Expert Advice - Adobe's NEW Purchasing Options Offer Significant Savings!

Over the past year Adobe has launched new versions of both of its flagship products - Acrobat X and Creative Suite 5.5. In addition, the company has rolled out a number of new licensing programs and options. For those of you who have been purchasing and managing Adobe licenses, you know from experience it's not the easiest thing to do. Adobe products are notorious for being difficult to track once deployed and are laden with potential compliance issues. Now Adobe has made choosing the right licensing option almost as difficult as Microsoft. This is where CompuCom can help. Below we've outlined a top-level summary of purchasing options for Acrobat along with providing some additional useful links.

If you're not sure what a TLP or CLP is and you are buying more than 10 Adobe products a month on average... we highly encourage you to contact your local CompuCom software consultant or our resident Adobe licensing expert, Ron Henager, at adobe@compucom.com.

Additional Resources:


  • TLP to CLP Promotion - Apply your TLP points toward a NEW CLP and SAVE up to 17%.

  • CLP Acrobat Packs - Save up to 45%. - Maintenance is optional. (Note that these are fixed license packs that come in increments of 100, 250, 500, 1,000, 1,500 and 2,000; - they can be combined with additional single--license purchases under an existing or new CLP.)

  • Acrobat X - Find out what's new.

  • Creative Suie 5.5 - Find out what's new.

  • Adobe Upgrade Analysis - Not sure what Adobe licenses you own that are eligible for upgrade? CompuCom can help.

  • Create stunning digital media and entertainment with HP Workstations - optimized for Adobe software and creative professionals.



New Adobe Enterprise Agreement Offers Unbelievable Savings!

The Adobe Enterprise Agreement (EA) 2 is a three-year volume licensing program that makes it easy to standardize on Adobe products widely across your organization. As with a Microsoft EA, customers sign a 36-month agreement and, are required to buy maintenance with each license and do annual true-ups for additional licenses. Unlike a Microsoft EA, the minimum buy-in is only 100 seats and companies are not required to license all users. Additional licenses can be added anytime over the course of the agreement.

Key benefits include:
  • Low Buy-in - Only 100 Copies
  • Simple Web Enrollment for Existing CLP Customers
  • Up to 66% Lower than CLP Pricing*
  • Maintenance Included

*66% discount is for 100% deployment to all desktops in the organization.