Prestigious 2008 SIIA CODiE Award Illustrates Growing Industry Recognition for OpenSpan’s Innovative Application Integration Platform

ATLANTA, June 3, 2008 – OpenSpan, Inc., the enabler of the New Enterprise Desktop, today announced that it received the 2008 Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) CODiE Award for Software Newcomer of the Year. This prestigious award, which is the only peer-reviewed awards program within the software and content industries, is the latest in a series of third-party endorsements of the OpenSpan Platform as an essential tool for integrating, automating, extending and service-enabling legacy applications and business processes.

“The CODiE Awards recognize those companies providing the best new technology products and services across a broad array of industries,” said SIIA President Ken Wasch. “The awards and their winners are a testament to the power of technology to deliver innovative solutions to American businesses and consumers. SIIA congratulates all of the CODiE Award winners and nominees, whose innovation is essential for continuing America’s leadership in the global knowledge economy.”

The OpenSpan Platform is the industry’s only software platform that transcends traditional server and user interface integration technologies by leveraging the interactions between applications and the underlying operating system. This dramatically simplifies the integration process across both legacy and modern application platforms, including Web services. It also allows enterprises to automate and SOA-enable business processes that span multiple software applications, including desktop, third-party, Software as a Service (SaaS) and even closed applications. 

Within the last year, the OpenSpan Platform has also received a 2008 Editors’ Choice Award from Redmond magazine and a 2007 Product of the Year Award from TMC’s Customer Interaction Solutions magazine.

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 550 leading software and information companies. For further information, visit www.siia.net . For CODiE Awards specific information, visit www.siia.net/codies/2008.

About OpenSpan, Inc.
Global 2000 enterprises leverage the OpenSpan Platform to integrate applications, service-enable legacy systems, automate business processes, extend functionality and build new composite applications in order to realize immediate value on their IT investments. OpenSpan and its partners utilize the company's unique approach to integration to accelerate service-oriented architecture (SOA) deployments and increase enterprise desktop productivity. OpenSpan received the 2008 SIIA CODiE Award for Software Newcomer of the Year, the 2008 Editors’ Choice Award from Redmond magazine and the 2007 Product of the Year Award from Customer Interaction Solutions magazine. A venture-backed company, OpenSpan is headquartered in Alpharetta, GA. More information about OpenSpan is located online at www.openspan.com.