BusinessCreditUSA.com Selects Cognizant Technology Solutions as its Strategic Technology Partner.

Business Editors

FOSTER CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 5, 2000

businessCreditUSA.com, (Parent company infoUSA, NASDAQ: IUSA) the first Internet credit portal offering free business credit reports, online updates and free business credit applications, today announced that it has selected Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation (Nasdaq: CTSH) as its strategic technology partner. Cognizant, headquartered in Teaneck, NJ, is a leading provider of e-business solutions and application management services to Fortune 500 and Blue Chip companies in the US and Europe.

As a first step in this partnership, businessCreditUSA.com has chartered Cognizant to implement a comprehensive upgrade of its web-site, http://www.businesscreditusa.com. In addition to offering faster access and response times, the updated website will provide users the full array of services, including:

    -   an enhanced business credit report incorporating pictures of
        the business, headline news, and public information such as
        liens, judgments and lawsuits

    -   a watchdog service notifying subscribers of any change in the
        status of a business, and

    -   free online credit applications geared to simplifying the
        business process for businesses requesting credit and
        companies granting credit.

The upgraded website will be online in the first half of May, 2000. Graphical design services for the website were provided by Omaha, Nebraska based David Day and Associates.

Arvind Jain, COO and CFO of businessCreditUSA.com said, "We are very pleased to have Cognizant as our strategic technology partner. It brings world-class software development capability to businessCreditUSA.com, enabling us to leverage our exclusive access to infoUSA's business credit database on the Internet quickly and in a scalable manner. Moreover, in Cognizant we have a partner that can deliver high-quality, cost-effective full life-cycle software solutions to businessCreditUSA.com".

About businessCreditUSA.com

businessCreditUSA.com, http://www.businesscreditusa.com, is the first "credit portal" to offer free business credit reports on the Internet to a potential 12 million businesses and 150 million consumers in the U.S. In addition to the free reports, users will be able to subscribe to an online "watchdog" service for only $6 per business, per year. The portal will also aggregate business credit applications, which can be instantly updated by the applicants and downloaded by approved vendors. businessCreditUSA.com is located at 378 Vintage Park Drive, Foster City, California, 94404, and can be contacted at [phone].

About infoUSA

infoUSA, infoUSA.com, http://www.infousa.com, founded in 1972, is the leading provider of business and consumer information products and database marketing services and Internet marketing solutions. Content is king, and infoUSA is the king of content. infoUSA has the most comprehensive data in the industry, and is the only company to own a proprietary database of 200 million consumers and over 12 million businesses under one roof. All data is exclusively compiled, updated and maintained at its location in Omaha, Nebraska. The infoUSA databases power the directory services of the top traffic-generating Internet sites including Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO), InfoSpace (Nasdaq: INSP) and Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT). The company has partnership agreements with several Internet companies, including Mapquest.com (Nasdaq: MQST), DoubleClick (Nasdaq: DCLK), Network Solutions (Nasdaq: NSOL), USWeb/CKS (Nasdaq: USWB), Dell (Nasdaq: DELL) and MyWay.com (a Majority owned operating company of CMGI, Inc.). Nearly three million customers use the products and services for direct marketing, telemarketing, marketing planning, lead generation, sales planning, customer analysis and credit reference. infoUSA.com headquarters are now located at 378 Vintage Park Drive, Foster City, California, 94404. infoUSA.com can be contacted at [phone].

About Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation

Cognizant delivers high-quality, cost-effective, full life-cycle solutions to complex software development and management problems. The company specializes in e-business and application management. Cognizant has been assessed at SEI/CMM Level 4 and is ISO 9001 certified across all of its development centers. It employs more than 2,000 computer science and engineering professionals globally, including those at its eight development centers in India. Based on sustained revenue and earnings growth, Forbes magazine named Cognizant the best small company in its Nov. 1, 1999 listing of the 200-Best Small Companies. Visit Cognizant on the Web at http://www.cognizant.com for more information.

Statements in this announcement other than historical data and information constitute forward looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those stated or implied by such forward-looking statements. The potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, recent changes in senior management, the successful integration of recent and future acquisitions, fluctuations in operating results, failure to successfully carry out our Internet strategy or to grow our Internet revenue, effects of leverage, changes in technology and increased competition. More information about potential factors that could affect the company's business and financial results is included in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.