Sep. 15, 2009 (PR Newswire) --

MONARCH BEACH, Calif., Sept. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CVR Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CVI), a refiner and marketer of petroleum fuels and a nitrogen fertilizer manufacturer, today announced that it debuted at No. 223 on the 2009 InformationWeek 500, an annual listing of the nation's most innovative users of business technology. CVR Energy was recognized for its advanced approach to information access and content management within its organization.

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"Our IT organization has worked diligently to focus on innovation and drive real value for our business," said Mike Brooks, CVR Energy vice president and chief information officer. "One area of our focus is on managing the many ways our employees are communicating. Important data now exists in e-mail, instant messages and voicemail--places that traditionally have been hard to manage with information access solutions. We've stayed ahead of the curve by implementing a technology system that can handle these new forms of data intelligently."

To manage the growing volume of information within the enterprise, CVR Energy implemented Intelligent Data Operating Layer (IDOL), award-winning software from Autonomy Corporation. The software allows CVR Energy to analyze data across its eight offices to find trends and patterns in an efficient and cost-effective manner.

"For more than 20 years, the InformationWeek 500 has honored the most innovative users of business technology," said InformationWeek's Editor-in-Chief Rob Preston. "Year after year, InformationWeek 500 companies harness new technology to improve efficiency, boost productivity, drive revenue, and establish a competitive advantage. We applaud this year's winners, and the CIOs and other executives whose ingenuity and risk taking are at the center of business technology innovation."

InformationWeek identifies and honors the nation's most innovative users of information technology with its annual 500 listing, now in its 21st year, and also tracks the technology, strategies, investments and administrative practices of America's best-known companies. The InformationWeek 500 list is unique among corporate rankings as it spotlights the power of innovation in information technology, rather than simply identifying the biggest IT spenders. Additional details on the InformationWeek 500 can be found online at www.informationweek.com/iw500/.

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