Adobe Systems Enhances Acrobat Connect Pro Web.

Adobe Systems Inc. announced it has released updates to its Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro Web conferencing solution, enabling organizations to provide communication and collaboration experiences for their employees, partners and customers.

"Communication and collaboration are absolutely vital to the success of enterprises and individuals," said Arun Anantharaman, VP, Acrobat Connect Pro at Adobe. "Acrobat Connect Pro is secure and it fits with an organization's IT infrastructure. We're helping our customers succeed in the transfer of knowledge and ideas."

According to Adobe, the new version of Acrobat Connect Pro will integrate with any audio conferencing provider, allowing organizations to leverage existing investments. Telephone audio can be recorded along with a Web conference and streamed to VoIP-only meeting participants. Advanced integrated audio teleconferencing capabilities include call controls, participant management and synchronized recording.

Increased webinar capacity will enable users to engage up to 80,000 participants in high-impact sessions that can incorporate rich media demonstrations, live and recorded video and interactivity. This new capacity will support use cases ranging from large marketing events and product launches, to global town hall meetings and eLearning programs.

Deployed using the Adobe Flash Player -- installed on more than 98 percent of Internet-connected PCs worldwide -- Acrobat Connect Pro is cross-platform compatible.

Acrobat Connect Pro is available immediately on a hosted, on-premise or managed-service basis. Language support includes English, French, German, Japanese, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Brazilian Portuguese, Korean, Turkish, Russian and simplified Chinese.

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