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SIIA Announces Finalists for 2012 CODiE Awards in Business Software

March 19, 2012 By

SIIA today announced the finalists for its 27th annual CODiE Awards in business software categories. The winners will be announced on Thursday, May 10, at the CODiE Awards Presentations held in conjunction with the SIIA’s annual All About the Cloud conference.

Nominated products were extensively reviewed by executives with deep industry expertise who acted as judges to select the finalists. These products were reviewed through live demonstrations, trial access, and supplementary documentation. One hundred and nineteen finalists have been selected in 25 categories, listed below.

This year’s highlights include:

- The category with the highest number of nominations was Best Cloud Application/Service.
- The category with the most growth was Best Business or Competitive Intelligence Solution.
- The company with the most finalists in the business software categories was NetSuite, with four.

View the complete list of finalists.

Rhianna Collier, Vice President of the SIIA Software Division, commended the companies that qualified as finalists: “All of this year’s CODiE Awards finalists should feel proud of making it to this stage. We’re pleased with all of this year’s nominees, and the finalists reflect excellence and innovation in the business software industry.”

SIIA members will now select the winners from among the finalists during the SIIA member voting phase of the program that takes place from March 26-April 13. Software members include the companies developing the applications, services, infrastructure and tools that are driving the software and services industry forward. As such, the CODiE Awards hold the distinction of being the industry’s only peer-reviewed awards program.

The CODiE Awards, originally called the Excellence in Software Awards, were established in 1986 by the Software Publishers Association (SPA), now SIIA, so pioneers of the then-nascent software industry could evaluate and honor each other’s work. Since then, the CODiE Awards has carried out the same purpose – to showcase the software and information industry’s finest products and services and to honor excellence in corporate achievement.

Laura Greenback is Communications Director at SIIA.

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SIIA Announces Finalists for 2012 CODiE Awards in Ed Tech

March 19, 2012 By

SIIA today announced the finalists for its 27th annual CODiE Awards in education technology categories. The winners will be announced on Monday, May 7, at the CODiE Awards Reception and Dinner held each year in conjunction with the Ed Tech Industry Summit.

This year, for the first time, all nominated products were reviewed solely by educators, who evaluated products through live demonstrations, trial access, and supplementary documentation. Educators selected the 128 product finalists in 23 categories (see the full list).

This year’s highlights include:

-The Best K-12 Instructional Solution category had the highest number of nominations.
-The Best Educational Use of a Mobile Device category had the second highest number of nominations, with nearly double the submissions from the 2011 CODiE Awards.
-Pearson had 11 product finalists, the highest number of any company.

“We’re thrilled to see so many excellent educational technology products making it to this year’s finalist round,” said Karen Billings, vice president of the SIIA Education Division. “We look forward to honoring the winners at our awards dinner in May.”

SIIA members will now select the winners from among the finalists during the SIIA member voting phase of the program from March 26-April 13. SIIA members include software, digital content, and other technology companies that address education needs, as well as the financial and other professional services providers who support the industry. As such, the CODiE Awards are the industry’s only peer-reviewed awards program.

The CODiE Awards, originally called the Excellence in Software Awards, were established in 1986 by the Software Publishers Association (SPA), now SIIA. The original awards program was created so pioneers of the then-nascent software industry could evaluate and honor each other’s work. Today, the CODiE Awards continue to showcase the software and information industry’s finest products and services, and to honor excellence in corporate achievement.

Laura Greenback is Communications Director at SIIA.

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SIIA Announces Finalists for the 2012 CODiE Digital Content Categories

December 9, 2011 By

SIIA announced finalists for its Digital Content CODiE Awards categories on December 1. Winners will be announced at a special CODiE Awards dinner on January 24 at the 2012 Information Industry Summit in New York City.

Digital Content award nominees include applications, products, and services that are developed by data and content publishers, as well as platform providers, for use in business, government, academic, or other organizational settings. Digital Content nominees are competing for 14 different awards, including Best Consumer Information Service, Best Lead Generation Service, Best Legal Solution, Best Medical and Health Information Product, Best Online News Service, and Best Online Science or Technology Service. Finalists enter the last phase of judging in which SIIA members review and cast their votes.

SIIA CODiE Awards are the industry’s only peer-reviewed rewards program. All nominated products were first reviewed by volunteer judges who are leaders in their field and represent the content industry ecosystem. Judge scoring, based on category-specific criteria, is the basis for selecting finalists.

2012 Digital Content CODiE Awards Finalists: [Read more...]

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