Hoover's Online Named Best Business Information Product At International Information Industry Awards

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Hoover's Recognized For Its Breadth Of Content, Ease Of Use And Value For Money

London - December 21, 2004 - Hoover's Online, the business information resource from Hoover's, Inc., was named Best Business Information Product at the International Information Industry Awards in London, beating other well-known competitors. Hoover's Online can be found at www.hoovers.com and www.hoovers.co.uk.

"This is great validation of all the hard work that goes into making Hoover's Online such a highly valued business information product," said Russell Secker, Executive VP International, Hoover's, Inc. "It's an honour to be recognized by our industry peers and customers for our ability to continue to lead on content, usability and price."

"The International Information Industry Awards reward excellence in the information field, and it is particularly gratifying to be able to honour both practitioners - information users - and the vendors of information products and services before such a large and prestigious international gathering," said Katherine Allen, Director of Information Division at VNU Exhibitions Europe. "The 'Best Business Information Product' category was very competitive and we were delighted to present the award to Hoover's Online. The judges were particularly impressed with the breadth of content available and its ease of use for non-specialists."

Jointly hosted by Online Information 2004 and Information World Review, the awards recognize the achievements of information teams, information and content management projects, vendors and individual information professionals.

About Hoover's, Inc. - The Business Information Authority(sm)

Hoover's, a D&B company, gives its customers a competitive edge with insightful information about industries, companies, and key decision makers. Hoover's provides this authoritative, updated information for sales, marketing, business development, and other professionals who need intelligence on U.S. and global companies, industries, and the people who shape them. This information, along with powerful tools to search, sort, download and integrate the content, is available through Hoover's Online (www.hoovers.com), the company's premier online service. Hoover's business information is also available through corporate intranets and distribution agreements with licensees, as well as via print from Hoover's Business Press. Hoover's is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

About Online Information

Online Information 2004, now celebrating its 28th year, is organized by VNU Exhibitions Europe (formerly Imark Communications). Both VNU Exhibitions Europe and Learned Information are companies of VNU Business Media Europe and merged their operations in January 2002. VNU also publishes the information industry's magazine, Information World Review, as well as Computing and IT Week.

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