GoodData Named SIIA Software CODiE Award Finalist

SOURCE: GoodData

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. March 26, 2013 – GoodData® announced today that it was named a finalist for the 2013 SIIA Software CODiE Awards in the Best Business Intelligence/Analytics Solution and Best Monetization Solution categories. The SIIA CODiE Awards are the premiere awards for the software and information industries, and have been recognizing product excellence for 27 years. The awards have over 75 categories and are organized by industry focus of Content, Education and Software.

GoodData is competing in the Best Business Intelligence/Analytics Solution category, which recognizes the application that provides the best analysis of data, research and other competitive information that helps businesses make strategic decisions. GoodData is also competing in the Best Monetization Solution category, which recognizes the best monetization solutions for Cloud, SaaS and Software companies.

The 2013 CODiE Awards include 27 software categories, with 12 new categories reflecting the ongoing growth and evolution of cloud computing, mobile, big data and video. Winners will be announced during a special Awards luncheon on May 9 in San Francisco during the industry’s most comprehensive ISV conference, All About the Cloud.

“GoodData is honored to be a finalist for this prestigious award,” said Mike Smitheman, VP of Marketing at GoodData. “As a company, we constantly strive to ensure our technology offerings are both user friendly, innovative and improve bottom line financials for our customers. We will continue to push the boundaries of technology to get the most out of data. This award nomination recognizes and validates all of the amazing work we have accomplished.”

“The CODiE Awards competition was extremely competitive this year, and all of the finalists should be commended for their innovative products and services,” said Rhianna Collier, VP for the Software Division at SIIA. “We look forward to honoring the winners at our awards program in May at All About the Cloud.”

Details about each finalist are listed at http://siia.net/codies/2013/finalists.asp.  

About GoodData

GoodData provides a cloud-based platform and apps that enable more than 8,000 global businesses to monetize big data. GoodData is headquartered in San Francisco and is backed by Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst Partners, Fidelity Growth Partners, Next World Capital, Tenaya Capital and Windcrest Partners. For more information, read our blog, visit our website and follow @gooddata on Twitter.

About SIIA
SIIA is the leading association representing the software and digital content industries. SIIA represents approximately 700 member companies worldwide that develop software and digital information content. Information technology (IT) and software security are critical issues to SIIA’s members, many of whom strive to develop safe, secure and state-of the-art products that effectively serve their commercial and government customers alike, while protecting their intellectual property.

The SIIA Software Division provides a forum for companies developing the applications, services, infrastructure and tools that are driving the software and services industry forward. For further information, visit www.siia.net/software.

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