Foxit Software, Inc. develops Portable Document Format (PDF) software and tools used to create, edit, sign, and secure files and digital documents. It is a multinational software technology corporation headquartered in Fremont, California, with offices in Berlin, Beijing, Fuzhou, South Yarra, Australia and other locations. There are about 425 million Foxit users, with sales to more than 100,000 customers in 200 countries around the world.
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History
Foxit Software was founded in 2001 by Eugene Y. Xiong to develop similar PDF software products to those from Adobe Systems and other PDF vendors, and offer them at lower prices.
In 2009 Foxit Software Company incorporated as Foxit Corporation.
Standards involvement
Foxit has contributed to the evolution of the ISO 32000 standard and is currently active in new PDF standard initiatives. The company also played a role in development of the ISO 19005 standard, also known as PDF/A, for long term archiving of documents.
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Key people
- Eugene Y. Xiong, Founder and Chairman of the Board
- George Z. Gao, CEO and Director
- Steven Li, Chief Technology Officer
- Karl De Abrew, President SDK BU and ConnectedPDF Evangelist
- Phil Lee, Vice President of Sales
- David Ronald, Head of Marketing
- Rowan Hanna, VP of Products and Solutions, Foxit SDK BU
- Susana De Abrew, VP of Sales & Marketing, Foxit SDK BU
Business development
Foxit Reader
The company's first product, Foxit Reader, was released in 2004. It provides a way to view, create and sign PDF files, and add annotations to them. Foxit Reader 3.0 offers comparable functionality to Adobe Reader. Older versions were notable for their speed and small file sizes. Foxit released version 8.0 in 2016. The software is pre-installed on Windows PCs from HP, Acer, and ASUS. Foxit released version 9.0 in 2017.The software is available as a freeware download for PCs running Windows 7, MacOS and Linux.
Foxit has been found to contribute to persistent failures of Windows 10 File Explorer's context menu.
Foxit PhantomPDF
Foxit PhantomPDF, a multi-feature PDF editor, was released in 2008. Foxit PhantomPDF has an interface that holds many advanced, PDF editing and security features.[5] Foxit released version 8.0 in 2016.
ConnectedPDF
Foxit Software released ConnectedPDF in 2016. ConnectedPDF extends the traditional portable document format by associating a unique identifier with each PDF, thereby enabling capabilities such as file update notifications, document locating and tracking, shared and synchronized review and mark-up, and remote digital rights management and protection.
ConnectedPDF is not a stand-alone product. Functionality is embedded within some of Foxit's PDF software products. ConnectedPDF is included in the latest releases of Foxit PhantomPDF (version >=8), Foxit Reader (version >=8) and Foxit MobilePDF (version >=5).
OEM relationships
The company has developed original equipment manufacturer relationships with a variety of businesses. Foxit's technology is an enabling technology at the heart of Amazon Kindle, Gmail and Google Chrome, and the company also provides the rendering engine that powers Google's open-source PDFium project.
SDKs
Foxit also provides a variety of PDF software development kits (SDKs) for developers wanting to create custom PDF applications.
Acquisitions
Foxit has grown organically and through several acquisitions.
Products
PDF Association
Foxit Software is an active member of the PDF Association. LuraTech, acquired by Foxit in 2015, was a founding member of the PDF Association. Carsten Heiermann, founder and CEO of the LuraTech group, is member of the association's board. Thomas Zellmann, who joined LuraTech in 2001, is the association's Managing Director.
External links
- ConnectedPDF
- Foxit Software
- Foxit SDK
References
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