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Adaptive Planning Named 2007 CODiE Award Finalist.


Performance Management Vendor Honored hon·or  
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 by Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA (Software & Information Industry Association, Washington, DC, www.siia.net) A trade organization devoted to the health and welfare of the software and digital content industry by providing support in government relations, business development, education and intellectual property ) as Finalist in the Best Financial Software Solution Category

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Adaptive Planning, the leading provider of collaborative business performance management (BPM (Business Process Management) A structured approach that models an enterprise's human and machine tasks and the interactions between them as processes. BPM software provides users with a dashboard interface that offers a high-level view of the operation that typically ) applications, announced today that its performance management application has been named a finalist in the Best Financial Software Solution category of the 2007 CODiE Awards, which honor As a verb, to accept a bill of exchange, or to pay a note, check, or accepted bill, at maturity. To pay or to accept and pay, or, where a credit so engages, to purchase or discount a draft complying with the terms of the draft.  outstanding achievement and vision in the software industry. Winners will be announced at the CODiE Awards gala event in April.

Adaptive Planning provides BPM software that is optimized for the needs of mid-market companies. The software enables organizations to move beyond Excel A full-featured spreadsheet for Windows and the Macintosh from Microsoft. It can link many spreadsheets for consolidation and provides a wide variety of business graphics and charts for creating presentation materials.  spreadsheets The following is a list of spreadsheets. Freeware/open source software
Online spreadsheets

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  • EditGrid [1]
  • Simple Spreadsheet [2]
  • wikiCalc
 and improve decision making by automating their budgeting, forecasting, and reporting processes. With on-demand On-Demand refers to a service or feature which addresses the user's need for instant gratification and immediacy of use. In most cases the value proposition for an on-demand service is wrapped up in the fact that the user or consumer of the service avoids a significant up-front , on-premises, and free open source options, Adaptive Planning delivers flexible choices and unprecedented value to thousands of companies worldwide.

"The SIIA CODiE Awards are a well-recognized and respected measure of the highest-quality and easiest-to-use software products available today. Adaptive Planning is honored that our solution ranks among the very best financial software alternatives," said William A. Soward, chief executive officer of Adaptive Planning. "Adaptive Planning's mission is to leverage two powerful new approaches to developing and delivering software--open source and software as a service--in order to provide low-cost, high-quality, quick-to-implement BPM solutions and world-class customer support. It's gratifying grat·i·fy  
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 that the CODiE Awards judges are affirming our philosophy."

"The 2007 CODiE Finalists represent real winners, even at this stage of the contest," said Ken Wasch, SIIA President. "Competition is fiercer than ever and that makes selection as a CODiE Finalist a major achievement. All the companies on this year's list should feel justifiably jus·ti·fi·a·ble  
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Having sufficient grounds for justification; possible to justify: justifiable resentment.



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 proud of their recognition."

The CODiE Awards are sponsored by the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), the principal trade association for the software and digital content industry. Now in their 22nd year, CODiE Awards recognize superiority in the marketplace through a unique combination of journalist and peer review. This year over 1,200 products were nominated nom·i·nate  
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1. To propose by name as a candidate, especially for election.

2. To designate or appoint to an office, responsibility, or honor.
 in over 70 categories.

Finalists in the CODiE Awards are determined after exhaustive evaluation by a judging panel made up of representatives from the software and information industry trade press, mainstream technology writers, analysts, consultants and subject matter experts. To determine CODiE Award winners, judging scores are combined on a 50/50 basis with votes from SIIA member companies, making the CODiE Awards the only peer-reviewed awards program of its kind.

To learn more about Adaptive Planning's on-demand, on-premises, and open source performance management solutions, go to www.adaptiveplanning.com.

About Adaptive Planning

Adaptive Planning is the leading provider of collaborative business performance management (BPM) solutions. Adaptive Planning makes it easy for midsize companies and departments of larger corporations to move beyond spreadsheets and improve performance by automating their budgeting, forecasting, reporting and analysis. Adaptive Planning provides extraordinary flexibility and value, with on-demand and on-premises solutions, open source and commercial licensing terms, and pricing--including a free version of the product--that delivers a total cost of ownership that is a fraction of the cost of traditional BPM and business intelligence software. Adaptive Planning is headquartered in Mountain View, Calif. and can be reached at 650-528-7500 or www.adaptiveplanning.com.
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