SANTA MONICA, Calif., May 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Derycz Scientific, Inc. (OTC BB: DYSC) today announced that wholly-owned subsidiary Reprints Desk, Inc.'s Article ePrint Hosting solution has been selected as a finalist for the Software & Information Industry Association's (SIIA) prestigious CODiE Awards in the Best Digital Rights Management Solution category. The category recognizes the best solution for managing secure access to, electronic purchase of, distribution and subsequent use of software, content, and other properties accessible directly over the Web. Article ePrint Hosting is an Adobe-based technology solution that facilitates the copyright-compliant delivery and downloading of scientific journal articles in PDF format.
"Derycz Scientific and its subsidiaries continue to grow because of our unique approach for helping pharmaceutical companies and other life science companies improve how they legally access and re-use scientific content in research and medical marketing," said Derycz Scientific CEO Peter Derycz. "We are honored to have earned yet another industry accolade for our innovation, especially from a prestigious organization like the Software & Information Industry Association."
Established by the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), the CODiEs recognize excellence and achievement in the business software, digital content, and education technology industries, and are the industry's only peer-reviewed awards program. Other 2011 category finalists in the Digital Rights Management (DRM) category include software leaders Adobe Systems, Inc., Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), and Wibu-Systems USA. SIIA will announce the winner on Wednesday, May 25 at SIIA's All About the Cloud conference in San Francisco, California.
Reprints Desk improves how journal articles and clinical reprints are accessed, procured, and legally used in evidence-based promotions and scientific, technical, and medical (STM) research. Other wholly-owned Derycz Scientific subsidiaries include Pools Press and recently acquired Techniques Appliquees aux Arts Graphiques, S.p.A. (TAAG), which specialize in global logistics fulfillment for clinical reprints and trial kits ordered by customers worldwide.
For more information about the SIIA CODiE Awards, visit http://www.siia.net/codies/2011/. For more information about Reprints Desk, visit www.reprintsdesk.com.
About Derycz Scientific®
Derycz Scientific, Inc. develops companies, products, services and systems that facilitate the re-use of published content in a manner that helps organizations achieve their marketing, communication and research goals effectively and in compliance with copyright law and regulatory rules. Its subsidiary companies include Reprints Desk, Inc., Pools Press, Inc. and the newly acquired Techniques Appliquees aux Arts Graphiques, S.p.A. (TAAG). Reprints Desk offers a one-stop solution for reprints, ePrints and single articles, and has delivered millions of articles worldwide. Reprints Desk is an innovator in content retrieval and ePrint delivery, with services designed to help make effective use of published articles in a copyright-compliant manner. Pools Press has excelled in the reprint market for more than 30 years. It provides professionally printed articles from medical and technical journals; prints booklets, catalogs, pamphlets, direct mail pieces and newsletters; and works with publishers who wish to outsource a portion of or all of their reprints business. TAAG offers printing, distribution and information logistics services, with core competencies in the professional production and distribution of clinical trial kits and clinical article reprints for the life sciences industry. For more information, please visit www.deryczscientific.com.
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