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• Adobe's $20B Figma acquisition highlights web-based collaboration trends

  The cash and stock deal will see Figma become part of the broader Adobe ecosystem, adding collaborative software development capabilities.

• Global public cloud Q1 revenue cracks $126B

  Operator and vendor revenues in the global public cloud market reached US$126 billion during the first quarter of 2022, a year-on-year increase of 26 per cent.

• GrowthOps boosts U Mobile’s customer experience with Adobe and AWS

  Over the past eight months, GrowthOps has helped U Mobile revamp its website and customer experience delivery platform, U.COM.MY.

• Deloitte builds Adobe muscle in Southeast Asia

  Deloitte has expanded digital capabilities with two boutique creative agencies joining ranks in Southeast Asia, on-boarding Pixel People and The Union to strengthen Adobe-based offerings.

• Windows 10 shovels dirt on Adobe Flash's grave

  Windows 10 will fully remove Flash from patched PCs starting in July, and it won't be offered in the big May 2021 Update either.

• Microsoft takes steps to scrub Flash from Windows

  Although Adobe stopped serving updates for its Flash Player last month, Microsoft will be in charge of uninstalling the software from Windows PCs.

• Adobe lays Flash to rest

  After 24 years, Adobe Flash Player - that fuelled the Internet's transformation from text-only to a multimedia bonanza - is heading into the sunset.

• Arkphire advances in Asia, acquires Singapore-based Generic Technologies

  Arkphire has purchased Singapore-based Generic Technologies in a “landmark acquisition” for the Irish-owned MSP in Asia Pacific.

• Microsoft fixes 99 security bugs in latest Patch Tuesday update

  Microsoft's Patch Tuesday security update for February 2020 has fixed 99 common vulnerabilities and exposures, including the CVE-2020-0674 vulnerability in Internet Explorer.

• AR and VR spend in Asia Pacific to hit $10B in 2019

  Regional consumer and business spending on augmented reality and virtual reality (AR/VR) will reach $10 billion (US$7.1 billion) this year

• Adobe and Microsoft take on Salesforce's marketing software, with LinkedIn as a weapon

  Adobe and Microsoft are partnering to bolster each other's sales and marketing software capabilities, taking aim at common rival Salesforce.com.

• Dell EMC veteran to lead Adobe’s APJ business

  James McCready will expand his role as president of Adobe Japan to now include Asia Pacific, replacing Paul Robson who will now head EMEA.

• Adobe, Microsoft and SAP strike data alliance deal

  Adobe, Microsoft and SAP are forming a data alliance that will make it easier for clients running their applications to get a better overview of the customer.

• Adobe buys Marketo, takes aim at Microsoft, Oracle and Salesforce

  Adobe has agreed to acquire Marketo in a bid to challenge Microsoft, Oracle and Salesforce in the competitive marketing cloud space.

• Is Adobe about to buy Marketo?

  Adobe is in negotiations to buy Marketo, a privately held cloud-based marketing software company, according to people familiar with the matter.