Accept Software Joins AIPMM As Partner Level Sponsor

The Association of International Product Marketing & Management (AIPMM) announced today that Accept Software™ Corporation, a leading provider of product planning and delivery solutions, has joined the Association as a Partner Level Sponsor.

“Accept Software’s support of the AIPMM and the PMEC East, shows their commitment to product managers and the strategies that help them create commercially successful products,” said Therese Padilla, AIPMM president.

“Accept Software is delighted to be a sponsor of the PMEC East 2006 conference”, said James Davies, CEO of Accept Software and featured speaker at PMEC. “AIPMM’s mission to proliferate best practices and tools for product management aligns exactly with Accept 360°’s capabilities in requirements management and enterprise product planning.”

Recently Accept Software won the award for Excellence in Product Management Tools sponsored by the Association of International Product Marketing and Management (AIPMM). Accept 360° ™, the first product planning system that integrates business analytics with all variables related to product planning and delivery, was cited for its comprehensive scope, and for mapping views of the product development process to a product’s probability of commercial success.


Accept Software will be a featured sponsor at the PMEC East which will be held at the Hyatt Harborside at Logan International Airport in Boston, MA. The PMEC East will run from November 8 through 10, 2006. PMEC East 2006 also boasts a lineup of other dynamic speakers and topics sure to recharge and jump-start the creative juices in any product manager or brand manager. For those busy product managers who are unable to carve out two full days from their calendar or for those who can’t get the budget for the conference – there is an answer. The conference will feature free public sessions and a free Networking Expo. Free sessions run from 1:00pm to 5:00pm on Thursday Nov. 9, followed by the free Networking Expo from 5:00pm to 8:00pm. On Friday Nov. 10, the public sessions will run from 9:00am to 2:30pm.

PMEC 2006 is sponsored by the Association of International Product Marketing and Management (AIPMM), the hub for all things product management. The AIPMM is the only worldwide professional association dedicated to product managers, brand managers, product marketing managers and other professionals who cover the entire discipline of the product life-cycle throughout any industry.

For information or to register for the conference, go to http://www.aipmm.com/pmec
For information on the Networking Expo email: pmecexpo@aipmm.com

About the Association of International Product Marketing and Management

The AIPMM provides value to its individual members, corporate members, and sponsors by providing training, education, certification and professional networking opportunities. Membership benefits include the national Product Management Educational Conference, regional conferences, the Career Center, peer Forums, tools, templates, publications and eligibility to enroll in the Certification Programs. The Certified Product Manager (CPM) and Certified Product Marketing Manager (CPMM) program allows individual members to demonstrate their level of expertise and provides corporate members an assurance that their product professionals are operating at peak performance. The new and improved website now allows members rapid access to the vast array of professional resources, including exclusive member-only content including articles from the Journal of Product & Brand Management. Visit often to get timely, useful, pertinent information you can trust.

For more information on issues concerning product management and product managers go to http://www.aipmm.com.

About Accept Software

Accept Software Corporation provides the leading solution for enterprise-class product planning and delivery in its Accept 360° <http://www.acceptsoftware.com/products/index.html> application suite.
Regardless of the size of an organization or the complexity of its products or markets, Accept Software helps customers bring better products to market faster. Privately held, Accept Software is headquartered in Fremont, California, and serves a growing customer base that includes BEA Systems, Aspect Software, Convergys, and Mercury Interactive. For more information, visit www.acceptsoftware.com .