SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 12/19/12 -- InsideView, the only sales intelligence solution that helps sales executives get in the door and win once they're in, today announced it has been named an SIIA CODiE Awards finalist for the Best Sales & Marketing Intelligence Solution. The recognition highlights the ability of InsideView to increase revenues by enabling sales teams to discover new sales opportunities, accelerate the sales process, and grow existing accounts.

"The CODiE Awards competition was extremely competitive this year with a record number of innovative products and solutions competing," said Kathy Greenler Sexton, VP & General Manager for the Content Division at SIIA. "As a CODiE Awards finalist, InsideView should be commended for its innovation and market-leading sales intelligence solution."

SIIA judges selected InsideView as a finalist based on the solution's content depth and accuracy, robust social intelligence feature set, groundbreaking social technology innovation, platform flexibility, interoperability with leading CRM systems, usability, and overall relevance to sales professionals. InsideView delivers more than 50 million companies, contacts, aggregated social profile information, news alerts, and business connections to sales executives within the screens of their CRM systems including Salesforce.com, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, SAP OnDemand CRM, SugarCRM and others. By integrating use of InsideView social intelligence into the sales process, sales professionals close more deals, shorten the average sales cycle, and significantly increase the number of sales engagements that result in wins. Additionally, through options including InsideView Relationship Manager, InsideView helps organizations grow their accounts by enabling richer customer interaction and more effective account management.

The SIIA CODiE Awards recognize excellence in the business software, digital content, and education technology industries. All nominated products and services receive a thorough review from seasoned industry experts who can identify strengths and give significant insights for improvements. In 27 years, the SIIA has recognized more than 1,000 companies for achieving greatness in industries that expect innovative thinking and demand market validation. The Best Sales & Marketing Intelligence category included products focused on providing actionable information to sales and marketing professionals.

"It is an honor to be named a CODiE Award finalist for the second year in a row," said Umberto Milletti, CEO of InsideView. "The recognition by SIIA is a clear sign that we are meeting the needs of our customers in the rapidly changing world where information from social media, news and other online sources has become an essential ingredient to sales success. We look forward to the next phase of the awards process and hope to be named as the best solution in our category."

About SIIA
The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) is the principal trade association for the software and digital content industries, providing global services in government relations, business development, corporate education, and intellectual property protection to more than 700 organizations world-wide. The SIIA Content Division is one of six industry-focused divisions, and serves the media, publishing, information services and technology companies that drive the $462 billion content industry. For more information, visit www.siia.net/content

About InsideView
InsideView, the leading provider of sales intelligence, increases productivity and revenue by delivering relevant business and social insights to the point of need. Our award-winning technology gathers and analyses information from the most relevant social media, user-contributed and traditional/proprietary editorial sources to provide compelling insights about companies and contacts directly within your CRM, browser, or mobile device. More than 200,000 sales professionals, and over 1,000 market-leading companies including Adobe, AIG, BMC, CapGemini, Egencia, SuccessFactors and The Bridge Group use InsideView. For more information, visit http://www.insideview.com.

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