D&B is providing the most comprehensive, current, and complete business data for in-house developers on Microsoft Corp.’s Windows Azure cloud computing platform, through the just-announced Windows Azure Store. D&B Business Insight lets users generate a list of companies from D&B’s global database of more than 215 million records, from criteria matched to their business needs.
Only recently D&B entered into a partnership with the Microsoft partner network that will expand the reach and availability of D&B360 for Microsoft Dynamics solutions. By offering D&B360® for Microsoft Dynamics CRM, AllianceNetwork members will be able to help their customers realize greater ROI from their CRM investments.
Microsoft Dynamics CRM users already have full access to D&B’s extensive business information database through its award-winning on-demand data management solution, D&B360. The solution combines D&B’s unrivaled business information and corporate hierarchies with social data from popular social platforms. The result is actionable insight that improves the effectiveness of an organization’s sales and marketing teams.
With the explosive growth of data available to developers, enterprises, and end users, organizations have access to more sources and types of data than ever before. In-house developers are increasingly entrusted to provide end users not only with reliable, accurate, and timely data, but also with applications that provide insight and facilitate decision making.
“We are excited to work with D&B to integrate their data and services within the Windows Azure Marketplace and the recently announced Windows Azure Store, where we bring the world’s data together,” said Jim Karkanias, Partner Director PM, Azure SQL Database, Microsoft. “Developers whose applications require access to a comprehensive source of public and corporate data can now easily connect and turn data into action.”
“Delivering our data through Microsoft’s online marketplaces demonstrates our vision of enabling D&B data to flow through systems that power a business,” said Jim Lawton, Senior Vice President of Strategic Alliances, D&B. “With our history an experience, we can provide the most comprehensive, complete and current data available to any enterprise developer. Organizations will benefit from information-rich applications that will serve as the basis for more informed business decisions.”
A recipient of the 2012 Informatica Innovation Award for Cloud, and the DataWeek Award 2012 for exceptional innovation in the Data-as-a-Service (DaaS) segment, D&B is recognized as the consummate provider of comprehensive, clean and current data to developers and enterprises in the marketing, sales, supply chain, finance and other data-intensive industries.
For more information about D&B Business Insight, please visit www.dnb.com/company/partners/company-data-real-time-data.html.
