Powerful new Adobe CS6 release at heart of transformative Creative Cloud Team Ready initiative

15 August 2012 - Dax Data, Adobe's leading distributor for southern Africa, has announced the release of Adobe Creative Cloud Team Ready, a radical new way of providing tools and services* that will change the game for creatives worldwide. Adobe Creative Cloud Team Ready is a hub for making, sharing and delivering creative work, and it is centred on a powerful release of Adobe Creative Suite 6 software packed with innovation across its industry-defining design, Web, video and digital imaging tools.

Jeremy Matthews, MD of Dax Data, says: "Dax Data is distributing Creative Cloud Team Ready, currently the only Creative Cloud offering available in South Africa. This offering is available through Adobe's Transactional Licensing Program (TLP) and is based on a one-year term agreement. Customers who choose this option will automatically be transferred into Creative Cloud Team membership as soon as it becomes available later in 2012."

Creative Cloud Team Ready offer provides immediate access to the latest CS6 technology, plus all the future benefits of Creative Cloud Team membership as they become available.

Services include:

* Access to download and install CS6 Master Collection as well as Adobe Muse and Adobe Edge, as it becomes available.
* Access to application upgrades, including new CS point-product features, before they are launched as part of major CS updates, as well as inventive new products and services as they emerge.
* Low cost to entry to Creative Suite 6 and the future benefits of Creative Cloud Team membership.

Creative Cloud Team Ready members will receive ongoing updates to Creative Suite applications as well as other new products and services as they emerge.

Coming later this year:

* Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4, the desktop software tool that enables photographic perfection from shoot to finish
The first complete release of Adobe Edge, a ground-breaking HTML5 development tool

* Digital Publishing Suite Single Edition, the technology behind the delivery of digital magazines on iPad

* Creative Cloud will also include training, support and community features that drive meaningful connections between creatives worldwide
The use of cloud storage to access files from any Internet-connected computer or device

* Collaboration with internal and external teams easily with shared online workspaces

* A huge selection of easy to use Web fonts with Adobe Typekits

* Deploy business-ready Web sites with Adobe Business Catalyst hosted on Adobe servers.

Pricing and availability:

Adobe Creative Cloud Team Ready is now available; the approximate street price for Creative Cloud Team Ready yearly membership is (R9 900 VAT incl.) subject to change. For more information, contact sales@daxdata.co.za. Learn more at www.adobe.com/go/creativecloud.

Adobe continues to offer 14 CS6 point-products as well as Adobe Creative Suite 6 Design & Web Premium, Adobe Creative Suite 6 Design Standard, Adobe Creative Suite 6 Production Premium and Adobe Creative Suite 6 Master Collection for purchase. Upgrade pricing is also available to eligible customers. These products are available through Dax Data's network of partners. For more information, contact sales@daxdata.co.za.