Bureau van Dijk Enriches Mint UK With New Technology Tracker

LONDON, June 2, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --

New module provides technology insights on up to 50,000 UK companies 

Bureau van Dijk (BvD), one of the world's leading business information publishers, has recently released an additional module to Mint UK, its company information solution for sales and marketing teams. The new Technology Tracker provides intelligence on the hardware and software in up to 50,000 companies in the UK. The module is powered by HG Data, the global leader in competitive intelligence for installed technologies.

The Technology Tracker complements Mint UK's existing information on companies' financials, management and corporate structures, and adds extra depth to its coverage of 5.5 million companies across the UK. The new dataset will be particularly useful to business development teams in the technology sphere.

HG Data generates its information from unstructured documents across the internet, archived web and offline resources - including B2B social media, case studies, press releases, blog postings, government documents, content libraries, technical support forums, website source code, job postings and CVs. It then applies the latest data science practices to create a comprehensive dataset of installed technology intelligence. Blending this data with Mint UK means its users can now find out what technology a company is using and also create searches to find companies fitting specific profiles who are using particular technologies.

Tim Baskerville, HG Data's international president said, "We are proud to power the new Technology Tracker within the market leading Mint database and we're confident our information, which is the largest and most accurate dataset of its type, will offer BvD's Mint users valuable insight and competitive advantage."

Fergus Duncan, BvD's UK managing director, added, "Mint is already a market-leading tool for business development teams and the new technology tracker tool enhances this further. This data, combined with Mint's powerful software and CRM integration options, will be invaluable for businesses in the technology sphere and users will be able to quickly zone in on the companies offering them the best sales opportunities."

BvD is offering free demonstrations of Mint UK with the new Technology Tracker. Email bvd@bvdinfo.com for more information.

Screenshots and photographs are available on request.

About Bureau van Dijk 

Bureau van Dijk (BvD) is the leading provider of private company information and offers intelligence on over 150 million companies across the globe through its Orbis database. BvD's product range combines data from regulatory and other sources, including 120 information partners, with flexible software to allow users to manipulate data for a range of research needs and applications.

In addition, BvD addresses specific business challenges through its range of Catalysts including transfer pricing, credit, procurement, KYC, client on-boarding, M&A research and valuations, while BvD custom delivers fully bespoke solutions. BvD also publishes the global M&A database, Zephyr.

The company has a global presence with 30 offices worldwide. For more information on BvD, visit http://www.bvdinfo.com. Twitter: @bureauvandijk

About HG Data 

HG Data is the global leader in competitive intelligence for installed technologies. The world's largest technology companies, the fastest-growing start-ups, and some of the most innovative OEM partners achieve an unfair advantage by using HG Data in building market analysis, competitive displacement, predictive modelling, marketing campaigns, and client retention initiatives.

Every day, HG Data indexes more than one billion unstructured documents across the open Internet, the archived Web and offline resources to produce a detailed, accurate-and growing-census of B2B technology installations in use at companies globally. Indexed resources include content such as social media, case studies, press releases, blog postings, government documents, content libraries, technical support forums, website source code, and job postings. Founded in 2010, the company is based in Santa Barbara, California, USA. For more information, see http://www.hgdata.com

Contact information:
Paul Mullin
Content Manager
Bureau van Dijk
Tel: +44-(0)20-7549-5000
paul.mullin@bvdinfo.com