; Extreme Networks has announced it has won a year-old patent- ...
Windows XP SP3 includes vulnerable Flash Player
Jun. 03, 2008
Microsoft's Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) ships with an out-of-date version of Adobe's Flash Player that's vulnerable to recently-spotted attacks, according to Microsoft's support documentation.
Adobe opens online office
Jun. 02, 2008
Adobe has made its big move into online office suites with a service that could take some of the pain out of managing files and collaborating.
Adobe shows off hosted collaboration tools, Flash integration in Acrobat 9
Jun. 02, 2008
Adobe Monday introduced Acrobat.com, a palette of hosted collaboration tools, and unveiled Acrobat 9, which features the first built-in integration with Flash.
Microsoft to support ODF, PDF in Office next year
May. 21, 2008
Microsoft is finally adding support for ODF (Open Document Format for XML) and Adobe PDF (Portable Document Format) to its Office productivity suite, the company is expected to announce late Wednesday.
Flash vs Silverlight for king of Web multimedia
May. 12, 2008
When it comes to browser-based multimedia, Adobe's Flash reigned supreme with little competition. Now, Microsoft's Silverlight platform is challenging for the crown. Christopher Smith, president of the Aquent Graphics ...
Apple Amazingly Silent About SaaS | NetworkWorld.com Community
May. 06, 2008
Apple is AWOL from the world of software-as-a-service, on demand software, cloud computing and storage, and virtualization. So just what are Apple's plans to thrive, or maybe just survive, in the quickly emerging ...
Sony Ericsson combines Java and Flash
Apr. 30, 2008
Sony Ericsson is hoping to promote "wow" mobile-phone applications by enabling developers to combine the best of Java and Flash in the same applications.
Adobe fixes seven flaws in Flash Player
Apr. 09, 2008
Adobe has upgraded its Flash Player to fix seven vulnerabilities in the graphics and video software widely used for interactive Web pages and banner advertisements.
Adobe rolls out Media Player, video content
Apr. 09, 2008
Adobe Systems debuted a new media playing software, Adobe Media Player 1.0 (AMP) along with online programming instructional video content on how to use the company's products, it said Wednesday.
Microsoft demos Windows Mobile 6.1 at CTIA
Apr. 02, 2008
Microsoft demonstrated new features for its Windows Mobile 6.1 platform this week, including Internet Explorer and Adobe Flash capabilities.
Adobe, RealNetworks back Linux on Mobile Internet Devices
Apr. 02, 2008
Adobe Systems and RealNetworks are backing Intel's drive to put Linux on Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) and will offer versions of AIR and RealPlayer, respectively, for handheld devices that use the open-source ...
Adobe joins Linux Foundation, develops Air for Linux
Mar. 31, 2008
Adobe Systems released an early alpha version of its rich Internet application platform Air for Linux on Monday, and announced that it has joined the Linux Foundation, a nonprofit organization that promotes and ...
With thousands of sites affected, Adobe to patch Flash bug
Mar. 28, 2008
Adobe is working on an update to its Flash Player software that will address a widespread vulnerability found on hundreds of thousands of Web sites.
Google: Web sites slow to fix serious Flash flaws
Mar. 27, 2008
Two months after Adobe Systems patched a serious flaw in its Flash development software, there are still hundreds of thousands of Web pages serving up buggy Shockwave Flash (.swf) files that could be exploited by ...
Adobe confirms Flash for iPhone
Mar. 19, 2008
Adobe has confirmed it will develop a version of Flash Player for the iPhone.
Windows Mobile to get Flash, PDF support
Mar. 17, 2008
In addition to its own Silverlight multimedia technology, Microsoft will support Adobe's competing Flash technology on Windows Mobile phones, the companies planned to announce on Monday.
Discovery Earth Live gives 3-D view of changing weather patterns
Feb. 08, 2008
A Discovery Channel Web application provides near-real-time views of the climate on a three-dimensional interactive globe.
Adobe fixes undisclosed vulnerabilities in Reader
Feb. 06, 2008
Adobe released on Wednesday an update that fixes vulnerabilities in its widely used Reader document viewing program.
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Adobe profile
Overview
2005 NW200 rank: 45
2004 NW200 rank: 49
Revenue
| Total '05 revenue (in $M) |
|
1966 |
| '04-'05 revenue change |
|
18% |
| '01-'05 CAGR revenue |
|
12% |
Profit
| Profit or loss (in $M) |
|
603 |
| Change from '04 |
|
34 |
| As percentage of revenue 31 |
|
31 |
| CAGR, '01-'05 |
|
31 |
Employees
| Number of employees |
|
5734 |
| '04 - '05 change |
|
82
|
| Revenue per employee |
|
342919 |
Misc.
| Mkt Cap as of 3/19/05 ($M) |
|
21940 |
| Cash/investments ($M) |
|
|
| Year inc. |
|
1982 |
| Fiscal year ends |
|
Nov |
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