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SIIA Announces 2024 CODiE Award Winners for Education Technology

WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 22, 2024) – The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA)  presented the winners of the 2024 CODiE Awards in Education Technology during a virtual ceremony on May 21, 2024.  Now in its 39th year, the CODiE awards honor products, services and solutions that are leading innovation in their respective categories.

The 2024 CODiE awards honored 40 education technology products in 35 categories with an additional eight companies receiving recognition in the education technology leadership categories. The SIIA Innovation Showcase, which recognizes innovators and startups with revenue of less than 1M in revenue, selected Qore Insights as the Most Innovative Startup for its Classroom Education Plan and Wonder Media as the best solution for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging for its Story Maker solution.

The Lifetime Achievement Award in Education Technology was presented to Karen Billings, Principal, BillingsConnect for her decades-long commitment to the education technology industry and her exceptional leadership in driving the growth of Ed Tech. This award celebrates an individual who made significant long-term contributions to the education industry – and are renowned for their reputation, leadership, vision, mentorship, career success and philanthropy.

“The winners of the 2024 Education Technology CODiE Awards represent the pinnacle of creativity and excellence in providing products and services that connect diverse learners with educational resources and instructors,” said SIIA President Chris Mohr. “We are thrilled to honor this year’s recipients – the elite in their field – who offer solutions to crucial challenges in education today, ranging from accessibility and fairness to customized and adaptive learning experiences. Congratulations to all of this year’s winners.”

Recognized as the industry’s sole peer-reviewed awards program, the SIIA CODiE Awards enlist educators and administrators to serve as judges in the initial round of evaluations for all nominees. Their meticulous scoring determines the finalists for the SIIA CODiE Awards, accounting for 80 percent of the overall assessment. Subsequently, SIIA members cast their votes on the finalist products, with scores from both rounds meticulously tallied to determine the ultimate winners.

Detailed information about each winner can be found at https://siia.net/codie/2024-codie-education-technology-winners/.

2024 CODiE AWARD EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY WINNERS

Best Administrative Solution

  • AristotleK12, Sergeant Laboratories
  • TimeClock Plus, TCP Software

Best AI Implementation in Ed Tech

  • Writable, Writable

Best Coding & Computational Thinking Solution

  • YoungWonks, WONKSKNOW LLC

Best Collaborative Solution for Teachers

  • Share My Lesson, American Federation of Teachers

Best College & Career Readiness Solution

  • Virtual Internship Program, eDynamic Learning

Best Content Authoring Development or Curation Solution

  • Nearpod, Nearpod

Best Digital Safety Solution

  • GoGuardian Beacon, GoGuardian

Best Education Platform

  • Nearpod, Nearpod

Best Education Professional Development Solution

  • Lexia LETRS, Lexia

Best Educational Game

  • Pathogen Patrol, PLTW + Tipping Point Media

Best Emerging Education Technology Solution for Administration

  • DataGuard, ClassLink

Best Emerging Instructional Technology Solution

  • MobyMax, MobyMax

Best English Language Arts Instructional Solution for Grades PK – 8

  • Benchmark Advance, Benchmark Education Company
  • Alef Platform, Alef Education

Best Evidence Management Solution

  • eduCLIMBER by Renaissance, Renaissance

Best Formative Assessment Solution

  • Pear Assessment, GoGuardian

Best Gamification in Learning

  • Waggle, HMH

Best Learning Management System (LMS)

  • Brightspace, D2L

Best Learning Recovery Tool

  • Cignition K-12 Math & ELA High Dosage Virtual Tutoring, Cignition

Best Mathematics Instructional Solution for Grades PK – 12

  • enVision K-12 math series, Savvas Learning Company

Best Personalized Learning Solution

  • uCertify LEARN, uCertify
  • Branching Minds, Branching Minds

Best PK/Early Childhood Learning Solution

  • Imagine Math, Imagine Learning

Best PK-12 Virtual Learning Solution

  • ClassLink Suite, ClassLink

Best Reading/Writing/Literature Instructional Solution for Grades 9 – 12

  • Writable, HMH

Best Research and Development Database Solution

  • Power to the People: Counterculture, Social Movements, and the Alternative Press, Nineteenth to Twenty-First Century, Gale, part of Cengage Group

Best Science Instructional Solution for Grades 9-12

  • Pivot Interactives by Discovery Education, Discovery Education

Best Science Instructional Solution for Grades PK – 8

  • Twig Science, Imagine Learning

Best Science of Reading Foundational Skills Solution

  • Foundations A-Z, Learning A-Z

Best Social Sciences/Studies Instructional Solution

  • MobyMax, MobyMax

Best Solution for English Language Learners

  • Raz-Plus ELL, Learning A-Z

Best Solution for Students with Special Needs

  • RethinkEd Vizzle, RethinkEd

Best STEM Instructional Solution for Grades K – 12

  • ExploreLearning Gizmos, ExploreLearning
  • MobyMax, MobyMax

Best Student Learning Capacity-Building Solution

  • MobyMax, MobyMax

Best Virtual Lab

  • Practice Anatomy Lab (PAL), Pearson

Best Virtual Learning Solution

  • Writing A-Z, Learning A-Z

Best Wellness Platform for School Districts and Educational Communities

  • RethinkEd Wellness Suite, RethinkEd

 

2024 CODiE AWARD EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP WINNERS

Best Customer Experience in Ed Tech

  • Branching Minds

Best Ed Tech Company to Watch

  • Cignition

Best Student Experience

  • Tutor.com

Best Suite of Connected/Integrated Solutions

  • Sirius Online and Sirius STAAR Assessment Bank & Test Builder

Excellence in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion in Ed Tech

  • Renaissance

Lifetime Achievement Award in Ed Tech

  • Karen Billings

Most Influential Thought Leader in Ed Tech

  • Bethlam Forsa

Most Innovative Ed Tech Company

  • VitalSource

2024 Innovation Showcase powered by Cambium Learning Winners

Most Innovative Startup

  • Qore Insights for their solution CEP (Classroom Education Plan)

Best Solution for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging

  • Wonder Media for their solution Story Maker as 2024

 

Innovation Showcase

The SIIA Innovation Showcase, the Stepping Stone to the CODiE Awards, is a dynamic platform uniting entrepreneurs with industry leaders, experts, and visionaries. SIIA values the importance of Innovation Showcase, a time-honored tradition of providing a clear path to the premier education industry awards – The CODiEs. We celebrate innovators/startups >1M/year who have made a positive impact, demonstrated achievement, conducted groundbreaking research, and shown exemplary leadership within the specialized education industry.

 

Lifetime Achievement Award in Education Technology

The Lifetime Achievement Award in Education Technology, which celebrates individuals who have made significant long-term contributions to the education industry – and are renowned for their reputation, leadership, vision, mentorship, career success and philanthropy, was presented to Karen Billings, Principal of BillingsConnects.

 

About the SIIA CODiE™ Awards

The SIIA CODiE Awards is the only peer-reviewed program to celebrate the vision, talent, and advances in building quality products in the tech industry. Since 1986, thousands of products, services and solutions have been recognized for leading innovation and achieving excellence. For more information, visit https://siia.net/CODiE.

 

About Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA)

SIIA is an umbrella association representing nearly 400 technology, data and media companies and associations globally. Industry leaders work through SIIA’s divisions to address issues and challenges that impact their industry segments with the goal of driving innovation and growth for the industry and each member company. This is accomplished through in-person and online business development opportunities, peer networking, corporate education, intellectual property protection and government relations. For more information, visit siia.net.

 

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SIIA Announces the 2024 CODiE Award Winners for Business Technology

WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 22, 2024) –  The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA)  presented the winners of the 2024 CODiE Awards in Business Technology during a virtual ceremony on May 21, 2024.  Now in its 39th year, the CODiE awards honor products, services and solutions that are leading innovation in their respective categories.

This year, 45 companies were recognized in 39 business technology categories with four companies receiving recognition in the business technology leadership category. The Lifetime Achievement Award in Business Technology was presented to Anand Santhanam, Principal, Digital Cloud Transformation Delivery, Amazon Web Services in recognition of his commitment to business excellence and his proficiency and visionary leadership in digital transformation, cloud engineering and product management. The award celebrates an individual who has made significant long-term contributions to the industry – and is renowned for their reputation, leadership, vision, mentorship, career success and philanthropy.

“The recipients of the 2024 Business Technology CODiE Awards continue to uphold the prestigious tradition of the CODiEs by developing the most effective and influential applications, services, and products in the business technology sector,” said SIIA President Chris Mohr. “We take immense pride in acknowledging this year’s winners – the crème de la crème. Congratulations to all the recipients.”

Recognized as the industry’s sole peer-reviewed awards program, the CODiE Awards enlist professionals who have proven experience in the category or categories they apply to evaluate during the Expert Review process. Their meticulous scoring determines the finalists for the SIIA CODiE Awards, accounting for 80 percent of the overall assessment. Subsequently, the finalists are peer reviewed, with scores from both rounds tallied to determine the ultimate winners.

Detailed information about each winner can be found at https://siia.net/codie/2024-codie-business-technology-winners/.

2024 CODiE AWARDS BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY WINNERS

Best Advancement in Cybersecurity

  • Omnis Cyber Intelligence, NETSCOUT

Best AI Driven Technology Solution

  • AI-Enabled Data Collection, Gordian
  • Generative AI Governance and Compliance, Copyleaks

Best AI Solution for Healthcare

  • Apixio’s Prospective Risk Adjustment Suite, Apixio

Best AI Solution in Fintech

  • Toggle Terminal, Toggle AI

Best Big Data Reporting & Analytics Solution

  • Alteryx Analytics Cloud, Alteryx

Best Business Information or Data Delivery Solution

  • EMIS Next, EMIS (ISI Emerging Markets Group)
  • Factiva, Dow Jones

Best Business Intelligence Solution

  • Snow SaaS Management, Snow Software
  • INTENTIVE, NetLine: An Informa Business

Best Compliance Solution

  • TimeClock Plus, TCP Software

Best Construction Management Platform

  • Acumatica Construction Edition, Acumatica

Best Customer Data Platform (CDP)

  • BlueConic Customer Data Platform, BlueConic

Best Customer Education LMS

  • Brightspace, D2L

Best Customer Service Solution

  • Conversational Cloud, LivePerson

Best Data Tool

  • LexisNexis® C.L.U.E. Auto Damage 360, LexisNexis Risk Solutions

Best DevOps Tool

  • SolarWinds Observability, SolarWinds

Best Digital Asset Management Solution (DAM)

  • Acquia DAM, Acquia

Best Digital Employee Experience (DEX)

  • Nexthink Flow, Nexthink

Best Emerging Technology

  • Honeywell Forge Sustainability+ for Industrials | Emissions Management, Honeywell

Best Event Technology Solution

  • BrightTALK by TechTarget, TechTarget

Best Financial & Market Data Solution

  • Visible Alpha Insights, Visible Alpha
  • Optimize Spend, TRG Screen

Best Financial Management Solution

  • CCH® Tagetik Global Minimum Tax, Wolters Kluwer CCH Tagetik

Best FinTech Solution

  • Agora, Agora

Best Generative AI Solution

  • ProcessMaker Platform, ProcessMaker

Best Healthcare Technology Solution

  • Gain Servicing Platform, Gain
  • SCORE – Sample Collection, Orchestration and Reconciliation, Virtusa

Best Human Capital or Talent Management Technology Solution

  • Rippling, Rippling

Best Identity & Access Management (IAM) Solution

  • Stytch, Stytch

Best Industry Contact Relationship Management (CRM) Solution

  • Aidentified, Aidentified

Best Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS)

  • Harmony iPaaS, Jitterbit

Best IT Management Solution

  • Veeam Data Platform, Veeam Software
  • Generative AI for Automated Incident Analysis, BigPanda

Best Knowledge Center/ Help Site

  • Mailchimp Help Center, Intuit Mailchimp

Best Legal Solution

  • Opus 2 Case Management, Opus 2

Best Marketing Solution

  • Fabriq by BCG X, Boston Consulting Group

Best No Code/ Low Code Platform

  • HCL Volt MX, HCLSoftware

Best Payments Solution

  • 2Checkout Monetization Platform, 2Checkout (now Verifone)

Best Platform as a Service

  • Crowdbotics, Crowdbotics

Best Project Management Solution

  • The Kantata Professional Services Cloud, Kantata

Best Property Intelligence Solution

  • Rent Manager, London Computer Systems

Best Subscription Billing Solution

  • BillingPlatform, BillingPlatform

Best Upskilling/ Workforce Learning Solution

  • BILT, BILT Incorporated

Best Work Management Platform

  • Wolters Kluwer Legisway, Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S.

 

2024 CODiE AWARDS BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP WINNERS

Business Technology Leadership Award

  • PowerSchool

Customer Success Team of the Year

  • ChurnZero

Lifetime Achievement Award in Business Technology

  • Anand Santhanam

Most Innovative Tech Company

  • The Helix, Booz Allen Hamilton’s Center for Innovation

 

About the SIIA CODiE™ Awards

The SIIA CODiE Awards is the only peer-reviewed program to celebrate the vision, talent, and advances in building quality products in the tech industry. Since 1986, thousands of products, services and solutions have been recognized for leading innovation and achieving excellence. For more information, visit https://siia.net/CODiE.

 

About Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA)

SIIA is an umbrella association representing nearly 400 technology, data and media companies and associations globally. Industry leaders work through SIIA’s divisions to address issues and challenges that impact their industry segments with the goal of driving innovation and growth for the industry and each member company. This is accomplished through in-person and online business development opportunities, peer networking, corporate education, intellectual property protection and government relations. For more information, visit siia.net.

 

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SIIA communications contact:

codieawards@siia.net

 

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SIIA Expresses Concerns Regarding H.R. 8315, the ENFORCE Act

The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) expresses concerns regarding H.R. 8315, the ENFORCE Act, which aims to regulate the export of certain AI systems. While acknowledging the bill’s intent to safeguard national security interests, SIIA argues against implementing an Export Administration Regulations (EAR) licensing regime for AI models. They believe such controls would hinder U.S. firms’ competitiveness in AI, potentially empowering foreign counterparts. SIIA contends that AI’s dynamic nature makes it unsuitable for traditional licensing approaches and suggests leveraging the Executive Order 14110 process instead. They advocate for robust review mechanisms through the U.S. AI Safety Institute and urge against treating AI models like dual-use encryption software due to their distinct characteristics. SIIA encourages Congress to explore alternative strategies and offers collaboration with the Committee moving forward.
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SIIA’s Comments on the Rules Committee Markup of AI Election Bills S.2770, S.3875, and S.3897

The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) submitted a letter to the Senate Rules Committee concerning the markup of election-focused bills, specifically S.2770, S.3875, and S.3897. Highlighting the importance of free and fair elections, SIIA emphasizes the role of technology in facilitating access to information and interaction between constituents and politicians. While supporting measures like S.3897 and S.3875 for their balanced approach in addressing AI technology in elections, SIIA urges the rejection of S.2770, citing concerns about potential infringement on free speech and chilling effects on innovation. SIIA also notes existing legal frameworks addressing deceptive AI use and calls for Congress to carefully consider the balance between protecting free speech and ensuring fair elections.
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SIIA Statement on Senate AI Working Group Roadmap

The following statement can be attributed to Paul Lekas, Senior Vice President, Global Public Policy, the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA).

SIIA applauds the release of “Driving U.S. Innovation in Artificial Intelligence: A Roadmap for Artificial Intelligence Policy in the United States Senate (“Roadmap”),” by Senate Majority Leader Schumer (D-NY) and Senators Rounds (R-SD), Heinrich (D-NM), and Young (R-IN). The Roadmap reflects thorough, thoughtful engagement with the challenges and opportunities of AI and is an ambitious yet realistic plan to advance U.S. leadership and innovation.

The Roadmap’s call for $32 billion in annual funding for AI R&D will provide the infrastructure needed to ensure the U.S. remains a leader in AI by expanding access to computing, developing technologies to supplement private sector innovation and addressing unique governmental needs including in the provision of government services and fortifying national security. As part of this, we are pleased by the Roadmap’s support for the Future of AI Innovation Act and CREATE AI Act. These are necessary, bipartisan bills that Congress should act on immediately.

We are also pleased that the Roadmap calls for legislation to address issues around non-consensual distribution of intimate deepfakes. This is a gap in the law that warrants a bipartisan solution.

SIIA has long advocated for targeted, sector specific guardrails and we are pleased to see this bedrock principle reflected in the Roadmap.  We are encouraged by the AI Working Group’s call for public-private collaboration, including information sharing on risks, as a way to advance U.S. leadership and innovation. We commend the Senate AI Working Group for leaning into the substantial work underway in the Executive Branch and focusing Congressional efforts towards filling in the gaps that will provide the administration with critical authorities and appropriations.

We urge the Senate AI Working Group to continue to highlight areas not covered in this document such as education. An insight forum to bring together stakeholders in the education community like students, parents, educators, leaders from institutions of higher education, developers, deployers, IT professionals, researchers, privacy experts and others would be particularly beneficial for Senators and staff to learn more about the optimism and concerns from the community.

We look forward to working with the Senate to advance the vision set out in the Roadmap.