HYPE: Reputation Ranking Motivates Participation in Innovation Processes

BONN, Germany, March 30, 2011 - A decisive factor for the success of innovation management is the
motivation of every single employee to make a purposeful contribution to the
innovation process. With this in mind, HYPE, the world's leading provider of
idea and innovation management solutions, has developed a new function for
visualizing employee reputation: innovative employees are rewarded for their
involvement in generating and evaluating new ideas using virtual credits,
which indicate their competence and make it perceptible throughout the
company. The overall result, as shown in the findings of the test phase, is
that employees are permanently motivated to contribute to the innovation
process.

The innovation manager is free to decide how various criteria influence
reputation and in what way the reputation level is visualized. The software
adapts itself to the desires and demands of the customer, and not vice versa.

Please find screenshots of the reputation feature at:

frische-fische.de/de/presseservice/images/138/

For further information and press release in full length visit:

www.hypeinnovation.com/about-us/news

About Hype

HYPE Softwaretechnik GmbH is the world's leading idea and innovation
management solution provider. With more than 130 installations, HYPE supports
global enterprises and medium-sized companies across all industries in their
efforts to capture, manage and process ideas for innovation and
organizational excellence on an enterprise-wide basis. HYPE has deployed
major installations in Europe, the Middle East and in the USA for leading
enterprises, such as BASF, Bosch, General Electric, Nokia-Siemens, Procter &
Gamble, Roche, Siemens, Lockheed Martin and General Mills. The company is
headquartered in Bonn, Germany with a subsidiary in Denver, USA. For more
information visit www.hypeinnovation.com.

    Media contact:

    Marietta Dräger
    Frische Fische Agentur für Text & PR
    Tel.: +49-30-629-011-73
    E-Mail: marietta.draeger@frische-fische.com

    Company contact:

    Sebastian Pfingsten
    HYPE Softwaretechnik GmbH
    Tel.: +49-228-2276-123
    E-Mail: sebastian.pfingsten@hype.de

Media contact: Marietta Dräger, Frische Fische Agentur für Text & PR, Tel.: +49-30-629-011-73, E-Mail: marietta.draeger at frische-fische.com . Company contact: Sebastian Pfingsten, HYPE Softwaretechnik GmbH, Tel.: +49-228-2276-123, E-Mail: sebastian.pfingsten at hype.de .