A typical company with 1,000 employees has a productivity cost of US$15.9 million annually, the white paper calls out, and addressing these inefficiencies would be tantamount to hiring an additional 213 people. The mounting productivity inefficiencies and cost of document-based challenges are highlighted in a recent global IDC white paper. 'They need a solution that enables them to collaborate with others inside and outside the firewall while at the same time meeting IT and organizational requirements for streamlined management, application security, and secure delivery of information – all with a high ROI.' As the number of mobile devices and the use of cloud services surge, information workers must be empowered to work more effectively with documents anywhere on any device,' said Melissa Webster, program vice president, IDC. 'The compounding complexity of work has never been more pressing. Products included in this release are: Acrobat XI Pro, Acrobat XI Standard, Adobe Reader® XI and newly integrated document services, Adobe FormsCentral and Adobe EchoSign. Acrobat XI additionally supports IT departments with seamless Microsoft Office and SharePoint integration, easy deployment, applications virtualization and robust application security to help provide a low cost of ownership and sound return on investment. The industry standard for PDF software will now feature complete PDF editing and export to Microsoft PowerPoint touch-friendly capabilities on tablets and newly integrated cloud services, including sophisticated Web contracting with Adobe EchoSign® and forms creation, data collection and analysis with Adobe FormsCentral.

SAN JOSE, Calif.-(BUSINESS WIRE)-Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today unveiled Adobe® Acrobat® XI software with cloud services, a powerful new solution that rises to today's complex document challenges. Powerful New PDF Solution Addresses Productivity Gap Across Devices and Platforms Adobe Unveils Next Generation Acrobat XI with New Cloud Services

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