Company Announcement - OutSystems, the enterprise Rapid Application Delivery platform provider, has announced that it was named a finalist for the 2015 SIIA Software CODiE Awards for Best Cloud Platform as a Service. The SIIA CODiE Awards are the premier award for the software and information industries and have been recognising product excellence for 30 years. The awards have over 85 categories and are organised by industry focus of content, education and software. This year’s program features 29 software categories, several of which are new or updated to reflect the latest industry trends. Winners will be announced during a special virtual SIIA Software CODiE awards ceremony on May 7.

OutSystems Platform makes it easy to develop apps once and deliver seamlessly across iOS, Android, Windows Phone, and Web - deeply integrated with existing cloud and on-premises databases and systems of record. With OutSystems Platform, developers can model all aspects of applications visually, without any low-level coding.

The “develop once for all devices” approach leverages responsive design and hybrid architecture to create multi-device applications (including native capabilities) without extra effort. A powerful set of open source connectors allows for easy integration to everything - including enterprise systems, cloud services and databases. Using powerful visual modeling, the Platform allows users to create and change application with blazing speed. OutSystems combines the benefits of RAD with the ubiquitous access, elasticity, management, and productivity benefits of full-featured enterprise PaaS to create a uniquely powerful solution for application development and delivery.

“Tens of thousands of developers worldwide use OutSystems Platform to develop sophisticated apps once and deliver them across all devices - three to six times faster than via traditional methods. We are extremely pleased to be named a CODiE Awards finalist and recognized for how we are changing the face of modern application delivery," said OutSystems South Africa director Craig Terblanche.

“All the CODiE finalists this year showcase innovation and creativity in today’s market. We are happy to recognise them for their products that are breaking ground in the software and services industries,” concludes Rhianna Collier, VP and General Manager for the Software and Services Division at SIIA.