Adobe Reports Revenue Drop, Announces CS5

Adobe Systems Inc. this week reported a decline in its first-quarter profit to $127 million.
Adobe Reports Revenue Drop, Announces CS5
3/24/2010
Updated:
3/24/2010
Adobe Systems Inc. this week reported a decline in its first-quarter profit to $127 million, from $156 million reported during the same period last year. Revenues, however, were 9 percent higher during the fiscal quarter, which ended early March.

The San Francisco-based company said that revenues from its Creative Solutions group—which makes its popular Creative Suite products—ended at $432 million in the first quarter, down from $461 million during the same quarter last year.

Company CEO Shantanu Narayen said on a conference call with analysts that it would begin shipping the latest iteration of its Creative Suite software, CS5, some time in the current quarter.