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DEC-JAN 2013

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BEST OF BEST OF Web Seminar Solution Virtual Classroom Category Winner (tie): Adobe Connect A dobe Connect is a viable option for conducting Web meetings, implementing e-learning, and hosting Webinars. For high-impact Web seminars, the only things required of audience members are a Web browser and Adobe Flash Player sofware. Adobe Connect allows a maximum of 80,000 attendees, so you can generate more qualifed leads at a lower cost. You also get expert assistance from Adobe Event Services, and you can extend audio capabilities within your Web seminars. With Connect, you can enable instant access and cross-firewall collaboration from virtually any mobile device or desktop. You can collaborate across firewalls on virtually any device, including iOS, Android, BlackBerry PlayBook, as well as across desktop platforms with no client downloads for participants. digital meetings and leverage templates to quickly create additional meeting rooms and use them for specifc types of meetings. Finally, you can securely store all of your fles, documents, layouts and notes in a persistent manner — where they will stay exactly as you last lef them at the end of the day, ready for immediate reuse at any time. WHAT ADOBE SAYS: "Industry-level recognition of any kind is always appreciated, but when it comes from a respected organization like Elearning! and more specifcally, its readership community, it's very gratifying," says Guillaume Privat, director of Adobe Connect's Business Unit. "In the latest version of Adobe Connect, we devoted signifcant resources and focus to extending capabilities in terms of webinars and virtual classrooms with an aim to best serve our customers. And that focus remains; expect more and what we hope is even more useful as we move forward." to solve a problem long familiar to creative professionals at the time: getting text and images on a computer screen to translate beautifully and accurately into print. A year later, they helped launch the desktop publishing revolution with Adobe PostScript. Te release of Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop forever changed the quality and complexity of images that could be created for print, and later for content created for video, flm, the Web and other digital channels. Te design industry was never the same. Adobe's breakthrough Portable Document Format (PDF) technology enaabled businesses to deliver platform- and application-independent fles across operating systems and devices. Most recently, Adobe Dreamweaver, Flash, Flex and the Flash Media Server made cost-efective, reliable development of engaging Websites a reality. CONTACT INFORMATION: KEY CUSTOMERS: >> SAP >> U.S.Defense Information Services Agency >> eBay Adobe Connect features integrated audio and video conferencing, unlimited webcam streams at DVD quality, integration with video teleconferencing systems, and the ability to share rich media without requiring any codec or player downloads. All ensure that you can meet face-to-face and deliver your ideas most efectively. With environments, content and URLs that persist afer meetings end, you can manage them far more efectively. You can create your own customized URLs for your WHAT CUSTOMERS SAY: >> "Has allowed me to enhance my customer base" >> "It opened up a pallet of opportunties to build Webinars on an as-needed basis" >> "Brings an immediacy and in-person feel to our meetings … what our employees, prospects, and franchisees need to succeed" COMPANY HISTORY: Chuck Geschke and John Warnock founded Adobe in 1982. Te two men initially set out Adobe, Inc. 345 Park Ave. San Jose, CA 95110-2704 (408) 536-6000 www.adobe.com AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE (SEE PAGES 41-43): >> Blackboard Collaborate >> Citrix Online Government Elearning! December 2012 / January 2013 39

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