Web-based services that compete with packaged software like Microsoft Office and IBM Lotus are becoming more prevalent Google and others also have offerings in this market. Other services already available are a word processing application called Buzzword a Web meeting application, Adobe Connect Now and Presentations, an application akin to Microsoft’s Office PowerPoint for building presentations. The company also will introduce a spreadsheet service called Acrobat Tables, which goes into preview release on Monday, said Erik Larson, director of marketing and product management for.
Adobe Systems on Monday will move its Web-based productivity and collaboration services out of beta and offer for-fee subscriptions to provide what the company hopes will be a new way for business users to collaborate on document creation.
