Digital Publishing Suite has a flagship customer.
Magazine publisher Conde Nast has announced that it plans to use Adobe's Digital Publishing Suite to take its mags to iPad and other tablets.
The two companies have been working together for a while - the Wired and New Yorker iPad apps were created using Adobe tools - but Conde Nast says it was also testing its own technology.
The new deal means existing apps for GQ, Vanity Fair and Glamour will be 'recreated' using Adobe's software.
"The innovative work our in-house team at Condé Nast Digital did made us first to market with replicas on iPhone and iPad and has allowed significant learnings," says Conde Nast president Robert Sauerberg.
"Our team considered many factors to ensure we had a platform that could be continually enhanced to meet the needs of our consumers and distributors."
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It's a big win for Adobe, which is keen to a.) ensure it stays relevant to print publishers in the tablet world, and b.) to establish a role in the iOS ecosystem, despite its well-publicised feud with Apple.
One possible black cloud for this partnership is Apple's rumoured plan to launch its own 'newsstand' for i-mags - reports have varied on whether this will simply be a dedicated section of the App Store, or a set of publishing tools that would compete directly with Adobe's.
