- Codie awards
The CODiE awards is a yearly award issued by the
Software and Information Industry Association for excellence insoftware development the software industry.Since its inauguration, the CODiE Awards program has attempted to showcase the software and information industry's products and services and to honor excellence for corporate achievement and philanthropic efforts. It is the only peer-recognition awards program of the software industry, providing the opportunity for companies to earn the praise of their competitors.
The name "Codie" is derived from the word "code", the instructions making up a
computer program .History
In
1986 , the Excellence in Software Awards program was established by the Software Publishers Association (SPA), now theSoftware and Information Industry Association (SIIA), so that the pioneers of the then-nascent software industry could praise each other's work. In1993 , the Excellence in Software Awards became the CODiE Awards.References
* [http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/10/27/2235208&tid=132&tid=74&tid=27&tid=31 NewsForge: Help determine a Codie Award winner]
External links
* [http://www.siia.net/codies/ SIIAs page on the Codie Awards]
* [http://www.siia.net/codies/2008/history.asp List of Codie winners by year]
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