Swedish Railways Chooses Autonomy to Bridge the Gap Between Users and Information

Swedish Railways Chooses Autonomy to Bridge the Gap Between Users and
Information
Pan-Enterprise Search Technology to Bring an Unprecedented Level of
Intelligence to Corporate Data Assets

CAMBRIDGE, England and SAN FRANCISCO, California, September 2
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Autonomy Corporation plc (LSE: AU. or AU.L), a
global leader in infrastructure software for the enterprise, today announced
that SJ, the Swedish Railways organisation, has selected Autonomy's unique
Pan-Enterprise Search technology to enhance information access within the
group. Autonomy's core infrastructure technology, the Intelligent Data
Operating Layer (IDOL), will index over 1.5 million documents to enable SJ
employees to benefit from instant access to relevant information, improved
collaboration across geographic locations, and a first-class user experience
thus boosting efficiency, helping avoid duplication of effort and ultimately
improving customer service. Future plans include the extension of the IDOL
platform to the SJ website, http://www.sj.se.
Autonomy's Meaning-Based technology was selected after a competitive
procurement owing to IDOL's unique ability to form an understanding of SJ's
over 1.5 million documents stored across distinct geographic locations and in
a plethora of formats, and to process this information through a single
interface. Unlike legacy approaches, IDOL's pattern-matching technology can
identify hidden connections between disparate pieces of data and provide
experts with pertinent content in real-time thus enabling SJ professionals to
depart from mundane tasks such as searching for data and focus on adding
higher value services.
"IDOL's unique Meaning-Based technology has enabled us to harness the
true value of SJ's information assets rather than fall prey to information
overload," commented Stefan Carlsson, IT Manager at SJ. "The result is
enhanced productivity, improved collaboration, and a first-class user
experience for our extensive customer base," continued Mr. Carlsson.
"Furthermore, owing to the power of IDOL and the expertise of the Autonomy
Professional Services team, this project was completed well ahead of
schedule."
IDOL's truly innovative features such as Conceptual Search, Automatic
Clustering and Hyperlinking add an unprecedented level of intelligence to
data access and processing. For example, Conceptual Search retrieves
documents which are thematically similar even if they don't feature the
keywords used in the original query thus moving beyond traditional approaches
which depend heavily on grammatical structure or specific vocabulary.
Automatic Clustering provides SJ employees with a bird's eye view of data in
the organization thus allowing them to spot hot trends and topics and to
adopt a proactive approach to customer queries. Finally, IDOL's unique
Automatic Hyperlinking feature suggests pertinent documents that are
contextually linked to the original text thus ensuring that professionals
enjoy full visibility over relevant corporate content.
"The proliferation of human-friendly, unstructured information is
prompting a growing number of organizations to embrace Meaning-Based
technologies as the only solution capable of forming a conceptual
understanding from data," commented Dr Mike Lynch, CEO of Autonomy. "We are
delighted that IDOL has been selected to underpin SJ's information strategy."
For more information on Autonomy's pan-enterprise platform, please visit
http://www.autonomy.com/enterprise-search.
About Autonomy
Autonomy Corporation plc (LSE: AU. or AU.L) is a global leader in
infrastructure software for the enterprise and is spearheading the
meaning-based computing movement. Autonomy's technology allows computers to
harness the full richness of human information, forming a conceptual and
contextual understanding of any piece of electronic data including
unstructured information, be it text, email, voice or video. Autonomy's
software powers the full spectrum of mission-critical enterprise applications
including information access technology, pan-enterprise search, information
governance, end-to-end eDiscovery and archiving, records management, business
process management, customer interaction solutions, and video and audio
analysis, and is recognized by industry analysts as the clear leader in
enterprise search.
Autonomy's customer base comprises of more than 17,000 global companies
and organizations including: 3, ABN AMRO, AOL, BAE Systems, BBC, Bloomberg,
Boeing, Citigroup, Coca Cola, Daimler Chrysler, Deutsche Bank, Ericsson,
Ford, GlaxoSmithKline, Lloyd TSB, NASA, Nestle, the New York Stock Exchange,
Reuters, Shell, T-Mobile, the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Department
of Homeland Security and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. More
than 350 companies OEM Autonomy technology, including BEA, Citrix, EDS, H-P,
Novell, Oracle, Sybase and TIBCO, and the company has over 400 VARs and
Systems Integrators. The company has offices worldwide.
Autonomy and the Autonomy logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of
Autonomy Corporation plc. All other trademarks are the property of their
respective owners.
Autonomy Editorial Contacts:
Assia Svinarova
Autonomy (UK)
+44-1223-448000
assias@autonomy.com

Edward Bridges
Financial Dynamics (UK)
+44-207-831-3113
edward.bridges@fd.com

David Vindel
The Red Consultancy
+44-207-025-6529
david.vindel@redconsultancy.com

Tania Kempf
Cohn & Wolfe (US)
+1-650-281-7556
Tania_Kempf@sfo.cohnwolfe.com

SOURCE Autonomy Corporation plc

Autonomy Editorial Contacts:, Assia Svinarova, Autonomy (UK), +44-1223-448000,
assias@autonomy.com; Edward Bridges, Financial Dynamics (UK),
+44-207-831-3113, edward.bridges@fd.com; David Vindel, The Red Consultancy,
+44-207-025-6529,david.vindel@redconsultancy.com; Tania Kempf, Cohn & Wolfe
(US), +1-650-281-7556, Tania_Kempf@sfo.cohnwolfe.com