It's Not Too Late To Nominate For The 24th Annual SIIA CODiE Awards, Seeking the...

It's Not Too Late To Nominate For The 24th Annual SIIA CODiE Awards, Seeking
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- The Software & Information Industry
Association (SIIA), the principal trade association for the software and
digital content industry, announced that it is extending the nominations
deadline until October 31, 2008, for this year's prestigious CODiE Awards.

According to SIIA President Ken Wasch, "The CODiE Awards have continued to
grow in stature to become the software and information industry's most
recognized and prestigious awards program, recognizing the best and brightest
products and services."

A record number of nominations encompassing more than 70 software, content and
education technology categories were submitted last season. For this year's
"Call for Nominations," the SIIA team is looking to ensure that as many firms
as possible have an opportunity to nominate.

According to Lisa Mitchell-Brooks, SIIA's CODiE Awards Manager, "This awards
season is already very exciting, with many nominations received and many more
anticipated. As we extend the nominations deadline to October 31, we are also
announcing that there is still time for industry experts to apply to become a
CODiES judge for the 2008-09 season."

Established in 1986, the CODiE Awards are the longest-running, peer-reviewed
awards program in the software and information industry. In the initial round
of judging for this program, representatives from industry trade press,
mainstream technology writers, consultants, analysts and subject-matter
experts carefully review all nominees and vote on finalists for each category.
The judging then continues with peers voting for fellow nominees in as many as
two additional rounds of balloting - including one round that occurs on site
during the CODiE Awards Finalists Showcase held in conjunction with the SIIA
NetGain conference.

Winners are announced at the CODiE Awards Gala, which takes place the evening
of May 5, 2009 at the SIIA Annual Conferences in San Francisco, CA.

A list of past award winners can be found at:
www.siia.net/codies/2008/history.asp

To nominate, to apply to be a judge for the 2008-09 awards program, or for
more information, please contact LMitchell@siia.net (Lisa Mitchell-Brooks,
CODiE Awards Manager) or visit the 2008-09 CODiE Awards web site at:
www.siia.net/codies/2009

About SIIA
The Software & Information Industry Association 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 more than 500 leading
software and information companies. For further information, visit
www.siia.net.

SIIA Communications Contact: Eileen Bramlet, 202-789-4469, ebramlet@siia.net
PR Contact: Beth Dozier, Rational PR, 202-429-1833, bethdozier@rationalpr.com

SOURCE Software & Information Industry Association

Eileen Bramlet of SIIA Communications, +1-202-789-4469, ebramlet@siia.net; or
Beth Dozier, Rational PR, +1-202-429-1833, bethdozier@rationalpr.com, for
SIIA