Adobe kicks off digital marketing summit 2012
Salt lake city--(business wire)--adobe systems incorporated (nasdaq:adbe) today opened the adobe® digital marketing summit, where more than 4,000 digital marketers and senior leaders from the world’s foremost advertisers, publishers, agencies, systems integrators and technology companies have gathered to learn the latest about digital marketing trends, share best practices and network. keynote presenters include adobe ceo shantanu narayen, adobe chief technology officer kevin lynch, and senior vice president and general manager of adobe’s digital marketing business, brad rencher, along with arianna huffington, founder of the huffington post and biz stone, co-founder of twitter. adobe’s digital marketing business continues to demonstrate significant momentum. in the company’s most recent earnings announcement, adobe reported 30 percent year-over-year growth in its digital marketing business. adobe introduced several new innovations within the adobe digital marketing suite, including: adobe social a new product within the digital marketing suite, adobe social (see separate release) combines social publishing and engagement with monitoring, social ad buying and analytics that can attribute social activity to business results. adobe is giving those with social marketing responsibilities – digital marketers, community managers, customer service, public relations, ad buyers, analysts and others – a single platform to align and collaborate around the management, measurement and optimization of their social media strategies, and do so in the context of all other digital marketing efforts. predictive marketing new predictive marketing capabilities within the adobe digital marketing suite reduce the complexity of uncovering hidden behavioral patterns in big data (see separate release). these advancements will help marketers more quickly sort through an increasing amount of data to find the most impactful insights as well as leverage vast amounts of historical data to predict future results. personalization adobe announced a major update to its web experience management (wem) solution (see separate release), part of the adobe digital marketing suite that helps marketers drive engagement by delivering more consistent, contextually relevant experiences on the web, mobile devices and social media. at the heart of the wem solution is adobe cq 5.5, the latest version of the company’s industry leading web content management software that is now deeply integrated with several other products in the suite, such as scene7®, search&promote and sitecatalyst®. quotes brad rencher, senior vice president and general manager, digital marketing business, adobe “the adobe digital marketing summit is quickly becoming digital marketing’s premier event, gathering the best and brightest minds in the industry. this year we have almost doubled in size with 4,000 attendees who will connect with experts and peers, get direct access to case studies and best practices, and have great opportunities to network and socialize. summit is also a chance to get a first peek at the latest digital marketing innovations from adobe and our partners and to help guide the future of our digital marketing suite.” about the adobe digital marketing suite the adobe digital marketing suite offers an integrated and open platform for online business optimization, a strategy for using customer insight to drive innovation throughout the business and enhance marketing efficiency. the suite consists of integrated applications to collect and unleash the power of customer insight to optimize customer acquisition, conversion and retention efforts as well as the creation and distribution of content. for example, using the suite, marketers can identify the most effective marketing strategies and ad placements as well as create relevant, personalized and consistent customer experiences across digital marketing channels, such as onsite, display, email, social, video and mobile. the suite enables marketers to make quick adjustments, automate certain customer interactions and better maximize marketing roi, which, ultimately, can positively impact the bottom line. about adobe systems incorporated adobe is changing the world through digital experiences. for more information, visit www.adobe.com. © 2012 adobe systems incorporated. all rights reserved. adobe, the adobe logo, scene7 and sitecatalyst are either registered trademarks or trademarks of adobe systems incorporated in the united states and/or other countries. all other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
