Nexidia Named Finalist in Prestigious Codie Awards for Second Consecutive Year

Nexidia Named Finalist in Prestigious Codie Awards for Second Consecutive Year

ATLANTA, Feb. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Nexidia, the only provider of a phonetics- based solution for audio mining and speech analytics, today announced that it has been named a finalist in the Software & Information Industry Association's (SIIA) 20th Annual Codie Awards. The company's flagship product, NEXminer Enterprise, is nominated in the category of 'Best Enterprise Search Engine,' marking the second straight year it has been so recognized.

"We are proud to have again been selected by the SIIA as a finalist for this year's awards, especially in such a highly competitive category," said John Willcutts, President and CEO of Nexidia. "Both government and commercial enterprises are increasingly understanding the value of the information that exists within their recorded audio and the importance of extracting key business data from these sources. We believe this honor reflects the need for companies to have a highly accurate, highly scalable solution to index, search and categorize their audio content."

"The 20th annual Codie Awards continue the tradition of honoring the best of the software, content and education technology industries," said Ken Wasch, SIIA President. "When one considers the number of outstanding companies that competed this year, being named a Codie Awards finalist is a significant achievement."

The 2005 Codie Awards program featured 996 product nominations encompassing 62 software, content and education technology categories. In the initial evaluation round that was recently completed, software and information industry trade journalists, national technology writers and analysts reviewed all nominees and voted for the finalists. In the final round, voting members of the SIIA will review the candidates, making the Codies the only peer-review awards program in the industry. The winners will be determined by a weighted combination of votes from both rounds.

Winners will be announced at the Codie Awards Gala, to be held May 25, 2005 at the SIIA Annual Conference in Universal City, CA.

About Nexidia

Nexidia is a leading provider of highly scalable, highly accurate audio mining and speech analytics software. By transforming audio data into actionable intelligence, Nexidia allows both government agencies and commercial enterprises to leverage untapped information previously locked away in audio files. Based on years of research and development, NEXminer's phonetic engine is the only tool that allows the user to search on proper names, places, industry terms and jargon without extensive training and cumbersome dictionaries. And unlike the speech-to-text and word-spotting methodologies, Nexidia's phonetic approach makes it the fastest, most accurate, and highly scalable tool for audio analytics and search on the market today. For more information, please visit http://www.nexidia.com/.


Source: Nexidia

CONTACT: Gil Chorbajian of Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide,
+1-518-355-0966, or gil.chorbajian@ogilvypr.com, for Nexidia

Web site: http://www.nexidia.com/


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