This document summarizes Adobe's plans to discontinue Creative Suite 6 licensing for education customers as of February/March 2015 and transition them to Creative Cloud subscriptions. It provides statistics on Creative Cloud adoption rates and quotes from education institutions on the benefits of Creative Cloud. It also outlines the different Creative Cloud offerings and licensing programs available for education customers to replace their existing Creative Suite volume licensing.

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Creative Suite Volume Licensing Update for Education Customers
Bengta Jordan – Education Account Director | 14th January

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May 2012
May 2013
CS6 removed from Commercial and GovernmentMay 2014

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years since the
release of CS6 and
Creative Cloud
3
0
Features added to CS6
2 New features added
to Creative Cloud
since release
+500+

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Creative Cloud success
4
95%
Annual Membership
26%
First time Adobe
36%
Purchased because of CC
3,450,000Paid Creative Cloud Subscribers

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“Adobe Creative Cloud provides
an easier way for students to
not only engage and
collaborate across various
disciplines, but also a seamless
way for graduates to take the
content they created with them,
via an ePortfolio, as they
interview in the real world.”
—James Vasquez, associate dean,
Operations, USC Annenberg for
Communication and Journalism
Why Creative Cloud is important to education customers
“Our program with Adobe
embraces mobile
technologies and
collaboration by providing
direct access for Clemson’s
students, faculty, and staff to
the complete set of Creative
Cloud applications and
enables them to be more
competitive in today’s
knowledge economy.”
—Jim Bottum, Vice Provost for IT
and CIO, Clemson University
“We knew it was important to
streamline, standardize, and get
every school in the district with
a CTE program onto industry-
standard, state-of-the-art
technology—Adobe Creative
Cloud software. We are now
looking far into the future,
providing tools to our students
to empower them to become
great creative thinkers.”
—Tamy Smalskas, Director of College
and Career Readiness, McKinney ISD

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LAST ORDER DATE
for Adobe Creative Suite 6
Global: February 27, 2015
Japan: March 31, 2015

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Upcoming policy change
EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 28th
CS6 will no longer be available from TLP
and CLP licensing programs.
All customers will be notified via email.

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Exceptions
§ Japan will have a last order date of March 31, 2015
§ China will continue to sell CS6 (Chinese Simplified) in CLP/TLP throughout 2015
in all segments
§ Individual copies of CS6 commercial and Student Teacher Edition (STE) will still
be available for electronic software download via Adobe.com
§ Acrobat (and all other products sold via CLP/TLP) will continue to be available
§ eLearning Suite will continue to sell with CS6 perpetual software

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Creative Cloud offerings for education customers
Previous Offering What to sell? Available Purchasing Program
Creative Suite
(via TLP or CLP for lab or classroom deployment)
Creative Cloud for education
Device license
VIP
(Value Incentive Plan)
Creative Suite
(via TLP or CLP for faculty/staff/small groups)
Creative Cloud for education
Named-user or device license
VIP
Creative Suite
(via TLP or CLP - Site licenses for K-12)
Creative Cloud
Desktop applications
EEA
(Education Enterprise Agreement)
Creative Suite
(via CLP for large HED customers and K-12 institutions)
Creative Cloud for enterprise
Named-user or desktop applications
ETLA
(Enterprise Term License Agreement)
Creative Cloud – per install
(via EEA 1.0 for HED customers)
Creative Cloud for education
Named-user or device license
VIP
Creative Cloud – per FTE
(via EEA 1.0 for K-12 schools and school districts)
Creative Cloud
Desktop applications
EEA or ETLA

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