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Adobe Systems

Adobe
Company nameAdobe Systems
Company typePublic company
IndustryComputer software
FoundedMountain View, California, U.S.
(, 1982)
Founder(s)Charles Geschke
John Warnock
HeadquartersAdobe Systems complex,
San Jose, California, U.S.
Area servedWorldwide
Key peopleCharles Geschke
(Co-Chairman)
John Warnock
(Co-Chairman)
Shantanu Narayen
(President & CEO)
ProductsList of Adobe products
Revenue(+) US$ 3.800 billion (2010) 
Operating income(+) US$  933 million (2010)
Net income(-) US$  775 million (2010)
Total assets(+) US$ 8.141 billion (2010)
Total equity(+) US$ 5.192 billion (2010)
Employees9,117 (2010)

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Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq - ADBE) (c-eniconəˈdoʊbiː ) is an American computer software company founded in 1982 and headquartered in San Jose, California, United States. The company has historically focused upon the creation of multimedia and creativity software products, with a more-recent foray towards rich Internet application software development.

Adobe was founded in December 1982 by John Warnock and Charles Geschke, who established the company after leaving Xerox PARC in order to develop and sell the PostScript page description language. In 1985, Apple Computer licensed PostScript for use in its LaserWriter printers, which helped spark the desktop publishing revolution. The company name Adobe comes from Adobe Creek in Los Altos, California, which ran behind the house of one of the company's founders. Adobe acquired its former competitor, Macromedia, in December 2005, which added newer software products and platforms such as Coldfusion, Dreamweaver, Flash and Flex to its product portfolio.

As of 2010, Adobe Systems has 9,117 employees, about 40% of whom work in San Jose. Adobe also has major development operations in Orlando, Seattle, San Francisco, Orem, Minneapolis, Waltham, San Luis Obispo in United States; Ottawa, Canada; Hamburg, Germany; Noida, Bengaluru, India; Bucharest, Romania; Beijing, China.


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