Newsletter ArchiveSUBJECT: Acxiom Releationship; Press Release Welcome to The Internet 800 Directory Newsletter. This week the press release announcing our relationship with Acxiom was released. Acxiom is one of the major companies that provide data to Internet yellow page directories' sites. This association will help us increase the number of sites using our toll free information. The end result should be more searches into our data and more people seeing your listings. This is one of many endeavors we are currently working on to cultivate the use of our directory. Early next week, I will be traveling to Baltimore to attend a conference on, "Voice Portals" and "Wireless Directories." We feel these areas will grow increasingly important in your quest to connect with your customers.
Acxiom's InfoBase Obtains Internet Access to Toll-Free Numbers Marketing Agreement with DIANCO Offers '800' Numbers to Web Sites That Use InfoBase® Telephone Directories to Power Directory Services LITTLE ROCK, ARK., (Oct. TK) -- Acxiom® Corporation (Nasdaq: ACXM), the global leader in Customer Data Integration (CDI), announced today a marketing agreement that will provide clients of Acxiom's renowned InfoBase® Telephone Directories product access to the largest directory of toll-free numbers on the Internet. Acxiom, provider of the most current and accurate telephone and address information available, gained access to hundreds of thousands of toll-free listings through a new relationship with The Internet 800 Directory, owned by Digital Information and Network Co. (DIANCO), the leading Internet provider of toll-free listings. InfoBase Telephone Directories is an on-site, residential and business telephone listing database that quickly, conveniently and cost-effectively provides unlimited access to 104 million U.S. and 14 million Canadian listings. The product, often used to support Internet directories, call-center automation, point-of-sale applications, directory assistance, skip tracing, address verification and application verification, is available in both site-license and client/server versions. InfoBase Telephone Directories is based on publicly available information obtained from published phone books. "Through our new relationship with DIANCO, InfoBase Telephone Directories has become an even stronger product, building on the market-leading position it already enjoyed," says John Riggins, team leader for telephone products at Acxiom. "Internet sites that power their people-finder and business-finder functions with InfoBase Telephone Directories can now add a new way for site visitors to find toll-free listings quickly and conveniently. DIANCO President Steven Jackson says he's excited about his company's relationship with Acxiom. "Acxiom's leadership in the Internet Directory Assistance market space, coupled with The Internet 800 Directory's broad reach of toll-free listings, offers Internet sites a powerful tool to attract more traffic and encourage repeat visitors," says Jackson. About Acxiom Corporation Acxiom Corporation, the global leader in real-time, multi-channel Customer Data Integration, enables businesses to develop and deepen customer relationships by creating a single, accurate view of their customers across the enterprise. Acxiom achieves this by providing Customer Data Integration software, database management services and premier customer content through its AbiliTecTM, Solvitur® and InfoBase® products, while also offering a broad range of information technology outsourcing services. Founded in 1969, Acxiom (Nasdaq: ACXM) is based in Little Rock, Arkansas, with locations throughout the United States and with operations in the United Kingdom, France, Spain and Australia. Acxiom revenues were $998.5 million for the 12 months ended June 30, 2000. For more information, please visit www.acxiom.com. About The Internet 800 Directory In 1995, Digital Information and Network Co., Inc., (formerly JAServices, Inc.) created the first fully functional toll free directory on the World Wide Web. The Internet 800 Directory, http://gotollfree.com ,has become the definitive site on the Internet for people to locate products or services via a toll free number. Because of this position, The directory attracts millions and millions of users each year. The directory is also online in Spanish and Internet telephony connectivity is available on-site. The Internet 800 Directory provides free listings and searches by company name, business category, toll free number and by state. Businesses can electronically submit their listing information via the Web site or by dialing a toll-free number. Additional access links on the site allow customers to send comments, look at terms and conditions, add enhanced listings and view listings of advertisers. The discussion in this release regarding Acxiom Corporation contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including risks detailed from time to time in the company's SEC reports. Actual results may differ materially. Acxiom undertakes no obligation to publicly release any revision to any forward-looking statement to reflect any future events or circumstances. Acxiom, InfoBase and Solvitur are registered trademarks of Acxiom, RTC, Inc. AbiliTec is a trademark of Acxiom Corporation.
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