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Acxiom Climbs to No. 18 Position On 2010 InformationWeek 500 ranking

^{Published on 2010-09-16 11:10:47 - Market Wire}
 

MONARCH BEACH, Calif.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Acxiom Corporation (Nasdaq: ACXM), a global leader in marketing services and technology, today announced that it ranked 18^th on the 2010 InformationWeek 500 as well as among the top five companies in the Consulting and Business Services category.

"As we start to emerge from the worst recession in decades, the IT focus is now on driving growtha"new sources of revenue, new relationships with customers, even new business models. This yeara™s ranking placed special emphasis on those companies and business technology executives leading that charge."

This is the highest ranking Acxiom has achieved in the seven consecutive years it has been listed on the InformationWeek 500, which includes the top technology innovators in the U.S. Last year, Acxiom ranked 63^rd on the list.

Since its founding more than 40 years ago, Acxiom has provided the most secure, reliable and high performance technology services to clients, leveraging enterprise cloud solutions to help transform their IT infrastructures. Acxioma™s cloud solutions enable clients to deploy services on-demand, reduce costs and risks and optimize IT operations. The company is a global leader in consumer data processing with approximately 2.5 trillion records processed per month and more than 30 trillion records per year.

aThis recognition confirms our ability to offer transformative technology that addresses both present-day needs and future demands. Our massively parallel processing cloud computing infrastructure is especially suited for our customers with the most demanding information-intensive requirements," said John Meyer, Acxiom chief executive officer.

Acxioma™s ranking reflects its move toward Transformation as a Service, a combination of methodology, services and tools designed to migrate legacy environments into cloud-enabled environments. Acxioma™s standardization, consolidation and virtualization of large IT infrastructures provide clients with higher performance capabilities at more efficient costs and reduced risk.

aFor 22 years, the InformationWeek 500 has honored the most innovative users of business technology,a said Rob Preston, InformationWeek editor in chief. aAs we start to emerge from the worst recession in decades, the IT focus is now on driving growtha"new sources of revenue, new relationships with customers, even new business models. This yeara™s ranking placed special emphasis on those companies and business technology executives leading that charge.a

InformationWeek identifies and honors the nation's most innovative users of information technology with its annual 500 listing, and also tracks the technology, strategies, investments and administrative practices of Americaa™s best-known companies. Top winners have included: CME Group, Conway, National Semiconductor, Kimberly-Clark, Hilton Hotels and Unum. The InformationWeek 500 ranking is unique among corporate rankings as it spotlights the power of innovation in information technology, rather than simply identifying the biggest IT spenders.

Additional details on the InformationWeek 500 can be found online at: [ www.informationweek.com/iw500/ ].

About Acxiom Corporation

Acxiom Corporation is a recognized leader in marketing services and technology that enable marketers to successfully manage audiences, personalize consumer experiences and create profitable customer relationships. Our superior industry-focused, consultative approach combines consumer data and analytics, databases, data integration and consulting solutions for personalized, multichannel marketing strategies.Acxiom leverages over 40 years of experience in data management to deliver high-performance, highly secure, reliable infrastructure management services.Founded in 1969, Acxiom is headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA and serves clients around the world from locations in the United States, Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and South America.

For more information, please visit [ www.acxiom.com ].

Acxiom is registered trademark of Acxiom Corporation.

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