Analyst reports

Find out what leading industry analysts are saying about Adobe solutions and technology.

	Financial Institutions: Fix Account Opening "Forrester Research recommends that financial institutions focus on the front end of the account opening process to create universal product enrollment capabilities." -Mary Pilecki, October 4, 2006 Download now (PDF, 367K)
	Adobe Boosts Market Position with Acrobat 8 Capabilities View the Gartner report (PDF, 46k)
	Zapthink Foundation Report: Rich Internet Applications - Market Trends and Approaches (July 2006) Today's Internet users expect their online experiences to behave more like the desktop applications they are used to and enhance their day-to-day productivity. A new class of distributed applications is emerging - the rich Internet application (RIA) - combining real-time user interaction with rich user interface capabilities. Download the Zapthink report (PDF, 196K)
	The Forrester Wave: e-Forms Software, Q2 2006 "Forrester evaluated five e-forms software vendors across approximately 100 criteria and found that Adobe and IBM are the clear market leader... Adobe is a Leader, bringing together a user-friendly forms design environment with the ubiquitous Acrobat Reader rich client." -Barry Murphy, June 16, 2006 Download now (PDF, 299K)
	Adobe LiveCycle: An e-Forms Leader Combining Strong Forms Design With Ubiquitous Access "By combining a strong forms design environment, forms management and process capabilities, and good XML support with the ubiquitous Acrobat Reader rich client, Adobe LiveCycle is a Leader in the e-forms software market." -Barry Murphy, June 16, 2006 Download now (PDF, 171K)
	The Interaction Platform: Widespread in 2006 The Interaction Platform: Widespread in 2006 "Whether focused on the Web, the desktop, mobile clients, or other interaction contexts, enterprise customers and independent software vendors can base an entire strategy and architecture around the interaction platform from Adobe -- the future union of LiveCycle Designer and Macromedia products." -Mike Gilpin, January 31, 2006 Download now (PDF, 142K)
	Banks Eye Rich Internet Applications to Replace Web Applications View the Gartner report (PDF, 42k)
	Adobe's Policy Server enables enterprises to extend control over content "(Adobe) LiveCycle Policy Server enables organizations to enforce corporate security policies by controlling access and usage regardless of venue -inside or outside the firewall, online or offline, or within any number of enterprise applications." -Tony White, May 20, 2005 Download now (PDF, 293K)