Wimba Collaboration Suite Selected as 2008 SIIA Codie Awards Finalist
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - February 28, 2008) - Wimba, the education technology company that
helps people teach people, today announced that the Wimba Collaboration
Suite™ has been selected as a 2008 Codie Awards finalist. The Software &
Information Industry Association (SIIA) Codie Awards celebrate outstanding
achievement and vision in the software and digital information and
education technology industries. Codie Awards finalists were selected by a
panel of industry experts who reviewed the Wimba Collaboration Suite.
"We are honored that the Wimba Collaboration Suite has received this
prestigious recognition and are particularly grateful for the time the
judges volunteered to review and learn about Wimba's solutions," said Yancy
Oshita, Chief Marketing Officer and Senior Vice President at Wimba.
The Wimba Collaboration Suite features a series of integrated solutions
that facilitate the use of online video, voice, chat, application sharing
and white boarding. Integrating these tools into traditionally static,
text-based online courses enhances the learning experience through greater
collaboration and interaction.
"Competition is tough this year and that makes selection as a Codie
Finalist a real achievement," said Ken Wash, SIIA president. "All the
companies on this year's list should feel justifiably proud of their
recognition."
Next, SIIA members will vote on the finalists to select winners in each of
the 68 categories of outstanding products and services. The 2008 Codie
Awards will be presented at a gala event on May 20th.
Products in the Wimba Collaboration Suite include Wimba Classroom, Wimba
Pronto, an academic centric instant messaging application, Wimba Voice,
which facilitates and promotes vocal instruction, and Wimba Create. The
Wimba Collaboration Suite works seamlessly within an institution's existing
virtual learning environment (VLE) / course management system (CMS) so
instructors never need a new username or password and never have to leave
their familiar online course environments.
About Wimba
Wimba is a leading provider of collaborative learning software applications
and services to the education industry. Our collaborative software
applications for the online and blended education market enable
institutions to bridge technology and pedagogy by supplementing course
management systems with many of the proven disciplines of in-person
learning environments. Wimba's intuitive solutions enable educators and
students to quickly and easily teach and learn live online, engage in live
chat and instant message exchanges, benefit from oral content being added
to text-based course content, and more. Instructors can also use Wimba
solutions to convert Microsoft Word documents into accessible course
content and to create and administer tests, quizzes, and exams. Our focus
on education and collaboration with educators fuels our product
development.
Wimba. People Teach People. www.wimba.com