AccuRev Launches Presence in German Market at Eclipse Forum Europe

Wiesbaden, Germany - AccuRev, Inc. today launched its presence in Germany at Eclipse Forum Europe 2006 by signing a partnership with Pix Software GmbH for sales, service and support of its best-of-breed software configuration management (SCM) solution. Pix Software’s extensive experience in SCM, software quality assurance and application lifecycle management (ALM) provides locally-based expertise and support for AccuRev’s existing and growing customer base in the region.

Pix Software customers range from market-leading organizations such as ING Groep, Deutsche Telekom and Siemens to mid-sized companies seeking to improve process automation through consulting, tools implementation and professional services. As a certified Atlassian JIRA reseller, Pix Software also plans to take advantage of the AccuBridge™ for JIRA offered by AccuRev. AccuBridge for JIRA provides both enterprise and SMB organizations with the core for an optimal best-of-breed ALM solution.

“AccuRev has a well differentiated best-of-breed SCM tool and application lifecycle management (ALM) strategy that has already caught the attention of some of the largest technology companies in Germany,” says Arne Schirmacher, CEO at Pix Software GmbH. “We believe AccuRev’s approach to application lifecycle management and process-oriented parallel development technology will have an increasingly positive affect on the German SCM landscape.”

“Our international sales have been growing rapidly, and this important partnership with Pix Software provides us with the local presence in Germany and Central Europe that our customers require,” says Cliff Utstein, vice president of marketing and business development, AccuRev Inc. “We expect to work with Pix Software over the coming months in order to sell AccuRev into both the SMB and enterprise markets in Central Europe.”


About AccuRev, Inc.
AccuRev is the leader in software development process optimization, with a best-of-breed software configuration management (SCM) solution. The complexity of everyday parallel development has changed, requiring SCM systems to adapt to today’s increasingly rigorous business requirements enabling software development teams to remain agile and competitive. AccuRev’s interface, with advanced visualization and process automation, makes the traditionally manual processes of branching and merging, central to any advanced parallel process, a core competitive advantage, instead of being your biggest challenge.

AccuRev’s best-of-breed approach to application lifecycle management (ALM) enables unlimited, adaptable, and compliant process models. This methodology is ideally suited for parallel and distributed software development teams implementing an optimally integrated and efficient ALM solution. AccuRev’s process-centric SCM solution is used by a growing number of global enterprises, including American Airlines, Citibank, Polycom, Sony Computer Entertainment, Raytheon Company and Lockheed Martin. AccuRev, Inc. is headquartered in Lexington, Massachusetts and is privately held. More information about AccuRev can be found at http://www.accurev.com, or by calling 1-800-383-8170 (US and Canada), + 44 8456 869 328 (UK) and 1-781-861-8700 (Outside North America).

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