Company: Jigsaw, a provider of business information and data services.
Product/Service: Open Data Initiative, an open-source-based program that allows for the gathering and use of company information.
What it does: According to Jigsaw, the initiative enables businesses to search, select and download information on more than a million companies for free. In addition, users of leading customer relationship management and contact management software programs can easily import Jigsaw's company data into their applications. These companies also can pre-load their customers' implementations with Jigsaw's data. Finally, the Open Data Initiative APIs let developers access and integrate data from Jigsaw into their applications.