Adobe Technologies
The Adobe Flash platform provides everything that designers and developers need to work together and create & deliver RIAs that run seamlessly over web, desktop and supported mobile devices.
Adobe Flash Platform Overview

Quick Facts & Figures
- 98% of enterprises rely on Flash Player (Forrester Research)
- Flash content reaches 99% of Internet viewers (Millward Brown)
- 8 out of the top 10 companies in finance, healthcare, and consumer electronics industries use the Adobe Flash Platform to build and deploy their business applications.
- 85% of top 100 websites use Flash Player (Alexa)
- 3+ million developers use Flash Platform for application development
- 19 out of top 20 device manufacturers worldwide have committed to shipping Flash technology on their devices
- 150-plus supporting technologies to help in application and project development
Tools
- Flash Builder for developers from a programming background who are used to a code-centric IDE.
- Flash Professional for developers’ preferring a more visually oriented process to create applications.
- Flash Catalyst for designers to create the user interface for Rich Internet Applications.
Framework
- Open Source Flex Framework of extendable ActionScript classes—including visual components, containers, managers, and utilities—to rapidly create robust applications.
- Open Source Media Framework for building robust, feature rich video players and applications
Clients
- Flash Player to render browser-based applications.
- Adobe AIR for web-enabled applications outside the browser that integrate with the native operating system.
Servers & Services
- Flash Media Server to deliver media to applications.
- LiveCycle Data Services to deliver data to applications and integrate with IT systems and business processes.
- Adobe FlashPlatform Services to add social and collaborative capabilities to applications, and more easily distribute and monetize them.
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