May 27, 2009

Graphics software giant Adobe has unveiled the latest in its Web-based software push -- today debuting Acrobat.com Presentations, a free service that enables users to build Flash presentations through their browsers. It is in public beta.

It's the most recent move in Adobe's (NASDAQ: ADBE) efforts to ride the wave of interest in all things Software-as-a-Service and cloud-based. Intel and Oracle have made their own pitches for cloud-based software, while IBM issues regular announcements. Open source projects such as Ubuntu are there too...