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Jigsaw Welcomes Jim Casella to Board of Directors

Case Interactive founder and CEO brings extensive B2B marketing, publishing and information services expertise to board

San Mateo, CA - July 23, 2007 - Jigsaw, the online directory of business contact and company information built by and for its global membership, announced that Jim Casella, founder and CEO of Case Interactive Media has joined its board of directors.

"Jim has a strong history guiding companies, most notably Reed Business Information-US, to successful long-term growth and profitability. We look forward to gaining the benefit of his insight and knowledge of the data industry on the board of directors for Jigsaw," said Jim Fowler, CEO and co-founder of Jigsaw.

Casella, formerly COO of IDG and CEO of Reed Business Information-US, a division of Reed Elsevier (NYSE: ENL), one of the "big five" of worldwide information services, currently works with Austin Ventures to identify opportunities to "buy and build" in the high growth business-to-business media and publishing industries. In February 2007, with Austin Ventures, he launched Case Interactive Media where he currently serves as CEO.

"Jigsaw has made a dramatic impact on the data industry by challenging the ways of the traditional information providers with its Web 2.0 approach, With the help of its community of more than 300,000 members, Jigsaw has developed the world?s largest online directory of business contacts and company information" said Jim Casella. "I look forward to contributing to the future successes of Jigsaw as it continues to grow."

In addition to his leadership roles at IDG and Reed Business Information-US, Casella contributed significantly as president and CEO of PennNet (now PennEnergy), president of ABC Consumer Magazines, a division of Capital Cities/ABC, and vice president of sales and marketing for HBJ Media Systems at Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.

Casella has served on the boards of two formerly listed NASDQ companies - IDG Books and Ask Jeeves, prior to its sale to Interactive Corp. Currently, he sits on Jigsaw's board of directors and on the board of Infomedia India LTD, which is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange.

Honored in 2005 at the American Business Media?s Spring meeting, Casella received the prestigious McAllister Fellowship, recognizing his unique contributions to the industry. In 2003, he was recognized as one of the 21 Most Intriguing People in Publishing by min magazine. Casella received his BA cum laude from Boston College in 1970.

About Jigsaw Data Corporation

Jigsaw ( http://www.jigsaw.com ) is an online directory for business contact and company information built by and for its global membership. Jigsaw provides low-cost and easy access to high-value business information that can be used to identify key decision makers and people for purposes such as sales, marketing, customer service, and recruiting. Jigsaw members, who have contributed more than 6.5 million business contacts from over 500,000 companies since the database's launch in 2004, use Jigsaw to increase efficiency when searching for the business contact and company information they need to grow their business. Jigsaw is located in San Mateo, Calif., and is funded by Austin Ventures, El Dorado Ventures and Norwest Venture Partners.

Company Contact:
Susan Chenoweth
Jigsaw Data Corporation
650.235.8331
susan@jigsaw.com
Press Contact:
Paula Cavagnaro
Antenna Group
415.977.1915
paula@antennagroup.com