Strategic Challenge
Adobe's previous model was packaging and shipping products to customers. This model is still around but not for most of the software of digital products on the market today. Offering these same high demand products virtually now, is a convenient, practical, faster, and less expensive to get those products to customers. Of course, this doesn't just happen. In addition to the complex and intricate strategy that had to be planned and executed, some other modifications had to be made as well. Again, a change in shipping would mean a cost savings to the company but that cost would be shifted elsewhere to support things like server space and increased security measures for housing customers data (including financial or personal information). Adobe had to invest in the infrastructure to house additional data including to manage and store files. Unlike the transportation and logistics aspect of the previous model, Adobe would solely be responsible for this data and security. Other o