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SIIA Announces Finalists for 2011 CODiE Awards in Education Technology

April 11, 2011 By

SIIA announces the finalists for the 26th annual CODiE Awards. A full list of finalists can be viewed at http://www.siia.net/codies/2011/finalists.asp.

Of 425 total nominations, 113 products from 80 companies were selected as finalists. Nominated
products underwent an extensive review by judges via live demonstration, trial product access, and
analysis of product documentation. With 14 nominations moving to the second round, Pearson garnered
the most finalist slots for one company in all CODiE Awards categories this year.

Of particular note, several categories experienced dramatic increases in participation during the entry
period, reflecting trends seen in the education technology market. They include:

Best Virtual School Solution for Students – nominations up almost 270 percent
Best Corporate Learning Solution – nominations up 100 percent
Best Postsecondary Instructional Solution – nominations up about 90 percent
Best Reading/English Instructional Solution – nominations up about 70 percent
Best Education Community Solution – nominations up about 60 percent

Karen Billings, Vice President of the SIIA Education Division, commended the companies that qualified as
finalists: “The CODiEs reflect excellence and innovation in the education technology industry. We are
pleased and proud to have so many companies participating this year and to have so many moving on to
the member voting phase.” Billings continued, saying, “We have a diverse range of companies
represented, which reflects the overall health of the industry.”

Winners will be announced Monday, May 23rd at the CODiE Awards Reception and Dinner as part of the 2011 Ed Tech Industry Summit.

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SIIA Announces Finalists for 2011 CODiE Awards in Business Software

April 11, 2011 By

SIIA is pleased to announce the finalists for the 26th annual CODiE Awards in the business software categories. A list of the finalists may be reviewed at http://www.siia.net/codies/2011/finalists.asp.

One hundred thirty‐one nominations from 98 companies were selected as finalists from among 395 total
nominations. Nominated products underwent an extensive review by judges via live demonstration, trial
product access, and analysis of product documentation.

“We are pleased to have such a diverse range of companies and products as finalists this year,” said
Rhianna Collier, Vice President of the SIIA Software Division. “The competition is always tough and it
reflects the level of innovation across a wide range of companies in this industry. The growth in
participation certainly mirrors what we are seeing as priorities in the business software market -
especially the need for effective integration of applications and demand for powerful security
solutions.”

Winners will be announced on Wednesday, May 25th at the CODiE Awards Luncheon, to be held as part of the SIIA All About the Cloud conference.

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SIIA announces the 2011 CODiE Awards winners for digital content

January 26, 2011 By

Congratulations to the following CODiE Awards winners! 

  • Best Business Information Resource-InfoDesk Solutions (InfoDesk)
  • Best Content Aggregation Solution- Newsdesk 4 (Moreover Technologies)
  • Best Directory & Business Leads Service- ZoomInfo Pro (Zoom Information Inc.)
  • Best Financial/Market Data Information Service- PitchBook (PitchBook Data, Inc.)
  • Best News Service- Wall Street Journal Professional (Dow Jones & Company)
  • Best Solution Integrating Content into Workflow- Alacra Compliance (Alacra, Inc.)

 Congratulations to the winners of our new supercategories! 

  • Best Information Solution- Newsdesk 4 (Moreover Technologies)
  • Best Vertical Market Business Content Solution- Pitchbook (PitchBook Data, Inc.)
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2011 SIIA Content CODiE Award winners announced at the Information Industry Summit

January 26, 2011 By

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Featured digital content category: Best Solution Integrating Content into Workflow

January 24, 2011 By

Our final category in the 2011 CODiE Awards is Best Solution Integrating Content into Workflow. This category awards the best product, service, or application integrating content into a workflow application such as CRM, legal, scientific, financial planning and analysis, etc.

Finalists are:

  • Alacra Compliance (Alacra, Inc.) is a modular workflow tool in which users can view regulatory and risk requirements with a consistent process for Credit Investigation, Onboarding, EDD, KYC, and Remediation. Date-stamped audit reports of clients’ business rules and logic are created through searching regulatory watch lists, premium data, and news and web resources.
  • Cicero XM (Cicero, Inc.) simplifies workflow, automates tasks, and automatically share data between existing applications, data sources, and web services. By using a toolset, users can create a modular, customizable interface as well as user scripts, screen pops, and new composite applications.
  • Dow Jones Advisor (Dow Jones Enterprise Media Group) allows financial advisers to create fluid workflows by combining news and information from Dow Jones Newswires, The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s and Smart Money with editorial analysis and fundamental data.
  • InsideView for Sales (InsideView) gives users accurate, up-to-date sales intelligence and content by bringing in information from more than 20,000 sources, including Twitter and Thomas Reuters.
  • Lexis for Microsoft Office (LexisNexis Group) integrates legal content and services from LexisNexis, the Web, and an organization’s own database within Microsoft Office Outlook, Word, and SharePoint.
  • LexisNexis Dossier Publishing Manager (LexisNexis Group) gives company, industry, and executive reports. General HTML links to favorite reports or selected components can be generated to include in internal sites.
  • BeGlobal (SDL Language Weaver) is a platform for real-time automated translation. Users can access it through a central, consumer-grade, web application (or API). Organization business users can publish multilingual content and communicate with global customers.

Winners in each category will be announced at the Information Industry Summit on Tuesday, January 25th.

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Featured digital content category: Best News Service

January 24, 2011 By

Today’s featured CODiE Awards digital content category is Best News Service. This category awards the best online service focused on current awareness, as opposed to breaking news. The service may be from original publishers or distributors, and must clearly be focused on the delivery of news.

Finalists are:

  • Wall Street Journal Professional (Dow Jones & Company) combines news coverage and analysis of The Wall Street Journal with Factiva SmartSearch into one product.
  • LexisNexis Publisher (LexisNexis Group) allows users to publish or distribute current news and legal information through the platform of their choice including Internet, intranet, portal, extranet, email, newsletter, RSS reader, or mobile device.
  • NexisDirect (LexisNexis Group) is an enterprise search solution that searches content from LN’s collection of news sources, industry intelligence reports, company intelligence reports, biographical profiles, and retrieve reports from Company Dossier.
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Featured Digital Content Category: Best Financial/Market Data Information Service

January 21, 2011 By

Today’s featured CODiE Awards category is Best Financial/Market Data Information Service. This category recognizes the best online service for providing financial and market data, information or news for professional markets. It includes real-time data services, financial news services, market analysis, credit services, merger and acquisition information, as well as accounting, banking, and regulatory information.

Finalists are:

  • Passport (Euromonitor International) is a syndicated global database focused on industries, and country and consumer market intelligence that is sold to educational institutions and multinational companies worldwide.
  • Mergent Online (Mergent, Inc.) delivers access to a historical financial database with intuitive search capabilities. It also has an easy to use interface, access to risk, ratings, credit information and recommendations.
  • PitchBook (PitchBook Data, Inc.) provides clients with information and analysis on thousands of private equity deals, investors/corporate acquirers, funds, service providers, limited partners, and industry professionals.
  • ProQuest Entrepreneurship (ProQuest) offers a central access point to a collection of scholarly and traditional resources along with multimedia tools. It combines full text and A&I resources with the integration of multimedia and new format content.

Winners for all digital content categories will be announced at the Information Industry Summit on January 25th in New York City.

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