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GACXM
Company Also Ranks Among Top 5 in Consulting and Business Services Category
Monarch Beach, CA, September 16, 2010 – Acxiom
Corporation (Nasdaq: ACXM), a global leader in marketing services and
technology, today announced that it ranked 18th on the 2010
InformationWeek 500 as well as among the top five companies in the
Consulting and Business Services category.
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 63rd 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. Acxiom’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.
“This 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.
Acxiom’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. Acxiom’s
standardization, consolidation and virtualization of large IT
infrastructures provide clients with higher performance capabilities at
more efficient costs and reduced risk.
“For 22 years, the
InformationWeek 500 has honored the most innovative users of business
technology,” said Rob Preston, InformationWeek editor in chief. “As we
start to emerge from the worst recession in decades, the IT focus is now
on driving growth—new sources of revenue, new relationships with
customers, even new business models. This year’s ranking placed special
emphasis on those companies and business technology executives leading
that charge.”
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 America’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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