SIIA CODiE Awards Announce 2013 Content Category Finalists

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SIIA CODiE Awards Announce 2013 Content Category Finalists

82 Content Technology and Service Products Recognized in Peer-Reviewed Awards Program

Washington, D.C. (December 18, 2012) – The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), the principal trade association for the software and digital content industries, today 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.

“The CODiE Awards competition was extremely competitive this year with a record number of innovative products and solutions competing,” said Kathy Greenler Sexton, VP & General Manager for the Content Division at SIIA. “The finalists should be commended for their innovation and market-leading products and services. I look forward to seeing them all at the Information Industry Summit in January.”

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

“I think the showcase is important because we have never before had a venue for these market-leading products to be shown to information industry leaders,” continued Greenler Sexton. “It’s quite an opportunity for all the finalists and attendees to see what these innovators are doing in our industry.”

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 at http://siia.net/codies/2013/finalists.asp

2013 CODiE Awards Content Finalists


Best Advertising Management Platform


Best Business Directory


Best Business Information Solution


Best Consumer Information Resource


Best Content Management Platform


Best Crowd Sourced Solution


Best Digital Rights Management Solution


Best eCommerce & Billing Platform


Best Financial & Market Data Information Solution


Best General Reference Service


Best Governance, Risk and Compliance Solution


Best Lead Generation Solution


Best Legal Information Solution


Best Media & Information Monitoring Solution


Best Medical Information Solution


Best Press Release Distribution Solution


Best Sales & Marketing Intelligence Solution


Best Science and Technology Information Solution

Best Search Technology Solution


Best Semantic Technology Solution


Best Service Using Aggregated Content


Best Social Media Platform


Best Solution for Integrating Content into the Workflow


Best Testing, Monitoring and Analytics Platform


Best Video Platform for Media & Publishers


For more information on the Information Industry Summit, attending the CODiE Awards lunch, and to see a full schedule of events, visit http://www.siia.net/iis/2013/

About SIIA

The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) is the principal trade association for the software and digital content industry. SIIA provides global services in government relations, business development, corporate education and intellectual property protection to 700 leading software and information companies. For further information, visit www.siia.net.

About the SIIA Content Division

The SIIA Content Division serves the media, publishing, information services and technology companies that drive the $462 [KGS6] billion content industry. The division is dedicated to helping its members successfully navigate the dramatic changes in content creation, business models, and technology impacting the content industry. Member companies create, publish, and deliver content across all online, mobile and digital platforms; produce content-focused software applications and tools; develop enabling technologies; and offer services focused on the content industry. For more information, visit www.siia.net/content.