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Design and media

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Landor

Renowned branding and design firm saves tens of thousands of dollars annually in travel costs and improves client and staff collaboration using Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro.

"With Acrobat Connect Pro, our staff can devote more time to providing premium service to customers, creative thinking, and visual collaboration, and spend less time traveling."

Spencer Mains, chief technology officer, Landor Associates

Education

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Clemson University

Top public university embraces Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro to enhance the academic experience, further collaboration, and support IT services across departments.

"With Acrobat Connect Pro, we provide a reliable, easy-to-use collaboration platform that improves student learning and enables a richer academic environment overall."

Kathy Hoellen, director of teaching and learning services, Clemson University

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University of Washington School of Nursing (UWSON)

Number one nursing school in America uses Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro to reach national and international students through distance learning program.

"Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro breaks the boundaries of what most people are used to from conferencing solutions and supports a more distributed distance learning model."

David Hughes, manager of the Interactive Media Group for University of Washington School of Nursing

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Academy of Art University

Student recruitment conversion rate jumps to approximately 30% at leading design school when Acrobat Connect Pro is utilized.

"Acrobat Connect Pro enables us to take web-based higher education to the level we always envisioned — by leveraging Adobe technology to easily reach students and prospective students worldwide."

Jason Shaeffer, director of Online Studies, Academy of Art University

Financial services

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impuls

Insurance services provider streamlines closing contracts with online meeting rooms powered by Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro.

"It is through close relationships with development partners that we build our application expertise. We use such knowledge to transform ideas from impuls Finanzmanagement AG to custom-tailored technology solutions."

Markus Humberg, CEO, impuls systems

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Allianz

Leading financial and insurance service provider leverages Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro for eLearning and reduces training costs by nearly 30%.

"At the Allianz Group, eLearning is now an integral part of doing business. Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro makes it easy to publish content to the LMS or on the Intranet."

Katja Ruisinger, manager, eLearning Services, Allianz SE

Government

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Florida Department of Law Enforcement

State law enforcement agency saves hundreds of thousands of dollars per year while meeting mandatory training requirements with Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro.

"With Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro, we saved more than $100,000 in the first six months by eliminating travel costs for officers."

Steve Casey, director of Florida Criminal Justice Executive Institute and chief of FDLE's Bureau of Professional Development

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DISA

U.S. Department of Defense deploys Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro solution to facilitate collaboration and peer engagement across more than five million users.

"With the Adobe solution, DoD enterprises can overcome traditional barriers to collaboration arising from personnel working in different computing environments and interacting via a wide range of T-1, satellite, and limited-bandwidth channels."

Lieutenant Colonel Karl Kurz, DISA

Court of Cremona

Court of Cremona

Italian court adopts Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro for web-based trials and leverages Adobe LiveCycle® solutions for secure, reliable document sharing.

"The video-based trial system we developed using Adobe technology eliminates physical distance, as well as reduces costs and delays associated with transferring detainees, lawyers, witnesses, judges, and the court chancellor."

Pierpaolo Beluzzi, district representative, Court of Appeals of Brescia

The Graduate School, USDA

The Graduate School, USDA

Innovative training institution engages its national network of staff, instructors, and consultants in interactive, cost-effective online learning.

"Our goal is to add experiential value to engage learners in superior ways. Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro software enables us to do exactly that."

Sharon Fratta-Hill, dean of information technology, Graduate School, USDA

Life sciences

Philips Healthcare

Philips Healthcare

Global services unit enhances training capabilities with Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro to support innovative eLearning programs worldwide.

"Showcasing our products dynamically online leverages the power of Acrobat Connect Pro and saves us tremendous time and money."

Douglas Dell, global director, Learning Services, Philips Healthcare

Medpoint Communications

MedPoint Communications

Leading services firm reduces marketing costs an average of 80% through innovative Pharmaceutical Speakers Program.

"With Acrobat Connect Pro, we're helping our clients drive down the cost of healthcare marketing. We can provide an unprecedented level of information and education using an innovative approach that eliminates expensive and time-intensive travel."

Brian McFadden, vice president and general manager of virtual media, MedPoint Communications, Inc.

Manufacturing

Toshiba America Business Solutions

Toshiba America Business Solutions

Global provider of document solutions streamlines operations using Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro for eLearning and global collaboration.

"Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro opened up our training program to become an around-the-clock, one-stop education shop."

Steve Bamberger, national training manager, eLearning, Toshiba America Business Solutions, Inc.

Mine Safety Appliances

Mine Safety Appliances

Safety manufacturer reduces cost of dealer and customer training worldwide through on-demand eLearning program.

"Many of our products are driven by government-agency standards. With Acrobat Connect Professional, we have a way to rapidly and cost effectively disseminate that information worldwide"

Susie Sapsara, eMarketing manager, Mine Safety Appliances

Grundfos

Grundfos

Training academy helps Grundfos develop continual product training via Acrobat Connect Pro to boost customer service and keep employees, dealers, and partners current on new product enhancements.

"By using Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro and Adobe Flash Player, we are confident that people can participate in trainings without problems."

Ole Kristensen, senior eLearning project manager, Grundfos

Retail

Australian Kitchen Industries

Australian Kitchen Industries

Kitchen retailer improves eLearning program for customer service and achieves ROI within seven months of adopting Acrobat Connect Pro.

"Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro paid for itself within seven months and can scale easily as we grow — all in a solution that is convenient for our employees and franchisees to access from any location over our intranet."

Fiona McCarron-Kirkwood, project manager, Australian Kitchen Industries

Borders

Borders

Borders reduces its field training staff from 55 to 30, saves hundreds of thousands of dollars in time and travel expenses, and redeploys former field trainers to in-store jobs by adopting Acrobat Connect Pro for global training program.

"To get tens of thousands of employees through the same training would take a tremendous amount of time and resources. With Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro solutions, we have accelerated staff access to training by as much as 90% and lowered our overall training costs."

Sally Hoyle, director, learning and organizational development, Borders

Constellation Wines, N.A.

Constellation Wines, N.A.

Leading wine purveyor enhances staff training and strengthens relationships with growers and winemakers globally, the sales channel, and customers using Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro.

"The success we're having with Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro is prompting a much wider rollout of web-based training across the organization."

Rob Hennigar, director of education, The Academy of Wine, a division of Constellation Wines N.A.

Technology

SAP

SAP

SAP adopts Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro and reduces travel by as much as 90% within its Field Services organization with Acrobat Connect Pro.

"Acrobat Connect Pro enables us to maintain strong connections with customers and dispersed co-workers, while eliminating unnecessary travel."

Todd Surdey, global vice president of FS Software Portfolio Management and Sales, SAP AG

Adobe

Adobe

Adobe saves nearly $10 million in travel expenses within a 2-year period with use of Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro.

"Across the board, Acrobat Connect Pro increases effectiveness and reduces the company's operating expenses. There are so many different savings, from a reduction in travel and training expenses to lower printing costs. In addition, we increase productivity because we spend more time working and less time traveling."

Eric Lerner, business development manager, Adobe Systems Incorporated

Other industries

United Way Worldwide

United Way Worldwide

United Way Worldwide saves over $120,000 annually and brings real-time meetings and rich eLearning to dispersed offices using Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro.

"Our focus is always on finding better ways to serve communities. To accomplish this, we have to eliminate obstacles to collaboration and to enable learning from one another. Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro helps us meet our goals."

Todd Irvin, technology services training manager, United Way Worldwide

 

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