FREMONT, Ca. — June 28, 2007 - Accept Software, the leading provider of product planning and innovation management systems, today announced that it has won for a second consecutive year, the 2007 Excellence in Product Management Award, sponsored by the Association of International Product Marketing and Management (AIPMM). AIPMM, the premier professional development organization for product executives and managers around the world, recognized Accept for the company’s pioneering software, Accept 360°, and for its innovation in the field of product management.
“Accept Software is reinventing enterprise product-planning and innovation management. For the second year in a row, the company has demonstrated its vision and sound ability to innovate, differentiate, and deliver tremendous business value to executives, product VPs and product teams,” said Therese Padilla, President of AIPMM. “Accept 360° makes it possible for companies to improve new product success by incorporating valuable insight from their entire market universe--customers, partners, and suppliers--and aligning that input to company and market strategies.”
“Being named the most outstanding product and innovation management solution by the AIPMM for two consecutive years clearly validates Accept Software’s vision and execution,” said Bryan Plug, president and CEO of Accept Software. “Companies are increasingly embracing innovation management as a core business process that is critical to bringing the right products to the right markets at the right time and driving competitive advantage. It is an honor to accept this award in recognition of our leadership in defining this new and rapidly growing market.”