OnForce Named CODiE 2008 Finalist

BOSTON, March 12 /PRNewswire/ -- The OnForce MarketView Index, a real-time tool that offers market data and trends for the IT services industry, was announced as a finalist in the Software & Information Industry Association's (SIIA) 23rd Annual CODiE Awards. The MarketView Index was named a finalist in the "Best Online Business Information Service category". OnForce is the world's largest marketplace for IT service professionals, with more than 11,000 contract pros operating across the U.S. and Canada.

"We constantly strive to provide the best-of-class tools to our community of users to make their experience on the platform rich and engaging," said Paul Nadjarian, SVP of marketing and product at OnForce. "The fact that the MarketView Index was named a finalist of the SIIA 2008 CODiE Awards is a great recognition of our ability to offer valuable market data in intuitive ways."

The MarketView Index displays IT services market data and trends from the past 90 days, and is available free to all users at www.onforce.com/marketview. This enables companies and IT professionals to see accurate trends and averages, including a state-by-state view of:

     -- Geographic coverage of service pros
     -- Most recent pricing by category
     -- Response times by category

The MarketView Index also allows users to filter the marketplace data by IT category, enabling them to see detailed data to help set pricing, as well as win and fulfill new IT service projects, managed service contracts or large scale upgrades.

"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."

For a complete list of the 2008 CODiE Award finalists, please visit: www.siia.net/codies/2008/finalists.asp .

About SIIA

The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) is the principal trade association for the software and digital content industry. SIIA provides global services in government relations, business development, corporate education and intellectual property protection to more than 800 leading software and information companies. For further information, visit www.siia.net.