Office Tweaks

Adobe acquires Buzzword

by Jerome Locson on October 3rd, 2007

With the current trend of online office suites, Adobe is now embracing the opportunities offered with the feature of webtop applications. Just recently, Adobe acquired Buzzword (byVirtual Ubiquity) - a collaborative online word processor. It is said that Adobe it has signed a definitive agreement with Virtual Ubiquity. As stated in the press release, “The acquisition furthers Adobe’s commitment to foster a vibrant ecosystem for rich Internet application (RIA) development that delivers breakthrough experiences built on Adobe AIR.”

“For over a decade, Adobe® Acrobat® software and PDF have been the standard way people share and collaborate on high value documents across platforms, with perfect fidelity. Buzzword will build on that leadership and enable fundamental improvements in how people collaborate on documents,” said David Mendels, senior vice president, Business Productivity Business Unit at Adobe. “At the same time, it is an exciting showcase of the power of Adobe’s RIA technology that raises the bar for the quality of experience people should expect in their applications.”

What basically is Buzzword? According to their FAQ page, Buzzword is a web-based, highly collaborative word processor built on the ubiquitous Adobe Flash® platform, including prototype support for Adobe AIR to allow for offline work. Buzzword stores files online so they are available in a single repository for document collaboration.

For more indepth details about this acquisition, please visit the following sites:

• Press Release - Adobe to Acquire Virtual Ubiquity
• Adobe Buzzword FAQ

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