Acrobat.com: Web-Based Apps, With FlashToday, Adobe has launched Acrobat.com, a suite of free web-based tools to facilitate creating and sharing multimedia documents and enabling web-based conferencing and screen-sharing, along with an upgrade to it's Acrobat Software line. Information Week looks at the multimedia angle: "Though PDF and Acrobat Reader have become synonymous with documents, Adobe sees a powerful potential in adding multimedia to the mix. 'Video and audio have become ubiquitous on the Web, and our customers are becoming increasingly interested in and comfortable with using those content types,' Adobe director of product management Rick Brown said." At WebMonkey, they're anticipating that the software will come into it's own when 'offline' synching of documents is available: "Aside from a much slicker interface, Acrobat.com doesn’t offer many features above and beyond what you’ll find in Google Docs or Zoho Office. However, when the AIR version gains offline syncing capabilities, Adobe may possibly have a real winner on its hands. Other potentially interesting developments include the possibility of integrating Photoshop Express, the company’s online version of Photoshop, into the suite." While at WebWorkerDaily, they're a litte more sceptical: "We’re big fans of many web services, from Flickr to del.icio.us to GMail. But these are all services that we can derive substantial value from without dragging our co-workers along. We don’t expect an immediate rush of everyone to sign up for Acrobat.com accounts." Finally, on the official Acrobat.com Blog, they're anticipating big things: "Over time we will provide businesses with premium subscription services such as workgroup capabilities, administrative controls, more advanced document workflows and additional capacity. But in the meantime, we're confident that our free services will provide great value to millions of users." UPDATE: The Channel Test Center's Mario Morejon says solution providers have a valuable new tool: "Adobe is extending one of its core technologies, Flash, to the Software-as-a-Service realm and, in so doing, is poised to catch up very quickly to Microsoft and Google in the online productivity space. It's an aggressive move and, frankly, a welcome one that will only ratchet up the competition." Posted by Joe Caponi at 02:56 PM, June 2, 2008 This is a public forum. United Business Media and its affiliates are not responsible for and do not control what is posted herein. United Business Media makes no warranties or guarantees concerning any advice dispensed by its staff members or readers. Community standards in this comment area do not permit hate language, excessive profanity, or other patently offensive language. Please be aware that all information posted to this comment area becomes the property of United Business Media LLC and may be edited and republished in print or electronic format as outlined in United Business Media's Terms of Service. Important Note: This comment area is NOT intended for commercial messages or solicitations of business. |
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