Acxiom
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| Acxiom Corporation | |
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| Type | Public NASDAQ: ACXM |
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| Founded | Conway, Arkansas (1969) |
| Headquarters | Little Rock, Arkansas, USA |
| Key people | Charles D. Morgan, Company Leader |
| Industry | Information Technology Services Information Technology Outsourcing Consulting and Analytics |
| Products | AbiliTec InfoBase CII - Customer Information Infrastructure (Grid Computing) |
| Revenue |  $1.38 billion USD (2006) |
| Employees | 6,765 (2006) |
| Website | www.acxiom.com |
Acxiom is a customer and data information management company, offering a range of products and services including information technology outsourcing.
Founded in 1969 under the name Demographics by Charles D. Morgan in Conway, Arkansas, Acxiom is currently headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas. The company has opened offices in Chicago, Illinois, Phoenix, Arizona, New York, New York, San Mateo, California and Nashville, Tennessee. There are also international offices in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Netherlands, Portugal, Poland, Spain, Australia, and China.
It has been described as "one of the biggest companies you've never heard of." [1] In addition to collecting detailed information about people, they also predict the futures of these people to help with marketing, according to the documentary "The Persuaders." There are 70 types of consumers according to this corporation.
Acxiom is an industry leader in the area of grid computing with its CII (Customer Information Infrastructure). Acxiom Corporation is a major company in the Customer relationship management market and provides IT outsourcing services for a variety of Fortune 500 companies. The corporation has been listed several times by both Computerworld and Forbes as one of the 100 best companies to work for in the United States. The company has also received mention as one of the best companies for working women in the US. In early 2004, Acxiom acquired Claritas, a major European data provider. In early 2006, EMC Corporation acquired Acxiom’s information grid software in a $30 million deal. [2]
[edit] Controversy
In 2005 Acxiom was a nominee for the Big Brother Awards for Worst Corporate Invader for a tradition of data brokering
[edit] References
- Acxiom Corporation Company Profile, Yahoo!Finance. Retrieved 2006-06-16.
[edit] External links
- Acxiom Corporation website.
- Acxiom Digital Named a Top 50 Interactive Agency By Advertising Age Magazine, Business Wire, 2006-06-01. Retrieved 2006-06-16.
- Acxiom Profits Leap, The Street.com, 2006-05-18. Retrieved 2006-06-16.
