Macromedia is a graphics and web development software house. Macromedia was formed by the 1992 merger of Authorware, Inc. (makers of Authorware) and MacroMind-Paracomp (makers of Macromind Director). Its headquarters are in San Francisco, California.

Macromedia continued on the M&A trail and in December 1999 it acquired traffic analysis software company Andromedia. Web development company Allaire was acquired in 2001, and Macromedia added several popular server and Web development products to their portfolio.

In 2003, Macromedia acquired Web conferencing company Presedia and continues to develop and enhance their Flash-based online collaboration and presenation product offering under the brand Breeze . Later that year, Macromedia also acquired help authoring software company eHelp Corporation, whose products included RoboHelp, RoboDemo (Now Captivate ), and RoboInfo .

On April 18 2005, Adobe Systems announced an agreement to acquire Macromedia in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $3.4 billion.

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Products

• Macromedia Flash
• Macromedia Dreamweaver
• Macromedia Breeze
• Macromedia Flex
• Macromedia ColdFusion
• Macromedia Director
• Macromedia Authorware
• Macromedia FreeHand
• Macromedia Fireworks
• Macromedia Contribute
• Macromedia Robohelp
• Macromedia Captivate
• Macromedia Shockwave
• Macromedia JRun
• Macromedia Flash Communication Server
• Macromedia HomeSite
• Macromedia Flashpaper
• Macromedia Fontographer
• Macromedia Central
• Macromedia FlashCast

For the future of Macromedia please look to Adobe Systems for more information about the new structures of Adobe/Macromedia.

See also

• Category:Macromedia software

External links

• Macromedia website
• Macromedia: The Story