Adobe Connect (formerly Presedia Publishing System, Macromedia Breeze, and Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro) 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 rooms 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 that you install on premise, a cloud-based application hosted by Adobe, or as a managed service, in which a partner (ConnectSolutions), deploys and manages each customer installation individually (single tenant) in a FISMA-compliant data center.
Adobe Connect was formerly part of the Adobe Acrobat family and has changed names several times.
The product was first developed by a startup called Presedia, which created the Presedia Publishing System and included a first generation PowerPoint-to-Flash Plugin, which became Adobe Presenter, and a training module. Macromedia acquired Presedia and added on a real-time web conferencing component, called Breeze Live (later renamed Breeze Meeting).
In version 5, Macromedia Breeze included four applications: Breeze Presenter, Breeze Training, Breeze Meeting, and Breeze Events (new in version 5). Following the acquisition by Adobe, Macromedia Breeze Meeting was initially rebranded to Adobe Connect, then Adobe Acrobat Connect Professional (with an SMB version named Adobe Connect), is now rebranded as Adobe Connect. The full product line includes rebranded versions of Breeze Training, Breeze Meeting Breeze Presenter, and Breeze Events. There is also a sister product called Adobe ConnectNow which is part of the Acrobat.com, a suite of cloud-based applications provided by Adobe.
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Adobe Connect features the following applications:
Acrobat Connect Pro includes the following features in addition to Acrobat Connect:
Prior to September 2006 when Macromedia products were added to the Acrobat product line, Adobe Connect was Macromedia Breeze.[1] It was renamed subsequent to Adobe's purchase of former competitor Macromedia. The rebranded Breeze products were renamed Adobe Connect 6.
At the prompting of then Adobe-CEO Bruce Chizen, the products were rolled into the Adobe Acrobat Product line in version 7 and renamed Adobe Acrobat Connect Professional.
In version 7.5, the product was renamed Adobe Connect.
| Date released | Product version (service packs) | Applications |
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| November 2010 | Adobe Connect 8.0 | TBD |
| November 2009 | Adobe Connect 7.5 (SP1: April 2010) | Meeting, Training, Events, Adobe Presenter, Communication Server, Edge Servers |
| May 2008 | Adobe Acrobat Connect Professional 7 (SP1: Dec 2008, SP2: Feb 2009, SP3: July 2009) Note: "Professional" was later shortened to "Pro") | Meeting, Training, Events, Adobe Presenter, Communication Server, Edge Servers |
| December 2006 | Adobe Connect 6 (SP1: Feb 2007 SP2: July 2007, SP3: Jan 2008) | Meeting, Training, Events, Adobe Presenter, Communication Server, Edge Servers (rebranded to Adobe) |
| May 2005 | Macromedia Breeze 5 (SP1: Jan 2006, SP2: Mar 2006 SP2 Security Update: Oct 2006) | Meeting (formerly Breeze Live), Training, Events (new), Breeze Presenter, Communication Server, Edge Servers (new) |
| July 2003 | Macromedia Breeze 4 | Breeze Live (new), Training, PowerPoint Plug-In (rebranded Macromedia) |
| Unknown | Presedia Publishing System | Training, PowerPoint Plug-In |
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