StrikeIron Adds D&B Business Information to Roster of Premium Web Services
First On–Demand Web Services Access to Financial, Credit and Company Information from D&B
Research Triangle Park, N.C. — November 9, 2004 — StrikeIron Inc., a pioneer of online services and software to simplify working with Web services, today announced the availability of its StrikeIron D&B Business Information Premium Web Service. The offering is comprised of 8 reports available through the StrikeIron Web Services Business Network (WSBizNet) and includes data such as D&B Ratings, Paydex scores, financial profiles, credit and payment information, credit scoring, risk assessment, company backgrounds and supplier evaluations.
With this new Premium Web service from StrikeIron, companies can increase productivity and optimize their decisions with access to real time data. This is the first Web service to provide customers with a more effective on–demand option to take advantage of the comprehensive research provided by D&B to improve business decisions and accelerate their business processes. The D&B Business Information Premium Web Service includes The Comprehensive Report, The Business Information Report, Payment Analysis Report, Company Profiles, Company Snapshots, Business Background Report, Credit Score Report, Supplier Evaluation Report.
“Companies need fast and reliable access to company credit and financial information to limit their risk exposure and improve their business management,” said Richard Holcomb, Chairman and CEO of StrikeIron. “With this service from StrikeIron, they can get reliable and secure on–demand data to make more informed decisions.”
The StrikeIron D&B Business Information Premium Web Service is part of a fast growing number of Premium Web Services available from the StrikeIron Web Services Business Network. Examples of additional Premium Web Services include Zacks Investment Research, Do Not Call, Tax Data Systems Sales and Use Tax Rates, Mobile SMS Messaging, and Address Verification. These Web services are included as part of the largest and fastest growing directory of publicly available Web services with over 1000 entries.
About D&B
D&B (NYSE: DNB), the leading provider of global business information, tools, and insight, has enabled customers to Decide with Confidence for over 160 years. D&B’s proprietary DUNSRight quality process provides customers with quality information whenever and wherever they need it. This quality information is the foundation of D&B’s solutions that customers rely on to make critical business decisions. Customers use D&B Risk Management Solutions to mitigate risk, increase cash flow and drive increased profitability, D&B Sales & Marketing Solutions to increase revenue from new and existing customers, and D&B Supply Management Solutions to identify purchasing savings, manage risk and ensure compliance within the supply base. D&B’s E–Business Solutions help customers convert prospects to clients faster. For more information, please visit www.dnb.com.
About StrikeIron
StrikeIron is the leader in providing innovative solutions for delivering data
over the emerging Internet. 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 Cortera, D&B, Gale, MapQuest, Midnight Trader,
Tax Data Systems, The Sports Network, and Zacks.
StrikeIron also offers IronCloud™, the only comprehensive Web services delivery
platform that opens up new channels for data distribution and consumption
through Web Services. Enterprises of all sizes can now reduce the cost and
complexity of managing the challenges of data distribution which include
leveraging an existing external hardware and software architecture, controlling
and metering access and usage, external monitoring for 24x7 reliability, full
usage analytics, as well as multiple authentication scenarios and instead
concentrate their focus on making information easier for partners, customers,
and distributed business units to access and use. StrikeIron delivers value to
over 1,500 customers and partners such as Avaya, BEA, Delivery.com, IBM, Honda
Europe, D&B, Siemens, Nike, Swarovski, ShoeBuy, and Exclusive Resorts. For
more information, visit www.strikeiron.com.
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