Adobe Acrobat Connect

Infobox Software
name = Adobe Acrobat Connect Professional



caption = Typical Connect meeting with 'discussion' series of pods displayed
developer = Adobe Systems (formerly Macromedia)
latest release version =
latest release date =
operating system = Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, Solaris, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Novell SUSE Linux
genre = Collaborative workspace, Web conferencing
license = Proprietary
website = [http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobatconnect Adobe Acrobat Connect]

Adobe Acrobat Connect Professional (formerly "Macromedia Breeze") is software used to create information and general presentations, online training materials, web conferencing, learning modules, and user desktop sharing. The product is entirely Adobe Flash based. All meeting workspaces are organized into 'pods'; with each pod performing a specific role (i.e. chat, whiteboard, note, etc.). The recommended database for backend support is Microsoft SQL Server. The product can be licensed as an installed product, or a hosted product.

Adobe Acrobat Connect is part of the Adobe Acrobat family.

The former Macromedia Breeze included four applications: Breeze Presenter, Breeze Training, Breeze Meeting, and Breeze Events. Following the acquisition by Adobe, Macromedia Breeze Meeting is now rebranded as Adobe Acrobat Connect Professional, and includes rebranded versions of Breeze Training, Breeze Meeting and Breeze Events.

Applications

Acrobat Connect Professional features the following applications in addition to Acrobat Connect Professional:
*Adobe Acrobat Connect Professional Training (formerly "Breeze Training")
*Adobe Acrobat Connect Professional Events (formerly "Breeze Events")
*Adobe Presenter (formerly "Breeze Presenter")

Features

Acrobat Connect Professional features the following features in addition to Acrobat Connect:
*Unlimited and customizable meeting rooms
*Multiple meeting rooms per user
*VoIP
*Audio integration
*Video conferencing
*Meeting recording
*Screen sharing
*Notes, chat and whiteboarding
*User management, administration and reporting
*Polling
*Central content library
*Collaboration Builder SDK

History and marketplace competition

Prior to September 2006 when Macromedia products were added to the Acrobat product line, Adobe Connect was Macromedia Breeze. [http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/200609/091806AcrobatConnect.html] It was renamed subsequent to Adobe's purchase of former competitor Macromedia. The rebranded Breeze products are as follows:
* Breeze Meeting is now Adobe Acrobat Connect Professional Meeting
** Breeze Training is now Adobe Acrobat Connect Training
** Breeze Events is now Adobe Acrobat Connect Events
** Breeze Presenter is now Adobe Presenter
* Breeze Server is now Adobe Acrobat Connect Enterprise Server
* Breeze Edge Server is now Adobe Acrobat Connect Edge Server

This product competes with Microsoft Live Meeting and Cisco WebEx and is designed for creating live presentations that can also be replayed "on demand". This product's audience is similar to that of Adobe Captivate.

ee also

* Web based presentation tools

References

External links

* [http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobatconnect Adobe Acrobat Connect]
* [http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobatconnectpro Adobe Acrobat Connect Professional]
* [http://www.crystalpods.com Customized Pods]