SEGMENT INFORMATION:

12 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2011

SEGMENT INFORMATION:

SEGMENT INFORMATION:

17.           SEGMENT INFORMATION:

The Company reports segment information consistent with the way management internally disaggregates its operations to assess performance and to allocate resources.  The Company’s business segments consist of Information Services and Information Products.  The Information Services segment includes the Company’s global lines of business for Customer Data Integration (CDI), Multichannel Marketing Services, Infrastructure Management Services and Consulting Services.  The Information Products segment is comprised of the Company’s global Consumer Insights and Risk Mitigation Products lines of business and the U.S. Background Screening Products line of business.  Beginning in fiscal 2010, the Company has revised its calculation of segment operating income to allocate all corporate expenses, excluding those reported as gains, losses and other items, to the segments.  Segment results for prior periods have been reclassified to reflect the revised segment operating income.  These reclassifications had no effect on consolidated results.

The following tables present information by business segment (dollars in thousands):

	2011			2010		2009
Revenue:
Information services	$	893,594		$	849,432	$	920,262
Information products	266,376			249,803		356,311
Total revenue	$	1,159,970		$	1,099,235	$	1,276,573
Income from operations:
Information services	$	91,402		$	91,013	$	117,397
Information products	23,796			6,856		14,030
Other	(84,274		)	944		(38,566		)
Income from operations	$	30,924		$	98,813	$	92,861
Depreciation and amortization:
Information services	$	116,467		$	132,113	$	149,649
Information products	29,888			35,451		49,035
Depreciation and amortization	$	146,355		$	167,564	$	198,684
Total assets:
Information services	$	911,821		$	908,554
Information products	144,663			191,799
Other	250,141			263,067
Total assets	$	1,306,625		$	1,363,420