Adobe posts 22% Q4 revenue growth, driven by Creative Cloud

Adobe Systems has claimed it is only just starting to gain from cloud adoption, after reporting record earnings.
Box and Adobe has announced a new partnership to simplify working with digital documents in the cloud.
Three major retail technologists have unveiled how the cloud could make retailers more responsive.
Adobe Systems has claimed it is only just starting to gain from cloud adoption, after reporting record earnings.
As an official Adobe blog hailed a ‘new era’ for Flash Professional, the software company seems to be sidelining its creation.
Adobe has announced two improvements to document management in the cloud, by making PDF files more manageable in Dropbox and solving one of the snags in electronic document signing.
Adobe Flash, the video and graphics platform that was once almost ubiquitous across computing devices is coming under increasing pressure after a series of security vulnerabilities.
Google has announced the Android for Work programme, an effort to integrate and secure mobile and cloud-based apps on the Android platform. The initiative, which includes some big names in the enterprise space like HP, Dell, SAP, VMware and Citrix, is aimed at bolstering Android as an enterprise mobile platform – and combatting iOS’s dominance there.
Millions of Adobe’s Creative Cloud users were unable to access their services late last week because of a malfunction with the database that stores Adobe Live account logins. The issue may highlight the growing crisis Adobe faces with its “cloud” software.
Cloud marketing firm Responsys, which was gobbled up by Oracle in December, has itself acquired PushIO, a small technology company specialising in push notifications on mobile devices and desktops. The acquisition will help Responsys (Oracle) keep pace with other cloud companies looking to bring more focus on mobile and broaden the pitch to CMOs.
Adobe confirmed Thursday that it has suffered significant security breaches compromising the data of 2.9 million customers and valuable source code for its software offerings when it was targeted in a “sophisticated” cyber attack this week, an event some experts say could have been avoided had the company made larger strides to protect its data.