I just signed up for an account to check out Adobe’s new Office product(s). These include:
- Adobe Buzzword - Their word processing tool (pressy slick I might add)
- Adobe ConnectNow - Desktop Sharing (WebEx like) tool
- CreatePDF - Well, PDF generator too
- Share - A document collaboration portal
- MyFiles - Online Storage for your documents.
What does this all mean? I say that Adobe is fast becoming a major software company and they are doing it right. It’s not like they are a start-up. I mean the company has been around for a long time and well recognized as a desktop publishing company. Their acquisition of Macromedia put them in a very good position with properties like Flash, which has quickly become an integral part of our web browsing experience. Adobe Flex and Air - well the jury is still out on them, but there is a lot of movement with these properties lately. While I think ColdFusion died before its time, the technology is still alive beneath the covers. So what i’m getting at is the fact that Adobe is going to be a very relevant player in the consumer software arena with targeted products and a whole host of properties and assets that they are capatilizing on. These latest sets of products are just a preview of things to come. You heard it here first folks!