Adobe, known principally as a software company, is expanding Web services business according Bill Rusitzky, who heads business alliances at company.
I spoke with him last week in San Francisco at Adobe's offices.
He says the services business is in its "infancy" but will grow. Among the sites are Photoshop.com and its biggest, Scene7.
— Andy Plesser, Executive Producer
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