Adobe And Macromedia: Making Microsoft Sweat?
News Adobe chief executive Bruce Chizen, who is no stranger to making layoffs - he fired 300 on joining Adobe seven years ago - is likely to make some big culls across both firms. Bruce Chizen In a statement announcing the planned purchase, Chizen...
[April 18, 2005, 14:50]
Adobe's Designs On The Future
News So it was that Adobe chief executive Bruce Chizen earlier this spring engineered a $3.4bn (£1.9bn) deal to buy Macromedia. Chizen says he knows what he's up against and remains convinced that the Macromedia acquisition was the right move for both...
[August 30, 2005, 17:55]
Acrobat: No Longer Written On Stone
News At one point, Acrobat was known as the roach motel of data formats -- you could get data in, but you couldn't get it out," Adobe chief executive Bruce Chizen said in Palo Alto on Wednesday night during a panel discussion run by Silicon Valley's...
[October 18, 2002, 8:25]
Keeping Innovation Alive At Adobe
News Adobe Systems chief executive Bruce Chizen found the right moment to leave. During his seven years as chief executive (and 14 years with the company), Chizen has overseen dramatic changes at Adobe, most significantly its merger with Macromedia in...
[November 16, 2007, 12:45]
Adobe's Linux Challenge
News Does Bruce Chizen know something that other software executives don't? But Chizen, who took over as CEO from company founder John Warnock back in 2000, has a plan. Adobe's chief executive is taking his company more deeply into the slow-growth...
[February 23, 2005, 12:50]
Piracy May Drive Adobe Out Of China
News Graphics software giant Adobe Systems may decide to leave the Chinese market and other Asian regions due to rampant piracy there, according to chief executive Bruce Chizen. Adobe could stop producing versions of its products in Chinese and other...
[January 15, 2002, 11:57]
Adobe To Take Photoshop Online
News The online service is part of a larger move to introduce ad-supported online services to complement its existing products and broaden the company reach into the consumer market, Adobe chief executive Bruce Chizen told ZDNet UK sister site CNET...
[March 1, 2007, 8:33]
Adobe Chief Steps Down
News The potential for a global slowdown causes us to defer providing updated second-half targets until we have better visibility," Adobe chief executive Bruce Chizen said in a statement. In a conference call after the earning's announcement, Chizen...
[March 16, 2001, 10:54]
Adobe Users Wanting Vista Must Get CS3
News In a recent interview, Adobe chief executive Bruce Chizen said Creative Suite 3 will not fully take advantage of the graphics capabilities in Vista, in part because of the uncertainty of Vista's shipping date.
[March 22, 2007, 15:40]
Adobe Puts Its Muscle Behind Apollo
News In his keynote speech, Adobe chief executive Bruce Chizen said that he was most excited about the introduction of Apollo than any other initiatives at the company - a sentiment that other company executives later echoed.
[October 26, 2006, 11:30]
Adobe Open Sources BlazeDS
News Outgoing Adobe chief executive Bruce Chizen said in an interview in November that the company would keep strict limits on what it chooses to open source. Chizen characterised the open-source community as taking its inspiration from commercial...
[December 17, 2007, 9:34]
Adobe: OS X's New Best Friend?
News Adobe chief executive Bruce Chizen agreed. Many (Mac users) are waiting for Photoshop, which we intend to release in the second quarter of next year," Chizen told CNET News.com. Adobe's "Windows business has been growing", Chizen said.
[December 18, 2001, 9:45]
Chizen Talks On Major Moves
News With the deal approved in the US and on the verge of being approved in Europe, Tony Hallett, editor of ZDNet UK's sister site silicon.com, caught up with the software company's chief executive, Bruce Chizen.
[November 10, 2005, 11:20]
Adobe's Macromedia Takeover Clears Final Hurdle
News The takeover was announced on 18 April this year, when Adobe chief executive Bruce Chizen promised that it would yield cost savings. Adobe's multi-billion dollar takeover of rival software developer Macromedia has received regulatory clearance, and...
[December 2, 2005, 13:15]
Adobe Expands Photoshop With Second CS3
News Adobe also plans a basic online version of Photoshop, chief executive Bruce Chizen said earlier this month. Adobe Systems, weeks away from delivering its Creative Suite 3 version of Photoshop, said on Wednesday that it's adding a second edition...
[March 8, 2007, 7:54]
Adobe Profits Rocket
News Adobe's chief executive Bruce Chizen said on Thursday the company's second-quarter performance was "dynamite". Adobe has seen a record surge in profits thanks to the upgrade to Acrobat in the second half of 2006.
[June 15, 2007, 14:14]
Microsoft, Adobe Squabble Over PDF
News Microsoft first learned of Adobe's concerns in a February letter from Adobe chief executive Bruce Chizen to Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer, according to a source close to Microsoft. Microsoft is bracing for a legal battle in Europe with...
[June 5, 2006, 15:40]
Adobe Ships New Photoshop
News We're making sure the file formats go relatively easily from one application to another," Adobe chief executive Bruce Chizen said in a recent interview with CNET. As previously reported, version 7.0 of Photoshop will include a release tailored for...
[April 16, 2002, 14:42]
Adobe To Buy Macromedia
News Bruce Chizen will continue as Adobe's chief executive and Shantanu Narayen will remain president and chief operating officer. By combining our powerful development, authoring and collaboration software - along with the complementary functionality...
[April 18, 2005, 10:15]
