Adobe abandons Creative Suite, goes all-SaaS with replacement Creative Cloud
May 7, 2013
Grazed from ITBusiness. Author: Francis Moran.
Adobe Systems Inc. is going all-in on a software as a service (SaaS) business model for its suite of heavy-lifting creative tools, announcing today at its Max conference in Los Angeles that it is replacing its nearly 10-year-old Creative Suite with a greatly expanded version of Creative Cloud, the subscription product it first unveiled about a year ago.
The updated Creative Cloud offering amalgamates Adobe’s full collection of more than 30 tools and services, including the company’s flagship products Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and Dreamweaver, making them all available through a small-business-friendly monthly subscription starting at about $50, with individual apps available for as little as about $20 per month…
Creative assets can be stored, synced and shared through Creative Cloud so they can be accessed by multiple users across Mac OS, iOS, Windows and Android devices. One-click installation of individual applications, all re-christened with a “CC” slug after their names, makes it simple for designers to download and start using the complete Adobe library…
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