Dow Jones & Company Wins Two 2010 SIIA Codie Awards
28 Gennaio 2010 - 4:38PM
PR Newswire (US)
Awards for Best Content Aggregation Service and Best Online
Financial Information Service Highlight Dow Jones's Commitment to
Continued Innovation NEW YORK, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Dow Jones
& Company has been recognized by the Software & Information
Industry Association (SIIA) with two 2010 Codie Awards. For the
second year in a row, Factiva.com, the leading business news and
information solution, won the Codie Award for Best Content
Aggregation Service and Dow Jones Investment Banker, a specialized
content/workflow solution introduced last fall, was named Best
Online Professional Financial Information Service. "This
recognition by the SIIA highlights our commitment to and
significant investment in the content, technologies and solutions
that our customers rely on," said Scott Schulman, president for the
Corporate Markets group, Dow Jones & Company. "Despite this
challenging economy, we continue to bring new and innovative
solutions to market that give our customers a competitive
advantage, and help them make better, more profitable decisions."
Factiva.com was recognized for its ability to help professionals
easily monitor and understand the latest news, market trends, and
business challenges relevant to them. In the last year, Factiva.com
has been enhanced with new features that allow users to create more
targeted searches and improve the efficiency of their workflow. Its
unrivaled content has also been expanded to include more than
28,000 leading sources from more than 157 countries, in 23
languages. Dow Jones Investment Banker, a content/workflow solution
that offers deep intelligence to connect bankers to deals and deal
makers, was acknowledged for its integration flexibility. "Our new
service delivers the best of Dow Jones - news, exclusive opinion
and analysis, research, data visualization, executive connections -
in a suite of customizable components designed for smooth
integration into the portals and applications essential to bankers
and analysts as they monitor events, companies and executives,
provide advice and generate deals," said Joe Lanza, president of
the Financial Markets group, Dow Jones & Company. Dow Jones
Investment Banker's capabilities extend out of the office as well,
with a mobile interface that keeps bankers connected wherever they
are. The Codie Awards holds the distinction of being the only
peer-recognition awards program of its kind in the industry,
providing a unique opportunity for companies to earn the praise of
their competitors. The Codie Awards program, now in its 25th year,
remains the standard-bearer for celebrating outstanding achievement
and vision in the information industry. More information about the
SIIA Codie Awards can be found at http://www.siia.net/CODiEs/2010/.
To learn more about the Dow Jones Enterprise Media Group and its
products, visit http://www.dowjones.com/. ABOUT DOW JONES Dow Jones
& Company (http://www.dowjones.com/) is a News Corporation
company (Nasdaq: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV;
http://www.newscorp.com/) and a leading provider of global news and
business information. Its principal products include The Wall
Street Journal, Dow Jones Newswires, Dow Jones Factiva, Barron's,
MarketWatch and Dow Jones Indexes. Its Local Media Group operates
community-based newspapers and Web sites. Dow Jones also provides
news content to television and radio stations. DATASOURCE: Dow
Jones & Company CONTACT: Tiffany Richardson of Dow Jones &
Company, +1-609-627-2101, Web Site: http://www.dowjones.com/
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