Press Release
ACCEPT SOFTWARE NAMED A TOP EMERGING SOFTWARE PLAYER BY MANUFACTURING BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY
Company’s Ability for Distributed Product Planning Recognized for Transforming Product Innovation
FREMONT, CA.—November 28, 2006—Accept Software Corporation™ today announced that it was recently named to Manufacturing Business Technology's prestigious 2006 40 Emerging Software Vendors. Accept Software is being recognized by the magazine’s senior editorial team for transforming product and portfolio planning with its flagship product, Accept 360°. Editors reviewed company growth statistics, recent customer wins, product innovation, overall company direction and corporate insight in the selection process. The 40 Emerging Software Companies list was published in the October 2006 issue of Manufacturing Business Technology, http://www.mbtmag.com.
Accept 360° is a software platform for managing innovation and product planning, for both current and future products. The system allows distributed product teams, including product managers, strategic planners, and product engineers to collaborate in making and implementing the best decisions about which products to build and which features to include. Accept 360°’s capacity to manage requirements and cross-product dependencies in the context of products, portfolios, competitors, and resources give Accept’s customers unparalleled abilities to make intelligent decisions about how to improve today’s products and to identify tomorrow’s.
Inclusion in the 2006 40 Emerging Software Vendors listing, says Kevin Parker, MBT editorial director, "is indicative of the contribution these companies are making to the manufacturing industry, delivering benefits that extend from reduced inventories to shorter product development times."
“We are very proud to be recognized by MBT for fundamentally changing how companies with distributed teams plan and manage product innovation,” said James Davies, CEO, Accept Software. “This award demonstrates Accept 360°’s broad applicability for product innovation management in manufacturing industries.”
The 40 Emerging Software Vendors can be viewed online at http://www.mbtmag.com/emergingVendors. Information includes links to the companies' sites and details as to why each winner was chosen by the Manufacturing Business Technology editorial staff.
About Manufacturing Business Technology
Manufacturing Business Technology was established in 1984 and written for corporate, operations, and information technology managers who use information technology to improve productivity in the discrete and process manufacturing industries. The publication covers e-business and e-manufacturing software applications, thereby extending enterprise functionality to customers, suppliers, and employees. The publication chronicles and analyzes a wide range of processes and technologies relevant to plan, source, make, and deliver products and systems.
About Accept Software
Accept Software provides the leading enterprise product innovation management planning solution. Accept Software’s flagship product, Accept 360°, helps companies bring the best products and services to market quickly. Available as an on-demand or on-premise solution, Accept 360° integrates Requirements Management, Customer Needs Management, Strategic Planning, and Portfolio Management into a single integrated solution. Privately held, Accept Software is headquartered in Fremont, California, and serves a growing customer base that includes Aspect Software, Convergys, PANTA Systems, and SOMA Networks. For more information, visit www.acceptsoftware.com.
Please join us weekly for a product overview of Accept 360°: see the Accept 360° Events page for schedule details and registration.
Accept 360° and the Accept logo are trademarks of Accept Software Corporation. All other trademarks, registered trademarks, and service marks are the property of their respective owners.
Sales Contact:
Cathy Liggett
Senior Product Sales Evangelist
Accept Software Corporation
866-423-8376
cliggett@acceptsoftware.com
Press Contact:
Heidi Groshelle
Groshelle Communications
415-563-1893
heidi@groshelle.com
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