Lauded as the Biggest Contribution to Business Technology at the UK IT
Industry Awards
CAMBRIDGE, England and SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Autonomy Corporation plc (LSE: AU. or AU.L), a global leader in infrastructure
software for the enterprise, today announced that its core infrastructure
software, the Intelligent Data Operating Layer (IDOL), has been named IT
Infrastructure Product of the Year at the UK IT Industry Awards 2009.
Autonomy's revolutionary meaning-based infrastructure software was selected
after a rigorous assessment process. The coveted accolade recognizes IDOL as
the biggest contribution to business technology over the last 12 months,
commending it for its innovation, significant commercial success and customer
satisfaction.
Autonomy was founded upon a vision to dramatically change the way in which we
interact with information and computers, ensuring that computers map to our
world, rather than the other way around. Autonomy is revolutionizing the IT
industry through its unique IDOL technology which is able to form an
understanding of all data, including structured, semi-structured and
unstructured content, regardless of where it resides or what format it is in,
and automatically process it. By identifying the patterns in data and acting
upon that knowledge, IDOL enables organizations to penetrate their information
silos, derive maximum value from their corporate assets and automate a raft of
operations. This represents substantial savings for every type of organization
and industry and is driving the accelerated adoption of Autonomy's technology
across a diverse range of vertical markets.
The UK IT Industry Awards 2009 represent the merger of the British Computer
Society (BCS) IT Industry Awards and the Computing Awards for Excellence. The
Awards have become the benchmark for excellence by offering a platform for the
entire IT profession to showcase and celebrate best practice and innovation.
The UK IT Industry Awards combine the experience and resources of the UK's
leading IT media brand with those of the society for the UK IT profession.
"Autonomy was founded on a simple yet powerful premise: delivering a platform
that enables computers to see the patterns in data the way humans do," said Dr
Mike Lynch, Founder and CEO of Autonomy.
"As the dust settles and companies and governments are looking to reinvent
themselves to reignite growth, a new class of business leaders is emerging in
each industry, in which enlightened organizations gain competitive advantage
by recognizing and acting on patterns before other organizations do.
Celebrating over 10 years of leveraging patterns for business gain and risk
mitigation, IDOL is uniquely positioned to be at the heart of this revolution.
This prestigious award further validates Autonomy's leadership in the sector."
Please visit http://www.autonomy.com/idolserver to find out more.
About Autonomy
Autonomy Corporation plc (LSE: AU. or AU.L), a global leader in infrastructure
software for the enterprise, spearheads the Meaning Based Computing movement.
IDC recently recognized Autonomy as having the largest market share and
fastest growth in the worldwide search and discovery market. 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, such as text, email, web pages,
voice, or video. Autonomy's software powers the full spectrum of
mission-critical enterprise applications including pan-enterprise search,
customer interaction solutions, information governance, end-to-end eDiscovery,
records management, archiving, business process management, web content
management, web optimization, rich media management and video and audio
analysis.
Autonomy's customer base is comprised of more than 20,000 global companies,
law firms and federal agencies including: AOL, BAE Systems, BBC, Bloomberg,
Boeing, Citigroup, Coca Cola, Daimler AG, Deutsche Bank, DLA Piper, Ericsson,
FedEx, Ford, GlaxoSmithKline, Lloyds TSB, NASA, Nestle, the New York Stock
Exchange, Reuters, Shell, Tesco, 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 400 companies OEM Autonomy technology, including
Symantec, Citrix, HP, Novell, Oracle, Sybase and TIBCO. The company has
offices worldwide. Please visit www.autonomy.com to find out more.
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 David Vindel
Autonomy (UK) The Red Consultancy
+44 1223 448000 + 44 207 025 6529
assias@autonomy.com david.vindel@redconsultancy.com
Edward Bridges Ian Bain
Financial Dynamics (UK) The Red Consultancy (US)
+44 207 831 3113 +1 415 618 8806
edward.bridges@fd.com ian.bain@redconsultancy.com
SOURCE Autonomy Corporation plc
Assia Svinarova of Autonomy (UK), +44 1223 448000, assias@autonomy.com; or
David Vindel of The Red Consultancy, + 44 207 025 6529,
david.vindel@redconsultancy.com; or Edward Bridges of Financial Dynamics (UK),
+44 207 831 3113, edward.bridges@fd.com; or Ian Bain of The Red Consultancy
(US), +1-415-618-8806, ian.bain@redconsultancy.com, all for Autonomy
Corporation plc
