Adobe
Salesforce.com, Adobe partner on Flash toolkit
Oct. 26, 2009
Salesforce.com and Adobe Systems on Monday announced Flash Builder for Force.com, an integrated development environment for building rich Internet applications deployable through browsers and on desktops.
Salesforce-Adobe deal could boost Force.com profile
Oct. 26, 2009
Flash linkage to Force.com helps establish the cloud platform as a separate entity from Salesforce.com's core CRM system
Not one of my better days
Oct. 19, 2009
Gibbs started on what he thought was going to be a simple job and most of a day later, he's ready to reprogram his computer with an axe
Adobe MAX and Augmented Reality
Oct. 13, 2009
There was a lot to be impressed about and one of the technologies getting a lot of attention was augmented reality (AR).
Adobe puts LiveCycle in the cloud
Oct. 05, 2009
Adobe Systems is preparing an update to its document-based workflow system, LiveCycle Enterprise Suite, that can be hosted in the Amazon computing cloud and accessed on the go from smartphones, the company said Monday.
Flash Player inches closer to smartphones
Oct. 05, 2009
Adobe's Flash Player software is getting closer to being offered on smartphones, though Apple's elusive iPhone remains beyond its reach.
Flash app development extended to HTML users
Sep. 15, 2009
Startup FHTML launches technology to leverage Adobe's rich Internet platform using HTML skills
Adobe upgrades, changes name of rich media content controller
Sep. 10, 2009
Adobe Systems is renaming Adobe Flash Media Rights Management Server, which controls access to streams of rich media content, to Adobe Flash Access and adding capabilities to control downloaded Flash content.
The Sentimeter, Part Deux
Aug. 14, 2009
Following up on last week's column, Mark Gibbs discusses how the design of the Sentimeter evolved and the hoops he had to jump through. He may yet take up acrobatics.
Study: Adobe Flash cookies pose vexing privacy questions
Aug. 11, 2009
Adobe's Flash program is being used on heavily trafficked Web sites to collect information on how people navigate those sites even if people believe they've restricted the data collection, according to a new study.
IT jobs rise in July; Adobe Flash cookies pose privacy concerns
Aug. 11, 2009
IT jobs rise in July; Adobe Flash cookies pose privacy concerns
Boston drivers are obnoxious? Duh!
Jul. 24, 2009
Boston drivers are obnoxious? Duh!
Flash vulnerability allows attack via PDF; AT&T income down despite iPhone
Jul. 23, 2009
Flash vulnerability allows attack via PDF; AT&T income down despite iPhone
Adobe Flash vulnerability also exploited in Web pages, says researcher
Jul. 23, 2009
A vulnerability that Adobe has confirmed to exist in a number of its Reader, Flash Player and Acrobat products is being exploited through malicious Flash code in Web pages, according to one researcher.
Adobe Flash vulnerability allows attack via malicious PDF file
Jul. 22, 2009
Symantec Wednesday said it has identified a PDF file that exploits a previously unknown vulnerability in an Adobe Flash multi-media component.
Adobe offers up more Flash technology to open source
Jul. 21, 2009
Adobe Systems will offer more of its Flash rich media application platform up to open source Tuesday, a move viewed by analysts as reactive to the fierce competition Adobe faces in the rich Internet application space ...
Adobe's Acrobat.com collaboration services emerge from beta
Jun. 15, 2009
Adobe Systems on Monday will move its Acrobat.com Web-based productivity and collaboration services out of beta and offer for-fee subscriptions to provide what the company hopes will be a new way for business users to ...
Adobe will deliver its first quarterly patches next Tuesday
Jun. 05, 2009
Adobe Systems will deliver its first set of quarterly patches next Tuesday as the company seeks to improve how it responds to security vulnerabilities in its widely used products.
Adobe aligns software branding to shine light on Flash
Jun. 01, 2009
Adobe is aligning its Web design and developer tools, including a new one available for testing Monday, under its Flash brand to emphasize the heart of its strategy to give developers everything they need to build RIAs.
Adobe snaps to attention over security vulnerabilities
May. 20, 2009
Adobe Systems, whose applications have been hit hard by hackers, is combing through legacy code for bugs in its products and plans a regular quarterly patch release, according to a top security official.
Web attack that poisons Google results gets worse
May. 19, 2009
A new attack that peppers Google search results with malicious links is spreading quickly, the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team warned on Monday.
Adobe promises fixes for latest flaws by next week
May. 04, 2009
Adobe Systems expects to have patches ready to fix the latest flaws in Acrobat and Reader by next week.
Adobe's new Flash can stream Internet content to TVs
Apr. 20, 2009
Adobe Systems on Monday unveiled a version of its Flash multimedia streaming technology that would allow people to run entertainment programming directly to television sets from the Internet, a new option for the ...
Forced week off at Adobe not exactly a vacation
Apr. 15, 2009
Forced time off for employees at Adobe is aimed at saving the company money as it copes with the economic downturn.
HP Software bolsters application-scanning products
Apr. 15, 2009
HP Software released updated versions of its application-scanning products HP assessment Management Platform 8.0 and WebInspect 8.0
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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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