AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 25, 2006 -- Hoover's, Inc. (http://www.hoovers.com ), a D&B company that gives its customers a competitive edge with insightful information about industries, companies and key decision makers, today announced the launch of Hoover's Premium Select, a major enhancement to its suite of subscription offerings. Hoover's Premium Select gives subscribers the ability to access additional insight on the companies that matter most to their business.

Hoover's Premium Select includes the following new options:

* Subscribers can download information on more than ten times as many U.S. companies and three times as many decision makers as before. They can download either a subset or all records within Hoover's database, depending on the package selected.

* Customers can gain access to more than four million additional companies in Europe and Asia Pacific (APAC) markets.

* Subscribers can add depth of content to any company record. This ability has the potential to more than double the number of datapoints available for each company.

* Customers can select company and decision-maker content based on global region, for example, U.S. and Canada, APAC, U.K., Europe, and Top Global.

Within each selected global region, subscribers can further customize their set of in-depth records using a number of parameters. For example, they can define the set by company size or industry, or by using additional criteria through Hoover's Build A List tool. Hoover's has also created a number of "off the shelf" downloadable target packages designed to easily let customers pinpoint the data important to their business, for example, "Major Market" (10+ employees and $1+ million in sales), "U.S. Midwest" and "U.S. Northeast."

These latest enhancements also allow those who subscribe to Hoover's Pro and Plus to gain access to every company in Hoover's newly expanded database of more than 21 million worldwide businesses and 28 million decision makers. All company records are now accessible to Hoover's Plus subscribers via search, as well as the Build A List tool.

"Our customers now have more choices when it comes to getting the data they need and the tools to put that data to work for them," said Jeff Guillot, Hoover's executive vice president of product and technology. "We have created an ideal solution for those who need more depth of information on their universe of prospects or who need to expand the geographic boundaries of where they're doing business. Premium Select allows them to better target the regions in which their business is concentrated, as well as gain more depth on more companies."

"Hoover's Premium Select is exactly what we needed to help us more fully develop our target market, since complete coverage of all U.S. businesses gives us a comfort level in knowing we're seeing every opportunity available to us," said Ken White, director of sales operations for AMS Services, Inc., a leading provider of insurance agency software. "This new offering from Hoover's has reduced our overall cost and made us more efficient."

About Hoover's, Inc.

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 updated information for sales, marketing, business development, and other professionals who need intelligence on U.S. and global companies, industries, and the people who lead them. This information, along with powerful tools to search, sort, download and integrate the content, is available through Hoover's (http://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 Hoover's books. The company is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Contact: Lisa Glass
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               lglass@hoovers.com