Adobe Systems

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Adobe Systems Incorporated is a diversified software company. The Company offers a line of business and mobile software and services used by professionals, designers, knowledge workers, high-end consumers, original equipment manufacturer (OEM) partners, developers and enterprises for creating, managing, delivering and engaging with compelling content and experiences across multiple operating systems, devices and media. Adobe distributes its products through a network of distributors and dealers, value-added resellers (VARs), systems integrators, independent software vendors (ISVs) and OEMs, direct to end users and through its own Website at www.adobe.com. The Company also licenses its technology to hardware manufacturers, software developers and service providers, and it offers integrated software solutions to businesses of all sizes. Adobe has operations in the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and Asia.

Adobe added Flash to its technology portfolio after acquisition of Macromedia in 2005.

Milestones

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• Acquired Omniture for $1.8B. (9/15/09)
  Posted 9/21/09 at 4:16am
• Acquired GoodBarry. (8/31/09)
  Posted 8/31/09 at 9:52am
• Invested in Demandbase. (8/25/08)
  Posted 8/24/08 at 8:08pm
• Adobe Systems — Adobe announced new content from MTV Networks, Comedy Central and CBS will be added to Adobe Media Player. The Adobe Media Player now features 15,000 pieces of content with more than 400 shows provided from major broadcasters and content publishers. (6/18/08)
  Posted 6/18/08 at 8:39pm
• Invested in Veoh. (6/3/08)
  Posted 6/3/08 at 11:26am
• Invested in 56.com. (12/1/07)
  Posted 12/8/07 at 4:33am
• Acquired Virtual Ubiquity. (9/30/07)
  Posted 12/23/08 at 9:30pm
• Acquired Adobe Scene7 . (5/3/07)
  Posted 1/27/09 at 9:28pm
• Invested in scanR. (3/22/07)
  Posted 9/9/09 at 7:35am
• Acquired Serious Magic. (10/20/06)
  Posted 1/21/09 at 4:12pm
• Acquired Macromedia for $3.4B. (12/3/05)
  Posted 11/18/08 at 1:13pm
• Went public with stock symbol ADBE. (8/20/86)
  Posted 3/25/08 at 1:34pm
• Michele Turner, Vice President Product added.
  Posted 2/23/08 at 2:50pm
• Shantanu Narayen, President & CEO added.
  Posted 2/29/08 at 12:55am
• Charles Geschke, Co-founder, Co-Chairman of the Board added.
  Posted 2/29/08 at 12:55am
• John Warnock, Co-founder, Co-Chairman of the Board added.
  Posted 2/29/08 at 12:55am
• Jeff Whatcott, VP of Marketing & Business Development added.
  Posted 3/9/08 at 5:52pm
• Eugene Lee, VP Vertical and Solutions Marketing added.
  Posted 4/17/08 at 2:22am
• Gary Grossman, Principal Scientist added.
  Posted 4/28/08 at 8:49am
• Robert Tatsumi, Engineering Manager added.
  Posted 4/28/08 at 8:59am
• Stephen Elop, President, Worldwide Field Operations added.
  Posted 6/7/08 at 2:01pm
• Tapan Bhat, Director of Product Managment added.
  Posted 6/11/08 at 9:58am
• Kevin Goldsmith, Engineering Manager added.
  Posted 11/28/08 at 7:19am
• John Shapiro, Sr. Product Manager added.
  Posted 7/6/09 at 11:48am
• Michael Fitzpatrick, Group Product Manager added.
  Posted 9/28/09 at 10:03pm

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Products

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Adobe AIR

Adobe Flash

Buzzword

photoshop.com

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Sources

1. Adobe Buys Omniture For $1.8 Billion (paidcontent.org) [edit]
2. Adobe Buys Business Catalyst / GoodBarry (techcrunch.com) [edit]
3. Adobe buys web word processor Buzzword (news.cnet.com) [edit]
4. Alarm:Clock (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
5. Adobe acquires Serious Magic to push Flash video (venturebeat.com) [edit]
6. Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org) [edit]
7. Demandbase Raises $8 Million For Online Lead Generation Platform (techcrunch.com) [edit]
8. Veoh Raises Another $30 Million From Intel Capital, Adobe, and Gordon Crawford (techcrunch.com) [edit]
9. Citation Needed [add]
10. ScanR, a cross-device scanner company, raises $8M more (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
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