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New UK and European Content goes Live in OneSource Business Browser Products

3/16/2005

London, 16 March, 2005 – OneSource Information Services Ltd, a Donnelley Group company of infoUSA, today announced the immediate availability of new company, financial and executive information from seven leading content providers covering the UK, Europe and Asia Pacific regions. The new providers include Asian Company Profiles Ltd, Axesor,  Coface Scrl, Coface Euro DB, Experian Ltd, Graydon Nederland BV and Verband der Vereine Creditreform . These content providers were chosen after passing OneSource’s rigorous data quality evaluations, which assess individual providers for data accuracy, timeliness, and completeness.

With the new content, OneSource customers will gain a 10% increase in global company coverage and 20% increase in executive coverage specific to European data. Among the additions are:

  • 95,000 additional companies concentrated in Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland
  • 10,000 additional corporate family trees
  • Increased coverage for companies in the specific Asia Pac countries of Hong Kong, India, Singapore, Taiwan and Australia

In addition to increased coverage from locally compiled information, data updates will occur more frequently on a country-by-country basis. “By integrating content from in-country providers within our comprehensive global repository, OneSource customers gain a uniquely rich and accurate picture of their prospects,” said Paul Brown, vice president of EMEA at OneSource Information Services Ltd.  “In keeping with OneSource’s commitment to set the industry standard in quality and breadth of content, these new content providers strengthen our position as a best-of-breed aggregator, delivering superior information in support of key business processes.”

OneSource’s company, financial and executive information is now aggregated and integrated from Europe’s leading business content providers including:

  • Asian Company Profiles Ltd. (ACP) – Founded in 1979, ACP is a market leader in providing corporate information and support to international businesses operating in the Asia-Pacific region.  ACP is supported by a fully integrated network of data collection centres in 19 countries throughout the Asia Pacific region and provides coverage on 23 Asia Pacific countries.
  • Axesor – Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Granada, Spain, Axesor - Grupo Infotel – is a global provider of online business information services. Recently rated a Tornado100 company by Tornado Insider in Europe, it was the only Spanish company within the Hi-Tech sector to be included.
  • Coface Scrl SA – Owned by France’s Bank Populaire, Coface Scrl SA is a subsidiary of one of the world''s largest trade insurers. It specialises in credit insurance, credit information, corporate ratings, receivables management, and factoring and receivables securitisation and is providing information on French companies to OneSource.
  • Coface Euro DB – Coface Euro DB of Belgium is a trade insurer specialising in legal and financial information.  Established in 1948, the firm collects a broad range of data about companies in Belgium.
  • Graydon Nederland BV – Based in Amsterdam, Graydon Nederland is the credit management specialist for more than 11,000 Dutch and international customers. Graydon Nederland is providing business information on companies in the Netherlands to OneSource.
  • Experian Ltd. –  In business for 175 years, Experian provides consumer, business, insurance and lifestyle information for a variety of marketing and credit based applications. With headquarters in both the UK & US, Experian has over 13,000 staff servicing roughly 40,000 clients across diverse industries in more than 60 countries. Experian already provides data for the Professional and Financial Services edition of Business Browser. The new agreement will see the company providing company data for the UK, Ireland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland.
  • Verband der Vereine Creditreform – Founded in 1879 and backed by 134 agencies, this German-based mutual society specialises in business information and debt collection.  It is providing information on companies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland to OneSource.

OneSource continues to provide business information from over 2,500 sources, while also integrating information from domain-specific and specialised content providers covering company profiles, corporate families, industries, executives, financials, news, and analyst reports.  Business Browser  now has financial, corporate and executive data on: 400,000 UK companies, 7,500 Irish companies, 65,000 companies across the Nordics, 380,000 in mainland Europe and 250,000 across Asia Pacific countries, making it the most comprehensive business information product in the UK, Europe and Asia Pac regions.

Ends.

About OneSource Information Services, Inc.
OneSource, a Donnelley Group company of infoUSA, and a recognised leader in business information solutions, delivers unparalleled company, executive, and industry intelligence that makes business professionals more effective and productive in completing their critical daily tasks. OneSource® products and services support a company''s vital business processes, including serving customers, finding and leveraging new opportunities, and managing suppliers and partners.

OneSource aggregates and integrates information on over 3.2 million public and private companies, 7 million executives, and hundreds of industries worldwide.  Combining and organising this content from over 2,500 information sources supplied by more than 35 world-class content providers, OneSource has created an unequalled information resource encompassing company profiles, corporate families, industries, executives, financials, news, analyst reports, and trade and business press articles.

OneSource is headquartered in Concord, MA, with offices located in North America, Europe, and the Pacific Rim. Product information is available at www.onesource.com . Customers include Bank One, Chubb, Citigroup, Deloitte & Touche, i2 Technologies, Orange, SAS Institute, and Sun Microsystems.

OneSource and/or other OneSource product and service names referenced herein are either trademarks or service marks or registered trademarks or service marks of OneSource Information Services, Inc. or its subsidiaries in the United States and/or other countries. All other product and service names mentioned herein are trademarks or service marks of their respective owners.

Forward-Looking Statements
Statements in this announcement regarding infoUSA other than historical data and information constitute forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those stated or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such statements include, but are not limited to, those regarding the effects from OneSource’s selection of new content providers, OneSource’s competitive position and the functionality and effectiveness of OneSource products. Because such statements involve risks and uncertainties, actual actions and strategies and the timing and expected results thereof may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements, and infoUSA’s future results, performance, or achievements could differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, any such forward-looking statements. Risks, uncertainties, assumptions, and factors that could affect infoUSA’s business and financial results are described in infoUSA’s recent filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission including its most recent Form 10-Q.


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Teresa Horscroft     
PR Consultant      
01420 564346 / 07990 520390   
teresa.horscroft@btinternet.com     

Paul Brown
OneSource Information Services
020 7367 5700
paul_brown@onesource.com




 

 
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