Equifax Inc. has announced it has reached an agreement to acquire eThority, an innovative provider of workplace and other analytical software that brings powerful, easy-to-use data interaction and reporting to business enterprises of all sizes. Financial terms for the transaction were not disclosed. eThority will become part of TALX, Equifax's workforce solutions business unit.

eThority creates and markets analytics software that integrates data from multiple disparate sources and, through an intuitive, secure process, analyzes and converts it into customized, relevant insights and information – in a self-service model .

"By combining the workforce and other analytical software of eThority, with our unemployment, payroll/HR and I-9 data, we will be able to offer workforce analytical solutions that are unmatched in the industry," said Dann Adams, president of TALX. "We will be able to offer organizations of all sizes, unprecedented insights to ensure they're getting, retaining, growing and planning for the right workforce – in a simple and cost-effective way. It also provides a unique way to benchmark within respective industries."