D&B Announces Alliance with Jigsaw

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Wed Apr 29, 2009 8:30am EDT

Web 2.0 Generated Information Database of 12 Million Contacts to Enhance Sales
and Marketing Business Solutions for D&B`s Customers 
SHORT HILLS, N.J.--(Business Wire)--
D&B (NYSE:DNB), the leading provider of global business information and
commercial insight, today announced that it has entered into an alliance with
Jigsaw, a leading provider of business-to-business company and contact
information. D&B will provide their customers with Jigsaw`s deep
business-to-business contact information for their sales and marketing
activities. 

Jigsaw currently has over 12 million business contacts in its rapidly growing
database, each containing a contact name, title, company, address, email address
and phone number. It includes C-level and VP-level contacts, as well as key
mid-level managers who make and influence purchase decisions. The breadth, depth
and accuracy of Jigsaw`s contact database is driven by its unique Web 2.0
environment that leverages user-generated content contributed by its global
community of 800,000 members. 

"Our customers are asking for solutions to broaden and accelerate their sales
and marketing activities - especially their email campaigns." said Steve Alesio,
D&B`s Chairman and CEO. "The combination of Jigsaw`s contact information with
D&B`s global business database will provide customers with a one-stop shop for
company and contact information." 

Alesio continued, "With Jigsaw, D&B can provide a more timely, flexible and
cost-efficient source of critical business information that our customers can
use to access key people who make and influence purchase decisions." 

About Dun & Bradstreet® (D&B)

D&B (NYSE:DNB) is the world's leading source of commercial information and
insight on businesses, enabling companies to Decide with Confidence for 167
years. D&B's global commercial database contains more than 140 million business
records. The database is enhanced by D&B's proprietary DUNSRight Quality
Process, which provides our customers with quality business information. This
quality information is the foundation of our global solutions that customers
rely on to make critical business decisions. 

D&B provides solution sets that meet a diverse set of customer needs globally.
Customers use D&B Risk Management SolutionsTM to mitigate credit and supplier
risk, increase cash flow and drive increased profitability; D&B Sales &
Marketing SolutionsTM to increase revenue from new and existing customers; and
D&B Internet SolutionsTM to convert prospects into clients faster by enabling
business professionals to research companies, executives and industries. For
more information, please visit www.dnb.com. 

About Jigsaw

Jigsaw (www.jigsaw.com) is a leading provider of business information and data
services that uniquely leverages user-generated content contributed by its
global business-to-business community of 800,000 members. Jigsaw gives
individuals and companies access to contact information for 12 million business
people and profiles of 2 million companies. In addition to delivering low-cost
and easy access to high-value business information for sales, marketing,
recruiting and customer service, Jigsaw provides companies with cloud-based data
acquisition and management services. Founded in 2004, Jigsaw is located in San
Mateo, Calif. and funded by Austin Ventures, El Dorado Ventures, and Norwest
Venture Partners. 



D&B
Media:
Ana Cano, 212-367-6920
ana.cano@eurorscg.com
or
Investors/Analysts:
Paul Krieg, 973-921-5158
kriegpa@dnb.com



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