SEATTLE, Feb 24 - Onvia was named a finalist in the Software & Information Industry Association’s (SIIA) 2009 CODiE Awards. Onvia Planning & Construction, Onvia’s residential and commercial business intelligence tool, introduced in February of 2008, was nominated for Best Online Directory & Business Leads Service and Best Vertical Market Business Content Solution. This is the fourth year in a row that an Onvia product has been a finalist for Best Online Directory & Business Leads Solution.
Onvia helps companies find the information that leads to business, connecting businesses to real-time opportunities such as RFPs and bids, buyers & decision makers, and partners & competitors. Onvia subscribers receive targeted public- and private- sector opportunities in their inboxes daily.
Established in 1986 by SIIA, the CODiE Awards celebrate outstanding achievement and vision in the software, digital information and education technology industries. Onvia Business Builder took home the CODiEs for Best Online Directory & Business Leads Solution and Best Online Government Information Service in 2006.
“The competition is particularly steep this year during the 24th Annual SIIA CODiE Awards, making selection as a CODiE Finalist a real achievement,” said SIIA President Ken Wasch in a February 24 press release. “All the companies on this year’s list of CODiE Finalists should feel justifiably pround of their accomplishment in making it to this stage.”
Finalists were chosen from more than 850 nominations submitted by 600 companies. Winners will be announced at a gala event in San Francisco on May 5th, 2009. For a complete list of the 2009 CODiE Award Finalists, please go to http://www.siia.net/codies/2009/finalist_list.asp.