Adobe Announces Adobe Connect 9

Adobe Systems Incorporated has announced Adobe Connect 9, the latest version of the company’s Web conferencing software for enterprises and government agencies worldwide. Adobe Connect 9 delivers an all-in-one solution for producing webinars, as well as innovations in mobile-to-mobile collaboration and mobile learning.

Adobe Connect 9 for webinars helps marketers reduce costs and dependency on IT when creating richly formatted, branded registration landing pages, and optimise event promotion through analytics capabilities. Powered by Adobe CQ Web content management and Adobe SiteCatalyst online analytics, Adobe Connect 9 enables the development of customised event microsites and emails, the delivery of interactive events for up to 1,500 participants, and the measurement of campaign and speaker effectiveness.

Along with the new Adobe Connect Mobile 2.0, Adobe Connect 9 also enables organisations to take their enterprise mobility strategy to the next level with mobile-to-mobile collaboration for tablets and smartphones. Users on Apple iOS, Android and BlackBerry PlayBook devices now have the flexibility and power to host and collaborate in online meetings just as they would on a desktop computer.

Additionally, Adobe Connect 9 for eLearning delivers greater mobile learning capabilities, enabling instructors to deliver virtual classes directly from devices and learners to participate from a tablet or smartphone. The latest version supports HTML5 content, such as that generated with Adobe Creative Suite software, as well as SCORM 1.2 and 2004 content, widely used for Web-based learning.

Arun Anantharaman, Vice President and General Manager, Adobe, said, “Web conferencing is now mainstream and mission-critical across enterprises and government agencies, with organisations counting on it for training, employee collaboration and citizen engagement. In parallel, the ability to collaborate from mobile devices is becoming an imperative. Adobe Connect 9 supports forward-looking organisations by offering a unified solution for rich webinars, eLearning, and Web meetings anytime, anywhere and on any device.”