2006 SIIA Codie Awards - Why Enter?

INDUSTRY SUB-CATEGORIES:
SOFTWARE | CONTENT | EDUCATION

SOFTWARE CATEGORIES

Best Application Management Solution: • Apptix On-Demand Service Management Platform, Apptix; • eRights Suite 4.0, eMeta Corporation; • ConnectERP, Intacct Corporation; • Optimal On-Demand, OpSource, Inc.; • ZeroTouch, Softricity; • Virtual QA/Test Management System (VQMS), Surgient, Inc.

Best Asset Management Solution: • GASP Standard/Enterprise, Attest Systems; • BDNA 3.5, BDNA Corp.; • Everdream Asset Management, Everdream Corporation; • Express Software Manager Professional, Express Metrix; • Novell ZENworks 7 Asset Management, Novell, Inc.

Best Business Intelligence or Knowledge Management Solution: • Corporate Performance Suite, Bowstreet; • LexisNexis Total Search v. 3.1, LexisNexis; • Noetix MetaBuilder, Noetix Corp.; • Poindexter Real-Time Marketing, Poindexter Systems; • QlikView 7.2, QlikTech International; • Relegence Connect, Relegence Corporation

Best Business Process Automation Solution: • Network Logistics 4.0, Click Commerce; • FileNet Business Process Manager (BPM), FileNet Corporation; • BidCenter, Inceptor, Inc; • FLEXnet Publisher, Macrovision; • Campaign Management, Premiere Global Services; • Servigistics 8.1, Servigistics

Best Business Productivity Solution: • Macromedia Contribute 3, Adobe Systems, Inc.; • IBM Workplace for Business Strategy Execution, IBM; • QuickBooks 2006, Intuit, Inc.; • LexisNexis Total Search v. 3.1, LexisNexis; • Mindjet MindManager Pro 6, Mindjet; • Simdesk® On-Demand Computing Services, Simdesk

Best Business Software Solution: • Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional, Adobe Systems Inc.; • Axentis Enterprise Version 5.6, Axentis, Inc.; • I•Metrix Professional , EDGAR Online; • QuickBooks 2006, Intuit, Inc.; • NetSuite 10.6, NetSuite; • PayCycle, PayCycle, Inc.

Best Communication or Collaboration Solution: • Citrix GoToMeeting, Citrix Online; • Worksmart, Pandora Networks; • Simdesk® On-Demand Computing Services, Simdesk; • SiteScape Forum ZX, SiteScape; • Vignette Collaboration, Vignette Corporation; • Zimbra Collaboration Suite , Zimbra

Best Consumer Productivity Solution: • 1-Click Answers, Answers Corporation (GuruNet); • Microsoft Money 2006, Microsoft Corporation; • Family Tree Maker 2006, MyFamily.com, Inc.; • SideStep, SideStep; • Streamload MediaMax, Streamload

Best Content Management Solution: • CrownPeak CMS, CrownPeak; • Ektron CMS400.NET v5.0, Ektron; • EMC Documentum 5.3, EMC; • Ingeniux CMS, Ingeniux Corporation; • MarkLogic Server, Mark Logic Corporation

Best Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Solution: • CallMiner Analytics Suite, CallMiner; • icSuite, iCentera Corporation; • Kintera Sphere, Kintera Inc.; • Knova 6.5, Knova Software; • Maximizer Enterprise 9, Maximizer Software; • Salesforce, salesforce.com

Best Database Management Solution: • EnterpriseDB 2005, EnterpriseDB Corporation; • FileMaker Pro 8, FileMaker, Inc.; • Novell eDirectory, Novell, Inc.; • Solid Version 4.5, Solid Information Technology; • Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) 15, Sybase

Best Digital Rights Management Solution: • Adobe LiveCycle Policy Server, Adobe Systems Inc.; • Aladdin HASP HL, Aladdin Knowledge Systems; • FLEXnet Publisher, Macrovision; • AV Commerce Suite, Navio Systems; • Sentinel Hardware Keys, SafeNet, Inc.; • Sentinel RMS, SafeNet, Inc.

Best Distributed Computing Solution: • The Digipede Network, Digipede Technologies; • Everdream Desktop Management Services, Everdream Corporation; • GigaSpaces Enterprise Edition, GigaSpaces Technologies, Inc.; • Novell eDirectory, Novell, Inc.; • 3200 Multiservice Message Router, Solace Systems, Inc.

Best Document Management Solution: • Alchemy 8.0, Captaris, Inc.; • CCH ProSystem fx Document, CCH, a Wolters Kluwer business; • FileNet Content Manager, FileNet Corporation; • Vignette Records and Documents, Vignette Corporation; • ZANTAZ Introspect, ZANTAZ, Inc.

Best eCommerce Solution: • ProStores, eBay, Inc.; • RightCommerce, eMeta Corporation; • GoECart ECommerce Solution 5.1, GoECart; • Nexternal Solutions, Nexternal Solutions; • UnWired Buyer for eBay, UnWired Buyer; • Volusion 4.0, Volusion, Inc.

Best Enterprise Search Engine: • Exalead One: Enterprise, Exalead; • FAST Personal Search Platform (FAST PSP™), Fast Search & Transfer, Inc.; • MarkLogic Server, Mark Logic Corporation; • Ntelligent Enterprise Search, Nstein Technologies; • WebSideStory Search, WebSideStory

Best Enterprise Security Solution: • BigFix Enterprise Suite, BigFix; • Citrix Password Manager 4, Citrix Systems, Inc.; • Secure LAN Controller CS-2400, ConSentry Networks; • McAfee Active Virus Defense, McAfee, Inc.; • Novell Identity & Access Management Suite, Novell, Inc.; • UltraDNS DNS Shield, UltraDNS Corporation

Best Financial Software Solution: • Centive Compel, Centive; • Concur Expense Service, Concur Technologies, Inc.; • ExpenseWatch On-Demand, ExpenseWatch, Inc.; • QuickBooks 2006, Intuit, Inc.; • OpenAir Professional Services Automation Suite, OpenAir, Inc.

Best Human Resources Solution: • Employease On-Demand, Employease, Inc.; • InfoBasis Enterprise Skills Infrastructure (ESI), InfoBasis; • Kenexa Workforce Intelligence, Kenexa, Inc.; • OpenAir Professional Services Automation Suite, OpenAir, Inc.; • Taleo Business Edition 6.0, Taleo Corporation

Best Mobile Solution: • Accela Wireless, Accela, Inc.; • Citrix Access Essentials, Citrix Systems, Inc.; • QuoTrek, eSignal; • AvantGo, iAnywhere; • Migo, Migo Software; • Mobile Interaction Server 3.3, MobileAware

Best Open Source Solution: • CollabNet Subversion, CollabNet; • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, Red Hat; • NetBeans 4.1, Sun Microsystems, Inc.; • Sun Microsystem's OpenSolaris, Sun Microsystems, Inc.; • Qt 4, Trolltech AS; • Zimbra Collaboration Suite , Zimbra

Best Security Solution: • ActivCard, ActivCard Corp.; • Astaro Security Gateway software version 6.1, Astaro Corporation; • PatchPoint, Blue Lane Technologies Inc; • Entrust IdentityGuard, Entrust Inc.; • Vontu 5.0, Vontu; • CodeMeter, WIBU-SYSTEMS AG

Best Software Development Solution: • protexIP, Black Duck Software; • CollabNet Enterprise Edition 4.0, CollabNet; • AppExchange, salesforce.com; • NetBeans 4.1, Sun Microsystems, Inc.; • Sybase WorkSpace, Sybase; • Qt 4, Trolltech AS

Best Software As A Service Solution: • CollabNet Enterprise Edition 4.0, CollabNet; • CrownPeak Search, CrownPeak; • ERP On Demand, Intacct Corporation; • QuickBooks Online Edition, Intuit, Inc.; • Omniture SiteCatalyst 12, Omniture; • PayCycle, PayCycle, Inc.

Best Software Testing Solution: • Akimbi Slingshot, Akimbi Systems; • CoreFirst, OpTier; • Prexis, Ounce Labs; • Parasoft Jtest, Parasoft Corporation; • Parasoft SOAtest, Parasoft Corporation; • Shunra VE, Shunra Software

Best Storage Software Solution: • Axion, Avamar Technologies; • IBRIX Fusion Software Suite, IBRIX, Inc.; • LiveVault InSync, Iron Mountain; • NearPoint for Microsoft Exchange Server, Mimosa Systems; • Storage Builder for IP-San version 2.0, Wasabi Systems Inc.

Best Systems Management Solution: • AppareNet Voice, Apparent Networks; • BigFix Enterprise Suite, BigFix; • NetQoS ReporterAnalyzer version 7, NetQoS Inc.; • Novell ZENworks 7 Suite, Novell, Inc.; • Relicore Clarity, Relicore

Best Vertical Market Software Solution: • QuickBooks Professional Services, Intuit, Inc.; • MData Enterprise, MercuryMD; • MindBox ARTEnterprise, MindBox; • Unicru Dining Solution, Unicru, Inc.; • Gator Six - Battery Command Virtual Experience, WILL Interactive, Inc.

Best Web Services Solution: • Above All Composite Application Platform, Above All Software; • The Amazon Mechanical Turk, Amazon Web Services - Amazon.com; • Cordys, Cordys; • eBay Web Services, eBay Developers Program; • M-Business Anywhere, iAnywhere

CONTENT CATEGORIES

Best Content Aggregation Service: • CSA Illumina, CSA; • MultiSearch, CSA; • Engineering Village 2, Elsevier Engineering Information; • Factiva.com, Factiva, a Dow Jones & Reuters Company; • FirstTrack, Relegence Corporation

Best Medical and Health Information Product: • A.D.A.M. Quicksheets, A.D.A.M; • AccessMedicine.com, McGraw-Hill Professional; • Rave 5.4, Medidata Solutions; • Vignette ProFiciency Patient, Vignette Corporation; • PocketScript 6.01, Zix Corporation formerly PocketScript

Best Online Business Information Service: non-News: • Capital IQ, Capital IQ; • VentureSource, Dow Jones; • EDGAR Pro, EDGAR Online; • Jigsaw, Jigsaw; • PR Newswire for Journalists, PR Newswire

Best Online Consumer Information Service: • Answers.com, Answers Corporation (GuruNet); • TitanTV.com, Decisionmark Corp.; • Intelius.com, Intelius, Inc.; • Ancestry.com, MyFamily.com, Inc.; • SideStep, SideStep; • TripAdvisor, TripAdvisor

Best Online Directory and Business Leads Service: • SpecSearch®, GlobalSpec, Inc.; • INPUT Government Technology Solution, INPUT; • KnowledgeStorm, KnowledgeStorm, Inc.; • Onvia Business Builder, Onvia; • ThomasNet.com, ThomasNet

Best Online Government Information Service: • HR.BLR.com, Business & Legal Reports, Inc.; • INPUT Government Technology Solution, INPUT; • Onvia Business Builder, Onvia; • Internet Law & Regulation, Pike & Fischer, A BNA Company; • Checkpoint, RIA

Best Online Newsletter: • Macromedia Edge, Adobe Systems, Inc.; • Inside National Geographic, National Geographic Digital Media; • Digital Discovery & e-Evidence, Pike & Fischer, A BNA Company; • RIA Daily Updates on Checkpoint, RIA; • OpinionJournal.com's Political Diary, The Wall Street Journal

Best Online News Service: • Wired News, Lycos, Inc.; • National Geographic News, National Geographic Digital Media; • PR Newswire for Journalists, PR Newswire; • ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom, ThomasNet

Best Online Professional Financial Information Service: • Capital IQ, Capital IQ; • Dow Jones CommentaryPlus, Dow Jones Newswires; • I•Metrix Professional , EDGAR Online; • Mergent Online, Mergent, Inc.; • TotalView, The NASDAQ StockMarket; • eSignal, www.esignal.com

Best Online Reference Service: • Answers.com, Answers Corporation (GuruNet); • Britannica Online Consumer Edition, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.; • HighBeam Research, HighBeam Research, Inc.; • Grolier Online, Scholastic Library Publishing; • Gale Virtual Reference Library, Thomson Gale

Best Online Science or Technology Information Service: • EE Times Online, CMP Media Electronics Group; • CSA Illumina, CSA; • Engineering Village 2, Elsevier Engineering Information; • National Geographic News, National Geographic Digital Media; • National Geographic's Genographic Project, National Geographic Digital Media; • Enterprise Technology Product Comparisons, Ziff Davis

Best Solution Integrating Content into an Application: • MultiSearch, CSA; • Dow Jones Wealth Manager, Dow Jones Newswires; • I•Metrix Vision, EDGAR Online; • Watson 2.0, Intellext; • Privilege Manager CRM™, John M. Floyd & Associates

Best Vertical Market Business Content Solution: • CCH Tax Research Network, CCH, a Wolters Kluwer business; • SpecSearch®, GlobalSpec, Inc.; • Prospera - The Online People Management Tool, J.J. Keller & Associates, Inc.; • Title EDGE, NextAce Corporation; • RealEstateJournal.com, The Wall Street Journal

EDUCATION CATEGORIES

Best Education Reference or Search Service: • Answers.com, Answers Corporation (GuruNet); • PowerMediaPlus.com, Clearvue & SVE, Inc.; • Britannica Online Academic Edition, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.; • Microsoft Encarta Academic Online, Microsoft Corporation; • KnowledgeBox®, Pearson Digital Learning

Best Education Technology Solution for Productivity/Creativity: • Blackboard Backpack, Blackboard; • Learning Essentials for Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corporation; • Mindjet MindManager Pro 6, Mindjet; • ACTIVprimary 2.0, Promethean; • WebBlender, Tech4Learning; • Tufts University Sciences Knowledgebase (TUSK), Tufts University

Best Instructional Solution: Classroom Management: • ClassLink System 2000, ClassLink, Inc.; • Instructional Data Management System (IDMS), ETS; • Stanford Learning First, Harcourt Assessment, Inc.; • The Questia Classroom, Questia; • Destination Success, Riverdeep, Inc.; • netTrekker d.i., Thinkronize

Best Instructional Solution: English Language Acquisition: • Academy of READING, AutoSkill International, Inc.; • Criterion Online Writing Evaluation, ETS - Educational Testing Service; • netTrekker d.i., Thinkronize; • The Heinle Picture Dictionary Interactive CD-ROM, Thomson Heinle, a part of The Thomson Corporation; • MY Access! version 6.0, Vantage Learning

Best Instructional Solution: Language Arts/Reading - Elementary: • KidBiz3000, Achieve3000; • Classworks: Elementary Reading Module, Curriculum Advantage, Inc.; • The Lexile Framework for Reading, MetaMetrics Inc.; • Waterford Early Reading Program™, Pearson Digital Learning; • QuickReads Technology Edition v 3.0, Pearson Learning Group, Pearson Education

Best Instructional Solution: Language Arts/English - Secondary: • TeenBiz3000, Achieve3000; • Criterion Online Writing Evaluation, ETS - Educational Testing Service; • Summary Street, Pearson Knowledge Technologies; • Writing Links, Siboney Learning Group; • MY Access! version 6.0, Vantage Learning

Best Instructional Solution: Mathematics: • PLATO Foundational Math, PLATO Learning; • ExploreLearning.com, ProQuest Information & Learning; • Destination Math, Riverdeep, Inc.; • TI-84 Plus Silver Edition Graphing Calculator, Texas Instruments, Inc., Education & Productivity Solutions Business; • FASTT Math, Tom Snyder Productions

Best Instructional Solution: Non-core Content Areas: • Macromedia Studio 8 K-12 Site License, Adobe Systems, Inc.; • WebKey Express, Glencoe/McGraw-Hill; • Expresate DVD Tutor, Holt, Rinehart and Winston; • Kidspiration 2.1, Inspiration Software, Inc.; • SimNet for Office 2003 Release 2, McGraw-Hill/Irwin; • Ripple Effects for Teens, version 3.0, Ripple Effects, Inc.

Best Instructional Solution: Science: • Houghton Mifflin Science Discover! Simulations, Houghton Mifflin Company School Division; • Starry Night High School, Imaginova Corporation; • Starry Night Middle School, Imaginova Corporation; • ExploreLearning.com, ProQuest Information & Learning; • Logger Pro3.4 , Vernier

Best Instructional Solution: Social Studies: • WSTDtv:Being informed is the first step to HIV/STD prevention, Academic Edge, Inc.; • Holt World History Ancient Civilizations Premier Online Student Editions, Holt, Rinehart and Winston; • Making History: The Calm and the Storm, Muzzy Lane Software, Inc.; • Exploring the Chesapeake: Then and Now, National Geographic Society; • Hate Comes Home, WILL Interactive, Inc.

Best Instructional Solution: Special Needs Students: • SOLO, Don Johnston, Inc.; • Building Reading Skills, Failure Free Reading; • Simple Sentence Structure, Laureate Learning Systems, Inc.; • Ripple Effects for Teens, version 3.0, Ripple Effects, Inc.; • Read & Write (v7.1E ) Gold, Texthelp Systems, Inc.

Best Instructional Solution: Students at Home: • Dora the Explorer: Fairytale Adventures, Atari; • Virtual Kindergarten, Chicago Public Schools; • Anatomy & Physiology Revealed, McGraw-Hill Higher Education; • Microsoft Student 2006, Microsoft Corporation; • Making History: The Calm and the Storm, Muzzy Lane Software, Inc.

Best Instructional Solution: Web-based or Online: • TeenBiz3000, Achieve3000; • Atomic Learning, Atomic Learning, Inc.; • Education Desktop, LearningStation; • ExploreLearning.com, ProQuest Information & Learning; • netTrekker d.i., Thinkronize

Best Mobile or Handheld Education Solution: • Blackboard Backpack, Blackboard; • Inspiration for Pocket PC, Inspiration Software, Inc.; • TI-84 Plus Silver Edition Graphing Calculator, Texas Instruments, Inc., Education & Productivity Solutions Business; • mCLASS:Circle Software, Wireless Generation, Inc.; • mCLASS:Reading 3D Software, Wireless Generation, Inc.

Best Postsecondary Course or Content Management Solution: • Macromedia Breeze 5, Adobe Systems Inc.; • ANGEL Learning Management Suite, ANGEL Learning, Inc.; • WileyPLUS, formerly eGrade Plus, John Wiley and Sons; • Image Vault, McGraw-Hill Higher Education; • MathZone, McGraw-Hill Higher Education

Best Postsecondary Education Enterprise Portal Solution: • Macromedia Studio 8, Adobe Systems Inc.; • EMT Connect, Hobsons EMT; • Jenzabar Internet Campus Solution, Jenzabar, Inc.; • National Geographic's Education Network (EdNet), National Geographic Society; • SCT Luminis Platform III, SunGard Higher Education Solutions

Best Postsecondary Education Instructional/Curriculum Solution: • A.D.A.M. Interactive Anatomy 4, Institutional Edition, A.D.A.M; • Columbia's Final Mission, Harvard Business School; • Maple 10, Maplesoft; • Making History: The Calm and the Storm, Muzzy Lane Software, Inc.; • Tufts University Sciences Knowledgebase (TUSK), Tufts University

Best Professional Development Product or Service for Educators: • Seminars on Science, American Museum of Natural History; • Topics In Education, Curriculum Associates; • Teaching Algebra, a Web-based Course, Holt, Rinehart and Winston; • KDS Classroom, Knowledge Delivery Systems, Inc.; • School Leader Development: Building 21st Century Schools, Little Planet Learning

Best Solution for Education Enterprise: • The ENCORE! suite of software and service solutions for special populations, 4GL School Solutions, Inc.; • eSchoolMall electronic procurement solutions, eSchoolMall; • District Data Analyzer (DDA) , Excelsior Software, Inc.; • SchoolNet's Instructional Management Solutions (IMS) 6.0, SchoolNet, Inc.; • TrueGuide, TrueNorthLogic

Best Student Assessment Solution: • Instructional Data Management System (IDMS), ETS; • Pearson Prosper, Pearson NCS; • Scantron Assessment Solution, Scantron, Testing & Assessment Division; • mCLASS:Circle Software, Wireless Generation, Inc.; • mCLASS:Reading 3D Software, Wireless Generation, Inc.

Best Student Information System or Gradebook: • Instructional Data Management System (IDMS), ETS; • Pinnacle Plus, Excelsior Software, Inc.; • Pearson Centerpoint, Pearson Schools Systems; • PowerSchool Pro, PowerSchool, A Division of Apple; • SnapGrades.net, SnapGrades

Best Student Test Preparation Solution: • Stanford Learning First, Harcourt Assessment, Inc.; • Kaplan SAT Online Prep 1.0, Kaplan K12 Learning Services; • LearningStation Test Builder, LearningStation; • Pearson PASeries, Pearson Education; • MY Access! version 6.0, Vantage Learning

Best Technology Solution: Corporate Learning: • Macromedia Breeze, Adobe Systems, Inc.; • GeoMaestro 4.4, GeoLearning; • Ninth House Network, Ninth House Inc.; • Virtual Training Management System (VTMS), Surgient, Inc.; • Camtasia Studio, TechSmith Corporation; • Vuepoint Learning System 5.0, Vuepoint Corporation

CORPORATE CATEGORIES

Corporate Achievement Award: • , Art Technology Group (ATG); • , BST Global; • , CoreMedia AG; • , Foundation 9 Entertainment; • , Identity Software; • , Infragistics; • , Inspiration Software; • , Intrusic, Inc.; • , OpSource, Inc.; • , Qualys, Inc.; • , Redknee, Inc; • , salesforce.com; • , TripAdvisor.com; • , VMware

Excellence in Giving Award: • , EMC; • , salesforce.com

Software Newcomer of the Year Award: • , ClairMail; • , Mimosa Systems; • , Offermatica Corporation; • , Ounce Labs Inc.; • , SoftTek Storage Solutions Corporation; • , Syndera; • , TierConnect; • , Trovix, Inc.; • , Zenprise

Content Newcomer of the Year Award: • , Newstex, LLC; • , UNISON, LLC

Education Newcomer of the Year Award: • , Curriculum Advantage; • , SnapGrades

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