StrikeIron Expands Web Services Marketplace with New Financial and Business Data...

StrikeIron Expands Web Services Marketplace with New Financial and Business Data Services from Gale

In-depth Financial and Corporate Information on Hundreds of
Thousands of U.S. and International Companies
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.--(Business Wire)--StrikeIron Inc., the leading provider of Data as a Service (DaaS),
recently announced two new Financial and Business data services from
Gale, part of Cengage Learning, have been added to its expanding Web
Services Marketplace: Gale Business Intelligence Web Service 1.0.0 and
Gale Business Information Web Service 1.0.0.

Gale is a world leader in e-research and educational publishing
for libraries, schools and businesses. Best known for its accurate and
authoritative reference content as well as its intelligent
organization of full-text magazine and newspaper articles, the company
creates and maintains more than 600 databases that are published
online, in print, as eBooks and in microform.

Gale's data services provide financial and corporate information
on hundreds of thousands of U.S. and international companies, with 90
percent of the companies being privately held. Gale's proprietary
database is updated daily by teams of researchers around the globe and
the top companies are reviewed every six weeks.

"Publishing our data with the StrikeIron Marketplace expands the
availability of Gale data to enterprise customers wanting new ways to
access customized solutions for business intelligence," said Matthew
Hong, Vice President and General Manager of Open Web Markets at Gale.
"StrikeIron provides numerous vehicles to gain access to our data,
complementing the premium Gale products available in libraries and on
the Internet, and is critical as new technologies enter the market."

Gale services added to the Marketplace include:

-- The Gale Business Intelligence Web Service - offers more
comprehensive information including company contact person,
shareholder name and shares, auditor and law firm details and
contact information for the chief executive officer, chief
financial officer and chief marketing officer. For more
information, visit
www.strikeiron.com/ProductDetail.aspx?p=379.

-- The Gale Business Information Web Service - provides financial
and corporate information based on a company name and address.
The web service returns in-depth information including a
description of the business, product name, type and version,
annual revenue with source and parent company information. For
more information, visit
www.strikeiron.com/ProductDetail.aspx?p=377.

The StrikeIron Web Services Marketplace offers over 100 data
services for the ecommerce, Finance, Customer Relationship Management
(CRM), Data Quality and Business Intelligence markets from providers
such as D&B, Zacks, MapQuest, Cdyne, Xignite, YP.com and IDExec. The
Marketplace provides business users and enterprises with a single
location for accessing quality data, for seamless integration into any
application, platform, product or Web site.

"Gale's data services provide business users with unparalleled and
robust insight into companies across the globe," said Bob Brauer, CEO
and founder of StrikeIron. "Customers can integrate this data directly
into their own applications, or gain access through other Web 2.0
applications including mashups, widgets and gadgets to provide
business users with a customized choice for leveraging this real-time
data."

About Cengage Learning and Gale

Cengage Learning, formerly Thomson Learning, delivers highly
customized learning solutions for colleges, universities, professors,
students, reference centers, government agencies, corporations and
professionals around the world. Gale, part of Cengage Learning, serves
the world's information and education needs through its vast and
dynamic content pools, which are used by students and consumers in
their libraries, schools and on the Internet. It is best known for the
accuracy, breadth and convenience of its data, addressing all types of
information needs - from homework help to health questions to business
profiles - in a variety of formats - books and eBooks, databases and
microfilm. For more information visit: www.cengage.com or
www.gale.com.

About StrikeIron

StrikeIron is the leader in Data as a Service (DaaS), facilitating
the consumption and distribution of live, integratable data and
business functionality over the Web. The company's innovative Web
Services Marketplace provides a technology platform, micro-transaction
management and a consistent interface across many XML-based Web
services from multiple, diverse sources. This allows business users,
application developers and enterprise IT professionals to customize
and integrate external data sources and additional external
functionality into enterprise, Web, and composite applications.
Currently, StrikeIron provides over 100 live data sources and business
functions from organizations such as D&B, Gale, MapQuest, Midnight
Trader, Tax Data Systems, Wall Street Horizon, and Zacks.

StrikeIron also offers a set of products and tools to simplify and
accelerate the consumption of data such as its SOA Express for Excel,
enabling business users to access live data via front office
applications. StrikeIron delivers value to over 1,000 customers and
partners such as BEA, Delivery.com, IBM, Honda Europe, D&B, Time
Warner, Siemens, Nike, Kenwood, and Exclusive Resorts. For more
information, visit www.strikeiron.com.

StrikeIron, SOA Express for Excel, StrikeIron Marketplace Powered
and StrikeIron Web Services Marketplace are trademarks of StrikeIron,
Inc. All other brands or product names are the property of their
respective holders.

StrikeIron, Inc.
Jane Foreman, 919-405-7010
jane@strikeiron.com
or
Crossroads PR
Kristi Lee, 919-270-8054
klee@crossroadspr.com

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