Nov. 3, 2009 (Business Wire) -- Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced significant updates to its Adobe® Acrobat® Connect™ Pro Web conferencing solution, enabling organizations to provide rich communication and collaboration experiences for their employees, partners and customers. Now, organizations can improve their customer interactions through more collaborative meetings, training sessions, and Web seminars that increase real-time participation and bring people together when and where needed.

“Communication and collaboration are absolutely vital to the success of enterprises and individuals,” said Arun Anantharaman, vice president, Acrobat Connect Pro at Adobe. “Acrobat Connect Pro is easy to use, technically flexible, highly secure and it fits seamlessly with an organization’s IT infrastructure. We’re helping our customers succeed in the dynamic transfer of knowledge and ideas.”

The new version of Acrobat Connect Pro will integrate with any audio conferencing provider, allowing organizations to leverage existing investments. Telephone audio can be recorded along with a Web conference and streamed to VoIP-only meeting participants. Advanced integrated audio teleconferencing capabilities include call controls, participant management and synchronized recording. Additionally, a new integration with InterCall, the world’s largest conferencing and collaboration services provider, will offer customers the ability to deploy Acrobat Connect Pro with InterCall audio conferencing.

Alcoa, the world leader in the production and management of primary aluminum, is using the Adobe solution to facilitate frequent, cost-effective and productive collaboration among the company’s executives. “People struggle to create dynamic, engaging meetings. The new features in Acrobat Connect Pro will give birth to new ideas in collaboration, on-demand learning and virtual meetings once people engage with the functionality,” said Rob Morrison, manager, eCommunications at Alcoa, Inc. “Acrobat Connect Pro is a catalyst for innovation, leading to better interaction and more fruitful meetings.”

Increased webinar capacity will enable users to engage up to 80,000 participants in high-impact sessions that can incorporate rich media demonstrations, live and recorded video and interactivity. This new capacity will support use cases ranging from large marketing events and product launches, to global town hall meetings and effective eLearning programs.

Further enhancements to security and compliance functionality in Acrobat Connect Pro includes more secure desktop sharing that offers increased control and enables regulation compliance.