Adobe has announced that Adobe AIR and Adobe Flash Player 10 have reached record adoption numbers. At the Adobe MAX Japan conference, the company said there have been 100 million installations for Adobe AIR within a year of its release and Flash Player 10 being installed on 55 percent of computers worldwide within two months of its release.Adobe Systems announced at its Adobe MAX
Japan conference that the company's Adobe AIR
and Adobe Flash Player 10 software, key components of the Adobe Flash Platform,
have been installed by record numbers of users and enterprises, to the tune of
more than 100 million installations for Adobe AIR.
On Jan. 29 at the Adobe MAX Japan show,
Adobe officials said that in less than a year after its initial release, there
have been more than 100 million installations of Adobe AIR
to date. Adobe officials had hoped to see the product reach 100 million
downloads by the end of 2008, but it apparently took just a bit longer than
that.
In addition, Adobe Flash Player 10 has been installed on more than 55
percent of computers worldwide in just the first two months of its release, and
it is expected to surpass 80 percent by the second quarter of 2009, far
outpacing the installation rate of past versions of the software, the company
said.
Moreover, companies across a variety of industries have chosen Adobe AIR
to deploy hundreds of applications that reach customers, partners and employees
in new and engaging ways, Adobe officials said. The list of global brands using
AIR includes the BBC, (RED)WIRE
and The Nasdaq Stock Market. In addition, OEMs including Sony Japan
are beginning to preinstall Adobe AIR on
shipping computers, giving customers immediate access to the software.
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