I haven’t had a chance to test this yet but it should be pretty interesting. Hoovers recently announced integration to Microsoft Dynamics CRM called Access Hoovers.

Hoovers http://www.hoovers.com is a very popular tool for sales and marketing people to research companies, people, and industries.

Know More About Your Prospects Than Ever Before

Increase your sales team’s productivity by leveraging our global database of more than 28 million public and private companies and 36 million executives. Access Hoover’s offers the breadth you need for targeted prospecting and the depth required for insight and strategic intelligence.

• Find new prospects by creating targeted lists that meet your specific criteria
• Enhance existing account or lead information with more than 50 data points
• Export data seamlessly into Microsoft Dynamics through an easy-to-use interface

I’ll post more detail after I have a chance to use it.

• Extended Sales Forecasting: Enhanced sales forecasting mechanism for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0.
• CRM Notifications: Newsfeeds (RSS) that allow users to subscribe to CRM “events” relevant to their job role.

Here’s the rest of the accelerators they’ll be releasing soon.

• Analytics: Extends business intelligence for Microsoft Dynamics CRM by delivering sales, service and operations dashboards.
• Event Management: New functionality to plan, create, execute, and review events.
• E-Service Portal: A configurable self-service portal for enhanced customer service through Microsoft Dynamics CRM.
• Enterprise Search: Rapidly configure portal views of CRM data within SharePoint (MOSS) and expose this data to MOSS enterprise search.
• Business Productivity: A collection of time-saving productivity customizations for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0
• Sales Methodologies: Practical Guidance for adoption of third-party sales methodologies such as SPI Solution Selling, Target Account Selling (TAS) and Miller Heiman)