Adobe Systems Inc. announced a major update to the leading hosted cross-media publishing platform for e-commerce and multi-channel marketing companies. The Adobe(R) Scene7(R) platform has been expanded to further automate the production, management, and delivery of dynamic creative media by providing businesses tighter desktop integration as well as unique editing and template-based production capabilities including new user-facing real-time authoring and Web preview. This major Scene7 platform update includes a new AIR desktop application that mirrors the Web-based publishing platform to further streamline asset management with easy drag and drop upload of files and folders from the desktop and connected network resources. In addition, the platform has support for Adobe XMP metadata standards, which allows users to efficiently administer, browse/filter, and search for assets. Also, rules-based batch automation of multi-media sets now eliminates the need for custom scripts or technical support for non-technical users. The new template enhancements allow users to dynamically compile templated video clips, enabling cost-effective personalized promotional videos, targeted video ads, and standardized corporate videos. In addition, the update supports the design, delivery and Web preview of print templates that dynamically flow text within and across pages including inline variables. This template enhancement enables a broader range of multi-page, text-intensive personalized publications. The Adobe Scene7 platform update will be available in March 2010, in five languages: English, French, German, Spanish and Japanese.

Adobe Systems Inc. has released a security update fixing a critical flaw in its Download Manager software that could let attackers download and install unauthorised software onto a user's system. The issue applies to any instance of the software downloaded before today, but will not apply to any new versions. Adobe Download Manager is designed to remove itself from the computer after use at the next computer restart. However, Adobe recommends users verify that a potentially vulnerable version of the Adobe Download Manager is no longer installed on their machine.

Adobe Systems Inc. Presents at Pushbutton Summit 2010, Mar-09-2010. Venue: Rose Wagner Theatre, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Speakers: John E. Warnock, Co-Founder and Co-Chairman.