Thomson Financial, an operating unit of The Thomson Corporation (TSX: TOC, NYSE: TOC) and a leading provider of information, news and technology solutions to the worldwide financial community, announced an agreement with Generate Inc. to deliver people data, private company data and real-time business intelligence with integrated relationship-mapping technologies. Thomson Financial will leverage the Generate content and application to deliver advanced profiles on people, enhanced private company analysis and relationship mapping capabilities through the Thomson ONE family of products and data feeds.
Mapped to an individual’s workflow, Generate’s technology enables professionals in investment management, investment banking, wealth management, venture capital and others to identify targeted business opportunities, develop qualified leads and track competitive threats. The patented technology crawls over 75 million domains and maintains databases in real time containing information on public and private company profiles, executives and news. Relationship networking technology integrated with the company intelligence software, allows clients to leverage their personal network, detect competitive moves, identify prospects and follow the best relationship path to them.
From a Thomson ONE product, asset managers will access real time databases containing 3.5 million private and public company records, and more than 3.2 million profiles, biographies and data records. Generate integrates this data so that financial professionals can monitor specific companies and industry segments for activity and trends, and identify how each user, and the user’s organization, connects to each company and executive.
“Our customers are looking for better private company and profile information but more importantly the linkages between companies, people and events. We were looking for added depth and breadth in our content offering as it relates to relationship capital information,” said Ed Jay, SVP Thomson ONE Product Management, Thomson Financial. “Generate provides us with coverage required by our customers, along with real-time company intelligence software with relationship mapping technology,” said Jay.
“We’re thrilled to have Thomson Financial as a valued partner,” said Tom Aley, President and CEO of Generate. “Our quality databases and patented technology delivered via the Thomson ONE products will provide clients with information they need for client management, competitive awareness, and prospecting and idea generation,” said Aley.
About Generate
Generate delivers the next generation business intelligence platform that combines real-time company intelligence with integrated relationship-mapping technology to deliver contextual information to business professionals. Generate is a privately held company, headquartered in Maynard, MA. American City Business Journals (ACBJ) is an investor and strategic partner of Generate. For more information, please call 978-823-5260 or visit www.generateinc.com.
About Thomson Financial
Thomson Financial, with 2006 revenues of US$2 billion, is a provider of information and technology solutions to the worldwide financial community. Through the widest range of products and services in the industry, Thomson Financial helps clients in more than 70 countries make better decisions, be more productive and achieve superior results. Thomson Financial is part of The Thomson Corporation (www.thomson.com), a global leader in providing essential electronic workflow solutions to business and professional customers. With operational headquarters in Stamford, Conn., Thomson provides value-added information, software tools and applications to professionals in the fields of law, tax, accounting, financial services, scientific research and healthcare. The Corporation’s common shares are listed on the New York and Toronto stock exchanges (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC).