D&B Announces Product and Technology Agreements with Acxiom(R) Corporation; Agreements Position D&B to Deliver Enhanced Value Proposition to Its Sales & Marketing Solutions Customers.

SHORT HILLS, N.J. & LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- D&B (NYSE:DNB) today announced that it has signed product and technology outsourcing agreements with Acxiom Corporation (Nasdaq:ACXM) that will significantly increase the speed, data processing capacity and matching capabilities D&B provides its US sales and marketing customers.

Under the terms of the agreements, D&B's global business marketing information database will be powered by Acxiom's superior grid computing platform. In addition, D&B will leverage Acxiom's data integration competencies to enhance D&B's ability to provide insight on 100 percent of its US sales and marketing customers' commercial inquires. D&B will manage all the selling efforts for this product suite by leveraging its world-class sales organization. D&B expects its customers to benefit from faster project turnaround and a higher degree of business insight, allowing them to better meet their sales and marketing needs.

D&B expects to roll out a new, D&B-branded customer offering, powered and fulfilled by Acxiom technology, in the fourth quarter of 2006.

"Our product and technology agreements with Acxiom reinforce D&B's commitment to helping customers better manage their information and make more informed, confident business decisions," said Steve Alesio, D&B's chairman and CEO. "By linking our business data with Acxiom's cost-efficient fulfillment platform, we position D&B to drive higher revenue growth by enhancing our sales and marketing solutions."

"These agreements are great news for Acxiom and D&B, but they are even greater news for customers, both existing and future," said Acxiom Company Leader Charles D. Morgan. "These agreements deliver what the marketplace has been seeking - a one-stop solution that combines cutting-edge technology with real-time integrated global commercial information."

About D&B

D&B (NYSE:DNB) is the world's leading source of business information and insight, enabling companies to Decide with Confidence(R) for 165 years. D&B's global commercial database contains more than 100 million business records. The database is enhanced by our proprietary DUNSRight(R) Quality Process, which transforms the enormous amount of data we collect daily into decision-ready insight. Through the D&B Worldwide Network - an unrivaled alliance of D&B and leading business information providers around the world - customers gain access to the world's largest and highest quality global commercial business information database.

D&B partners with many of the world's largest and most successful enterprises as well as mid-size companies and entrepreneurial start-ups. Customers use our Risk Management Solutions(TM) to mitigate credit risk, increase cash flow and drive increased profitability; our Sales & Marketing Solutions(TM) to increase revenue from new and existing customers; our E-Business Solutions(TM) to convert prospects into clients faster by enabling business professionals to research companies, executives and industries; and our Supply Management Solutions(TM) to generate ongoing savings through supplier consolidation, and to protect their businesses from supply chain disruption and serious financial, operational and regulatory risk. Learn more about D&B at www.dnb.com.

About Acxiom Corporation

Acxiom Corporation (NASDAQ: ACXM) 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) technology, data, database services, IT outsourcing, consulting and analytics, and privacy leadership. Founded in 1969, Acxiom is headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas, with locations throughout the United States and Europe, and in Australia and China. For more information, visit www.acxiom.com.

Acxiom is a registered trademark of Acxiom Corporation.