The announcement is part of a series of management restructuring moves Adobe is making following the planned retirement of two long-time executives, effective May 1. A spokeswoman said no employee job losses would result. The move represents further consolidation of its 2005 Macromedia acquisition with the broader Adobe organisation while also recognising growing convergence of once-distinct software and need for it to run across range of devices.
The merging of different business units may appear on its face to be simply an organizational restructuring, where Mobile & Devices Business Unit will be folded under Adobe’s Experience and Technology group. But the changes also are part of Adobe’s effort to create unified technical underpinning for software that serves everyone from Japanese phone users to YouTube watchers.
