Jigsaw Nominated CODiE Award Finalist in Two Categories: ‘Best Online Business Information Service’ and ‘Best Online Directory & Business Leads Service’
SAN MATEO, Calif., Dec. 9 /PRNewswire/ — Jigsaw today announced that the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) has recognized it as a finalist for the prestigious CODiE Award under two categories, Best Online Business Information Service and Best Online Directory & Business Leads Service. Jigsaw, the leader in data as a service (DaaS), is a database of 17 million accurate and up-to-date business contacts and 3 million corporate profiles uniquely crowd-sourced by its community of over one million members. It serves individuals looking for fresh business contacts and business information, as well as companies which use it to clean and replenish their CRM system or database with new prospects.
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“We’re very excited to be nominated again by the SIIA but must share the credit with our community of individuals and companies who make our data valuable by continually updating it and adding new contacts,” said Jigsaw CEO Jim Fowler. “At Jigsaw we believe the value of data is knowing when it changes, which is why it brings us great pleasure to know that our industry peers recognize our work with Jigsaw and moving data into the cloud layer.”
Every Jigsaw contact is complete with business phone numbers, email addresses, and information about their company’s size, location, and industry. Most contacts even have hard-to-find direct dial phone numbers. Contacts are free on a unique give-one-get-one basis. Users can open up their own Rolodex and contribute a contact in order to get one, or sign up for a premium plan and buy them. For enterprises, Jigsaw Data Fusion provides data as a service by automating the process of acquiring and managing new sales prospect records for CRM and marketing automation systems through the cloud.
“This is the twenty-fifth year we have recognized excellence through the CODiE Awards program, and the 9th year we have offered awards in the content categories,” noted Ken Wasch, President of SIIA. “The competition is tough, as many companies are looking to make their products stand out from the competition. The innovations in the content industry shine through in the products selected as finalists, and we are very excited to see how the voting goes this year.”
The 2010 CODiE Award finalists were chosen from more than 100 nominations submitted by more than 65 companies. Award winners will be announced January 26th, 2010 in conjunction with the SIIA Information Industry Summit at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York.
In 2009, Jigsaw won the CODiE Award for Best Online Directory and Business Leads Service; in 2008, Jigsaw won the CODiE Award for Best Business Productivity Solution.
About Jigsaw
Jigsaw (www.jigsaw.com) is a leading provider of business information and data services that uniquely leverages user-generated content contributed by its global business-to-business community of one million members. Jigsaw gives individuals and companies access to contact information for 17 million business people and profiles of 3 million companies. In addition to delivering low-cost and easy access to high-value business information for sales, marketing, recruiting and customer service, Jigsaw provides data as a service (DaaS) through a variety of cloud-based data acquisition and management services. Founded in 2004, Jigsaw is located in San Mateo, Calif. and funded by Austin Ventures, El Dorado Ventures, and Norwest Venture Partners.
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