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Acxiom Corporation Acquires Kefta, Will Offer Real-Time, Dynamic Website Personalization.


Acquisition Will Strengthen Acxiom Digital's Comprehensive Suite of Digital Marketing Offerings

SAN MATEO San Mateo (săn mətā`ō), city (1990 pop. 85,486), San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1894. It is a commercial and retail center with some high-technology manufacturing. San Mateo, Spanish for St. , Calif. -- Acxiom([R]) Corporation (Nasdaq: ACXM; www.acxiom.com) today announced that it has acquired Kefta, the leader in real-time, dynamic personalization solutions for the Internet. Kefta, based in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , will become part of Acxiom Digital, Acxiom Corporation's business unit dedicated to providing integrated digital marketing solutions to Global 2000 enterprises. The acquisition bolsters Acxiom Digital's ability to integrate one-to-one, personalized communications across digital channels. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Kefta's dynamic targeting solution delivers timely, relevant content to website visitors based on their unique online behavior and individual characteristics, thereby helping marketers boost response, revenues and customer loyalty. By recognizing and responding to the different needs of customers online, Kefta helps marketers deliver relevant and personalized marketing Personalized marketing (also called personalization, and sometimes called one-to-one marketing) is an extreme form of product differentiation. Whereas product differentiation tries to differentiate a product from competing ones, personalization tries to make a unique product  messages in real time on websites, search engines, banners and e-mails.

"Today most marketing campaigns are managed as discrete communications that fail to reflect and enhance the complete customer experience with a company," said Kevin Johnson Kevin Maurice Johnson (born March 4, 1966 in Sacramento, California) is a retired American basketball point guard who played for the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers and the Phoenix Suns. , leader of Acxiom Digital. "Kefta and Acxiom together will finally enable clients to capture the full potential of their digital marketing campaigns through comprehensive personalization and integration across marketing channels. Kefta has spent the past seven years developing a powerful yet easy-to-implement solution that personalizes the customer experience from the very first interaction. No other personalization company can match Kefta's proven ability to drive measurable results."

"We are extremely pleased to bring our industry-leading personalization solution together with Acxiom, a recognized leader in consumer data, data integration and integrated digital marketing solutions," said Kefta CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  Philippe Suchet. "Combined, we will expand the reach and deepen the impact of personalization for marketers, from search to websites to e-mail and beyond. This step moves us years ahead in the achievement of our vision for end-to-end online personalization."

Clients already see the logic of the acquisition and the power of Acxiom's new offering. "The combination of Acxiom and Kefta creates a bolt of lightning that will strike the personalization industry," said Dr. Patrick Byrne Patrick Byrne is the name of several people:
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, CEO of Overstock. "Kefta already helps keep us on the leading edge of customer personalization. The ability to integrate search engine, website and e-mail marketing Email marketing is a form of direct marketing which uses electronic mail as a means of communicating commercial or fundraising messages to an audience. In its broadest sense, every email sent to a potential or current customer could be considered email marketing.  communications and to power them with Acxiom data will help us drive even higher levels of customer satisfaction and financial results."

About Acxiom Corporation

Acxiom Corporation (Nasdaq: ACXM; www.acxiom.com) integrates data, services and technology to create and deliver customer and information management solutions for many of the largest, most respected companies in the world. The core components of Acxiom's innovative solutions are Customer Data Integration (CDI CDI compact disc interactive: a system for storing a mix of software, data, audio, and compressed video for interactive use under processor control ) technology, data, database services, IT outsourcing, consulting and analytics, and privacy leadership. Founded in 1969, Acxiom is headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas Little Rock, Arkansas

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Acxiom Digital is a leading provider of integrated digital marketing solutions for Global 2000 enterprises including Marriott, Gap, Inc., and Hewlett-Packard. Acxiom Digital combines agency services with world-class campaign execution on a proprietary technology platform to deliver superior marketing results for clients. The Company's proprietary IMPACT[TM] platform combines campaign management with advanced analytics to assist account and client teams in designing, sending and analyzing direct marketing communications Marketing communications (or marcom) are messages and related media used to communicate with a market. Those who practice advertising, branding, direct marketing, graphic design, marketing, packaging, promotion, publicity, sponsorship, public relations, sales, sales . The Company creates and executes campaigns across multiple media channels including personalized e-mail, targeted websites, banner and other web advertisements, search engines and direct mail (print). Acxiom Digital is a member of the TRUSTe Privacy Program and the NAI's E-mail Service Provider Coalition and works only with companies that adhere to appropriate consumer privacy guidelines. Acxiom Digital was founded in 1997 and operated as Digital Impact prior to acquisition by Acxiom Corporation in 2005.

About Kefta

Kefta is the leader in personalized marketing solutions. Global brands including GMAC GMAC General Motors Acceptance Corporation
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, Overstock, and Verizon use Kefta Dynamic Targeting to deliver timely, relevant content to site visitors based on their unique online behavior - immediately boosting conversion, revenues and customer loyalty. The hosted Kefta service automatically recognizes and responds to the different needs of website visitors, delivering relevant and personalized marketing messages in real time on websites, banners, pop-up windows and e-mails. Kefta's Dynamic Targeting solution is rapidly implemented, results are immediate and ongoing maintenance is minimal. Founded in 2000, the company has headquarters in San Francisco, California “San Francisco” redirects here. For other uses, see San Francisco (disambiguation).

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. For more information, visit http://www.kefta.com.
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