William A. Soward is Featured Speaker At ASMI Performance Conference 2007

Adaptive Planning President and CEO will Speak on “Budgeting, Forecasting and Reporting Made Easy” Using Client Success Stories
 

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA – October 26, 2007 — William A. Soward, President and CEO of Adaptive Planning, will give insight into how midsized companies can move beyond manual spreadsheet-based processes and make budgeting, forecasting and reporting easier than ever before, when he speaks at 3:45 p.m. on Monday, October 29 at the American Strategic Management Institute's (ASMI) Performance Conference 2007, held in Las Vegas, Nevada October 29-31, 2007.

The presentation by Soward, which is relevant for anyone who is involved in the budgeting, forecasting, and reporting processes, will show how his company's software as a service (SaaS)-based solution is a simple, affordable and rapidly-implemented alternative to manual, time-consuming, and error-prone spreadsheet processes. Soward will highlight real-world case studies on how leading mid-market companies and nonprofit organizations such as AAA, CollabNet, Healthways, Med-Eng, and SourceForge have been able to move beyond Excel and decrease budgeting time by 70% while reducing errors; enable monthly re-forecasting; deeply involve business unit managers in planning and reporting; perform timely what-if analyses to support key decisions; and make finance a value-added, strategic function.

Soward will also discuss the new technologies that are transforming the planning process, making budgeting, forecasting and reporting easier than ever before.

Adaptive Planning allows midsized companies and divisions of large corporations to move beyond spreadsheets and automate their financial planning and reporting processes. With free software, free trials, and on-demand and on-site deployment options, Adaptive Planning is the easiest budgeting, forecasting, and reporting solution available for small and midsized companies. With Adaptive Planning, companies can:

• Eliminate manual spreadsheet consolidation -- saving months of time

• Improve plan accuracy and integrity by reducing errors due to broken links and formulas

• Deliver intuitive drag and drop reporting to finance and business managers

• Instantaneously view key business metrics on graphical dashboards

• Rapidly analyze changing business conditions and what-if scenarios

• Increase the strategic value of finance while fostering collaboration with business users

To learn more about Adaptive Planning or participate in the company's test drive programs—view an online demo, obtain a free trial of its full-featured Enterprise Edition, or get free access to its entry-level Express Edition—please visit 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 decisions by automating their budgeting, forecasting, reporting and analysis. Adaptive Planning provides extraordinary flexibility and value, with on-demand and on-site 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 .