Dun & Bradstreet Announces Enterprise Risk Management Solution

Business Wire, May 18, 2001

Business/Technology Editors

MURRAY HILL, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 18, 2001

'D&B Risk Assessment Manager(TM) - Enterprise' Combines

Transaction Management With Robust Portfolio Analytics

Dun & Bradstreet (NYSE:DNB), the world's leading provider of business information, today announced D&B Risk Assessment Manager - Enterprise, a new Intranet-based, enterprise-wide risk management software solution that combines transaction risk management and decision support with robust portfolio analytics.

Launched in conjunction with the 105th National Association of Credit Management (NACM) Credit Congress & Exhibition, D&B Risk Assessment Manager - Enterprise provides a never-before-seen view of an enterprise's corporate-wide exposure and allows customers to establish and enforce one, consistent credit review and approval process throughout the entire enterprise. Companies supporting separate credit operations will benefit from being able to access and use the same centralized system across the entire enterprise, eliminating disparate decisions, processes, and credit terms. Likewise, companies supporting a field sales force will benefit from e-RAM's remote access functionality.

D&B Risk Assessment Manager - Enterprise integrates information from the D&B global database containing information on more than 63 million companies worldwide, into customers' decision-making and analytical processes.

"D&B Risk Assessment Manager - Enterprise makes it easier to ensure company-wide compliance - for all transactions within all divisions - with corporate credit policies while also providing a powerful portfolio management tool for users," said Tim Murphy, President, Dun & Bradstreet North America. "D&B Risk Assessment Manager - Enterprise fortifies our position as a leading provider of cutting-edge solutions for the credit marketplace, which enhances our current business and leverages our brand, both key elements of our Blueprint for Growth Strategy."

D&B Risk Assessment Manager - Enterprise's robust portfolio management tools give customers the ability to manage and monitor total corporate exposure, control workflow management, prioritize collections, isolate problem accounts, manage portfolio risk, perform risk algorithms (scorecards), prospect for new customers and enhance customer relationship management.

Recognizing the continued growth and acceptance of B2B e-commerce transactions, the D&B Risk Assessment Manager - Enterprise solution offers the option to connect online and offline B2B transactions environments via a separate Web toolkit and API. This functionality links Intranet rules to a customer's B2B server for transactional Internet decision support and portfolio analytics.

About Dun & Bradstreet

Dun & Bradstreet (NYSE:DNB), the world's leading provider of business information, has been enabling business-to-business commerce for nearly 160 years. D&B's information and technology solutions help businesses reduce credit risk, find profitable customers and manage vendors efficiently. Businesses also use D&B's information and technology to authenticate and verify potential trading partners online, increasing their trust and confidence in e-commerce transactions. That's why so many companies -- including over 90 percent of the Business Week Global 1000 -- rely on D&B as the most trusted source for information they need to make their business a success. For more information, please visit www.dnb.com.