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SIIA Names 2013 Content CODiE Awards Winners

January 31, 2013 By

SIIA would like to announce the winners of their 2013 CODiE Awards in 25 Content categories, representing the industry’s best products, technologies, and services created by or for media, publishers, and information services providers.

The SIIA CODiE Awards have been the premier award for the software and information industries, recognizing excellence for 27 years. The awards have over 75 categories organized by industry focus: Content, Education and Software. The 25 Content CODiE Awards winners were announced during a special Awards luncheon today in New York City during IIS 2013: Breakthrough, the SIIA’s annual flagship conference for information industry leaders.

The SIIA Congratulates all the CODiE Award Content Winners listed below.
Details about their products can be found at http://www.siia.net/codies/2013/winners.asp

2013 CODiE Awards Content Winners:
Advertising Management Platform

  • BRIQ (BrightRoll IQ), BrightRoll

Best Business Directory (tie)

  • NetProspex B2B Data Services, NetProspex
  • OneSource iSell, OneSource Information Services

Best Business Information Solution

  • Cortera Pulse, Cortera, Inc.

Best Consumer Information Resource

  • Safari Books Online, Safari Books Online

Best Content Management Platform

  • Adobe CQ, Adobe Systems, Inc.

Best Crowd Sourced Solution

  • InfoArmy Competitive Intelligence Reports, InfoArmy

Best Digital Rights Management Solution

  • Sentinel License Development Kit (LDK), SafeNet, Inc. – SRM Group

Best eCommerce & Billing Platform

  • Avangate SkyCommerce Suite, Avangate

Best Financial & Market Data Information Solution

  • TTR – Transactional Track Record, ZUVINOVA

Best General Reference Service

  • Literati Public, Credo Reference

Best Governance, Risk and Compliance Solution

  • Sonatype Insight, Sonatype

Best Lead Generation Solution

  • salesPRISM, Lattice Engines

Best Legal Information Solution

  • Lexis Advance, LexisNexis Group

Best Media & Information Monitoring Solution

  • Cision, Cision, Inc.

Best Medical Information Solution

  • DG Suite-DG Image Share, DICOM Grid

Best Press Release Distribution Solution

  • iReach, PR Newswire Association, Inc.

Best Sales & Marketing Intelligence Solution

  • InsideView TEAM, InsideView

Best Science and Technology Information Solution

  • Safari Books Online, Safari Books Online

Best Search Technology Solution

  • Discovery Search Engine, Transparensee Systems

Best Semantic Technology Solution

  • Luxid Content Enrichment Platform, TEMIS Inc.

Best Service Using Aggregated Content

  • Checkpoint World, Thomson Tax & Accounting

Best Social Media Platform

  • Moontoast Social Marketing Apps, Moontoast, LLC.

Best Solution for Integrating Content into the Workflow

  • Adobe FrameMaker 11, Adobe Systems, Inc.

Best Testing, Monitoring and Analytics Platform

  • Adobe Digital Marketing Suite, Adobe Systems, Inc.

Best Video Platform for Media & Publishers

  • The NewsLook Platform, NewsLook

Wendy Tanner Wendy Tanner is CODiE Awards Coordinator. Follow the CODiE Awards on Twitter @CODiEAwards

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SIIA CODiE Awards Announce 2013 Content Category Finalists

December 18, 2012 By

Today SIIA announced the 82 finalists for the 2013 SIIA CODiE Awards in Content categories. These finalists represent the information industry’s best products, technologies, and services created by or for media, publishers, and information services providers.

This year there were 25 Content categories, featuring several new and updated ones, to reflect the latest industry trends and business models. New categories include Best Crowd Sourced Solution, Best Press Release Distribution Solution, Best Semantic Technology Solution, and Best Social Media Platform.

Winners will be announced during a special Awards luncheon on January 31 in New York City during the SIIA’s annual flagship conference for information industry leaders, IIS 2013: Breakthrough.

This year, finalists are invited to showcase their products in the CODiE Awards Finalist Showcase during IIS 2013: Breakthrough.

The SIIA CODiE Awards are the industry’s only peer-reviewed awards program. The first round review of all nominees is conducted by media, publishing, and information services executives with considerable industry expertise, including members of the industry, analysts, media and bloggers, and bankers and investors. The judges are responsible for selecting the CODiE Awards finalists. SIIA members then vote on the finalist products and the scores from both rounds are tabulated to select the winners.

Details about each finalist are listed here.

2013 CODiE Awards Content Finalists
Best Advertising Management Platform

  • Adobe Media Optimizer, Adobe Systems, Inc.
  • BRIQ (BrightRoll IQ), BrightRoll
  • OpenX Digital Advertising Platform, OpenX

Best Business Directory

  • NetProspex B2B Data Services, NetProspex
  • OneSource iSell, OneSource Information Services

Best Business Information Solution

  • Cision, Cision, Inc.
  • Cortera Pulse, Cortera, Inc.
  • ACCESS GE, GE Capital
  • Web Preserver, Reed Technology (a member of the LexisNexis family)
  • Dodge BuildShare, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
  • Tax & Accounting eBooks [on Thomson Reuters ProView eReader app], Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters

Best Consumer Information Resource

  • Lawyers.com, LexisNexis Group
  • Questia, Questia
  • Safari Books Online, Safari Books Online
  • TalentBrew Platform/Premier Job Postings, TMP Worldwide, LLC

Best Content Management Platform

  • Adobe CQ, Adobe Systems, Inc.
  • iAPPS Content Manager, Bridgeline Digital, Inc.
  • Customer Engagement Platform, Sitecore
  • TERMINALFOUR Site Manager, TERMINALFOUR

Best Crowd Sourced Solution

  • Dell Boomi AtomSphere, Dell Boomi
  • InfoArmy Competitive Intelligence Reports, InfoArmy
  • NetProspex B2B Data Services, NetProspex

Best Digital Rights Management Solution

  • Get It Now, Copyright Clearance Center
  • iCopyright Content Licensing Toolbar, iCopyright
  • Sentinel License Development Kit (LDK), SafeNet, Inc. – SRM Group

Best eCommerce & Billing Platform

  • Aria Subscription Billing Platform, Aria Systems, Inc.
  • Avangate SkyCommerce Suite, Avangate
  • Recurly, Recurly

Best Financial & Market Data Information Solution

  • PitchBook, PitchBook Data, Inc.
  • OPIS Retail DataHouse, United Communications Group (UCG)
  • TTR – Transactional Track Record, ZUVINOVA

Best General Reference Service

  • Literati Public, Credo Reference
  • SAGE Knowledge, Sage Publications

Best Governance, Risk and Compliance Solution

  • ControlPoint, Axceler
  • Bloomberg Government, Bloomberg Government
  • Dow Jones Risk & Compliance Portal, Dow Jones & Company
  • EDR Lender Portal, Environmental Data Resources
  • Keylight platform, LockPath
  • Sonatype Insight, Sonatype

Best Lead Generation Solution

  • HubSpot 3, HubSpot, Inc.
  • salesPRISM, Lattice Engines
  • NetProspex B2B Data Services, NetProspex
  • ZoomInfo Pro, Zoom Information Inc.

Best Legal Information Solution

  • Lexis Advance, LexisNexis Group
  • Web Preserver, Reed Technology (a member of the LexisNexis family)
  • IA Watch, United Communications Group (UCG)
  • Workshare/SkyDox for Cloud Collaboration, Workshare

Best Media & Information Monitoring Solution

  • Cision, Cision, Inc.
  • AllMedia, Critical Mention
  • Nexis with Media Coverage Analyzer, LexisNexis Group

Best Medical Information Solution

  • DG Suite-DG Image Share, DICOM Grid
  • ProQuest Hospital Collection, ProQuest
  • Home Health Coding Center, UCG/DecisionHealth
  • UpToDate for Android, UpToDate

Best Press Release Distribution Solution

  • iReach, PR Newswire Association, Inc.
  • PRWeb Financial Visibility, Vocus, Inc.

Best Sales & Marketing Intelligence Solution

  • DiscoverOrg Database, DiscoverOrg
  • InfoArmy Competitive Intelligence Reports, InfoArmy
  • InsideView TEAM, InsideView
  • IQ Intelligence Suite, Visual IQ

Best Science and Technology Information Solution

  • Mobile Library Rx, Infotrieve, Inc.
  • Udini from ProQuest, ProQuest
  • Safari Books Online, Safari Books Online

Best Search Technology Solution

  • ClinicalKey, Elsevier
  • Discovery Search Engine, Transparensee Systems

Best Semantic Technology Solution

  • ClinicalKey, Elsevier
  • Luxid Content Enrichment Platform, TEMIS Inc.

Best Service Using Aggregated Content

  • Lexis(R) Practice Advisor, LexisNexis Group
  • Nexis, LexisNexis Group
  • ebrary Academic Complete
  • Checkpoint World, Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters
  • Zoomph, Zoomph

Best Social Media Platform

  • Bizo Marketing Platform, Bizo, Inc.
  • The All-New ePals, ePals
  • Moontoast Social Marketing Apps, Moontoast, LLC.

Best Solution for Integrating Content into the Workflow

  • Adobe FrameMaker 11, Adobe Systems, Inc.
  • LexisSmart Precedents, LexisNexis
  • Lexis for Microsoft Office, LexisNexis Group
  • Thomson Reuters Checkpoint [mobile versions], Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters

Best Testing, Monitoring and Analytics Platform

  • Adobe Marketing Cloud, Adobe Systems, Inc.
  • Zoomph, Zoomph

Best Video Platform for Media & Publishers

  • WSJ Live, Dow Jones & Company
  • The NewsLook Platform, NewsLook
  • ARC Engagement Platform, PR Newswire Association, Inc.

For more information on the Information Industry Summit, attending the CODiE Awards lunch, and to see a full schedule of events, visit the Information Industry Summit website.

Wendy Tanner Wendy Tanner is CODiE Awards Coordinator. Follow the CODiE Awards on Twitter @CODiEAwards

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CODiE Awards Judges: A Conversation with the Coordinator

October 31, 2012 By

Nominations have closed for the 2013 CODiE Awards, and I am definitely excited about the variety and caliber of products in this year’s program. I know our judges are looking forward to reviewing the products as well. Our first round review is the core of the CODiE Awards. It is also the portion of the program that gives me the most interaction with the judges and nominees. I am constantly in contact with both groups, ensuring that everyone has a great experience.

What is the first round review?

For the first round review, two judges review each product in each category. For example, products nominated in two categories will be assigned four judges. During this first round, judges participate in product demonstration s given by the nominees. Two options are available for the products demonstrations:

– Live product demonstration: Nominations walk through their product webinar-style with the judges participating as they do the walk-through

– Recorded product demonstration: Nominees may already have a video product demo that can be sent to the judges to watch.

We recommend that the nominees keep the demos to under an hour. If it is a live demo, remember to leave time for Q&A with the judges.

The first round review also includes product access. It’s beneficial for the judges to get a feel for the product on their own, as a supplement to the guided demo. Product access can happen in several forms, including temporary online login information or by sending the physical product to the judge.

I also suggest sending as much additional information as you would like to the judges. This can be additional links to PDF’s, videos, news releases, etc.

Who are the judges?

We take great care in selecting the industry experts who volunteer as judges. Each division reviews every judge application to determine if he/she is qualified. We want to ensure there are no conflicts of interest.

For our software and content categories, the judges consist of industry executives and analysts, members of the media, bloggers, investors, and even some customers.
For our education categories, we use educators and administrators as our judges. They are the users of these products and can best determine what products may work the best in their classrooms.

Judging is a great experience because it gives the customers a chance to review the products and provide feedback that the companies can use to make improvements.

How can you help?

We are still looking for judges in several of our categories in Content, Software, and Education. If you are interested in judging or can recommend a colleague please complete our brief judge application.

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Wendy Tanner Wendy Tanner is CODiE Awards Coordinator. Follow the CODiE Awards on Twitter @CODiEAwards

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The Evolving Ed Tech CODiE Awards

October 16, 2012 By

Karen Billings, VP of the Education Division, joined SIIA 10 years ago, and has been involved with the CODiE Awards ever since. She even remembers the very first Education category – the Best Learning Product in 1986. Since then, the number of Education categories has grown at a steady pace, reflecting the advances in the ed tech industry. Karen shares her thoughts on this constantly evolving industry and what’s new in this year’s education CODiE Awards.

Tell us a little about the history of Education categories in the CODiE Awards.

The first year of the CODiE Awards, the one education winner was Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?, for the Best Learning Product. It was such a popular product, and I remember later on there were spin-off products, and even one called Where in North Dakota is Carmen Sandiego! It’s interesting because even today, Carmen Sandiego is still a product at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Even after a series of acquisitions and mergers, the company is marketing and selling an updated version of this product, decades later. The point is that a good education product with a good instructional design that changes with the hardware capabilities is going to have longevity and certainly, branding. It’s very possible that the teachers who are buying Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego today could have used the product when they were young. The CODiE Awards are in its 28th year and it’s amazing to think about how the very first education CODiE Award winner is not only in the market, but has her own Facebook page.

Why do educators and administrators judge all of the education categories in the first round of judging?

The Education Division wanted to have educators and administrators review the products in the first round because they are the real experts. They know what other products are out there, and they have probably used a number of different products in their category, so they have the expertise. They are the best judge of what is going to work in the classroom, and that is a big part of what we mean when we say a product is the best.

The Education Division is able to leverage its relationships with the professional associations and online education communities such as edWeb to reach the teachers. We partner with them because they can directly reach out to their members. For example, SIIA cosponsors a games channel on edWeb, so we can reach teachers who are active in the games-for-learning community. That community helps us find those educators who would be the best at judging the games category.

Why do you like having three top awards, for Best PK-12, Best Postsecondary, and Best Overall?

First of all, I think it’s very special to have some very high-level categories where companies don’t nominate but they are recognized. It’s a very special recognition. It’s a way to pull out the best of the best. In some sense we are following other awards programs. In the Oscars, they have lots of awards, but the most exciting one is Best Picture of the Year. We know that the winners have appreciated that award.

Why do so many education companies love to nominate for the CODiE Awards?

The number of products that are out there in the market have grown substantially for over 25 years. It’s followed the growth of technology, as schools have started to move from the use of print materials and transitioned to the use of digital. Twenty-five years ago, using Carmen Sandiego was a very unique and probably isolated event by a few special teachers who were excited about using that Apple II in the classroom. As access to hardware increased, the software market evolved, and professional development supported technology integration, educators and administrators started to see the benefits of using technology. They saw student engagement, and positive results. The market grew, and as the market grew, the CODiE Award nominations grew, the interest grew, and school budgets grew. It has been a consistent, steady growth for 25 years.

Many of the products that were submitted in the first 10 years for the CODiE Awards had been developed by teachers. Teachers themselves then ended up forming companies. Jan Davidson was a Language Arts English teacher. She wrote a program called Reading Blaster for kids to use in her classrooms on an Apple II. She started sharing it with other teachers, and her husband, Bob Davidson, decided that there might be a business in selling that program to other teachers. They formed a company called Davidson & Associates, which was an early member of the then SPA (Software Publishers Association.) I like knowing that some of the educators reviewing this year’s products may be designing a product that could be a CODiE Awards winner in a few years. It could be the next Carmen Sandiego or Oregon Trail!

Which category are you most excited about this year?

I’m always anxious to see who is nominating in brand new categories. This year, our new category is Best Personalized Learning Solution, which evolved from work we have been doing in the Education Division for the last several years. It started with a working group on personalized learning after our Education Board undertook this as a key initiative. Personalized learning is a new market. Legacy companies can incorporate those attributes as they modify their products, and so can the startups who are designing new products. The thing I look forward to most is seeing nominations come in from companies I don’t know yet. There are so many new companies each year, and some are so new I haven’t even heard from them. When I see their nominations come in, I go to their website and find out about them, and it makes me excited about the direction that education technology is taking.

How can small companies compete in the CODiE Awards?

I think that the small companies with brand new products are viewed very positively by judges. The judges like seeing something new. It’s great to see the start-ups getting the same amount of visibility as larger companies when the finalists are announced. And when the SIIA member companies vote in the second round of judging, every company gets the same number of votes in each category, no matter what size they are. When all of the winners are listed on the press release, some will be large companies, some will be small companies. Some will be companies educators will recognize, and some will be totally unknown. Hopefully when people see a winner they’ve never heard of, they will go to their website and check them out.

What makes the education CODiE Awards banquet so special?

We have so much fun at our awards banquet! It’s a very special event for our companies. They enjoy it. It’s another thing to look forward to at the Ed Tech Industry Summit. We held the gala for the 2012 CODiE Awards on the second evening of the conference and will continue the tradition in 2013.

It’s funny, before I worked at SIIA, I worked at various member companies for 15 years. I came to many of the conferences and even spoke at them, but I never attended a CODiE Awards event! I’m not sure why. The first CODiE Awards gala I ever went to was the first year I started working for SIIA in 2002-in fact it was my second day on the job! I discovered how much fun it was, and how special it is. I really have had fun every year since.

Wendy Tanner Wendy Tanner is CODiE Awards Coordinator. Follow the CODiE Awards on Twitter @CODiEAwards

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Software CODiE Awards: Tips & Tricks for CODiE Success

September 28, 2012 By

Yesterday we hosted a CODiE Awards webinar specifically for software categories. The primary purpose of the webinar was to provide important updates made to the process, including the addition/revision of several categories for a total of 29 software-related categories.

During the webinar we covered:

  • How to nominate
  • What happens during the first-round judging process
  • The complete CODiE Awards timeline
  • A review of software categories

We were especially pleased to have two guests join us for the webinar: Sarah Lander, Director of Marketing for ShopVisible and a 2012 CODiE Award winner, and Richard Dym, Managing Partner of Bondi Group, a longtime CODiE Awards judge.

Watch the webinar to hear everything that Sarah and Richard had to say, in addition to the information we provided. And remember, nominations for the Software categories must be submitted by Friday, October 5.

Wendy Tanner Wendy Tanner is CODiE Awards Coordinator. Follow the CODiE Awards on Twitter @CODiEAwards

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Content CODiE Awards: Tips & Tricks for CODiE Success

September 13, 2012 By

Yesterday we hosted a webinar about the 2013 CODiE Awards specifically for the Content categories. The purpose of the webinar was to make sure you know about the important changes we made to the content categories and process, including the addition/revision of several categories for a total of 28 content related categories.

During the webinar we covered:

• How to nominate
• What happens during the first-round judging process
• The complete CODiE Awards timeline
• Content categories
• Our all-new Buyer Review program

We were especially pleased to have two guests join us for the webinar: Michael Bird, President of NetProspex, a 2012 SIIA CODiE Award winner, as well as longtime CODiE Awards judge Angus Robertson, Media Consultant for Robinson Advisors.
Michael provided invaluable information on how NetProspex has been able to leverage their CODiE Award win (very interesting stuff, so more on that in a future blog post!). But what I want to focus on here is the great advice and tips both Michael and Angus provided to help you prepare for your first-round review, including:

• As soon as you receive judge assignments, reach out to them immediately to select a date that best suits their schedules for your product demo.
• Do your best to arrange for a live demo versus a pre-recorded version.
• Remember, your demo is not a sales pitch, but a product demo.
• Have your most knowledgeable person conduct the demo i.e. someone from the product team.
• Use the SIIA judging criteria to help structure your demo.

Watch the webinar to hear everything that Michael and Angus had to say, in addition to the information we provided. And remember, nominations for the Content categories must be submitted by Friday, September 28.

Wendy Tanner Wendy Tanner is CODiE Awards Coordinator. Follow the CODiE Awards on Twitter @CODiEAwards

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You Be the Judge: Call for SIIA CODiE Awards Judges in Ed Tech Categories

September 13, 2012 By

SIIA today announced its call for judges for the 2013 CODiE Awards in Education categories. For the past 27 years, the CODiE Awards have celebrated excellence in the education industry, and finalists and winners have later garnered market share in U.S. classrooms.

The Education Division is looking for educators and administrators to review 3-5 products each between mid-November and late January. Sign up to be a judge at the CODiE Awards web site.

“The educators are the real experts,” said Karen Billings, vice president of the Education Division at SIIA. “They know what other products are out there, and they have probably used a number of different products in their category, so they have the expertise. They are the best judge of what is going to work in the classroom, and that is a big part of what we mean when we say a product is the best.”

This year, there are 22 education categories, which include:

* Best Classroom Management Solution
* Best Corporate Learning/Workforce Development Solution
* Best Cross-Curricular Solution
* Best Education Community Solution
* Best Education Game or Simulation
* Best Education Reference Solution
* Best Educational Use of a Mobile Device
* Best Instructional Solution in Other Curriculum Areas
* Best K-12 Course or Learning Management Solution
* Best K-12 Enterprise Solution
* Best Mathematics Instructional Solution
* Best Personalized Learning Solution
* Best Postsecondary Course or Learning Management Solution
* Best Postsecondary Enterprise Solution
* Best Postsecondary Learning Solution
* Best Professional Learning Solution for Education
* Best Reading/English/ELL Instructional Solution
* Best Science/Health Instructional Solution
* Best Social Sciences Instructional Solution
* Best Solution for Specials Needs Students
* Best Student Assessment Solution
* Best Virtual Learning Solution

For more information on the CODiE Awards, visit http://www.siia.net/codies.

Wendy Tanner Wendy Tanner is CODiE Awards Coordinator. Follow the CODiE Awards on Twitter @CODiEAwards

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