Autonomy - Meaning Based Computing

Autonomy is a global leader of infrastructure software for the enterprise that helps organizations derive meaning and value from their information. The company was founded in 1996 with a clear vision to dramatically change the way in which we interact with information and computers.  With a global customer base of 17,000, more than 400 partners and a market capitalization of $3.75 billion, the company has grown into one of the most valuable software companies in the world.

Autonomy is acknowledged by industry analysts such as Gartner, IDC and Forrester Research, as the worldwide leader in high end information processing and management including enterprise search and information access.

"Autonomy's search technology is becoming the de facto standard for companies." - Financial Times, July 2007

Autonomy was founded out of pioneering research at Cambridge University, its mission: to provide the software that automates operations on unstructured information. Its groundbreaking technology, developed by acknowledged world experts and covered by 117 patents, uses a unique combination of Bayesian Inference and Shannon's Information Theory to form a conceptual and contextual understanding of any piece of electronic data, including unstructured information, be it text, email, voice or video.

It is this technology that power's Autonomy's widely deployed enterprise information infrastructure platform, IDOL (Intelligent Data Operating Layer) and is the driving force behind the next major industry evolution, Meaning-Based Computing.  This automatic processing of data delivered by IDOL will ultimately drive efficiency, productivity and profitability by enabling the extraction of knowledge from the ever-increasing volumes of information.

IDOL is emerging as the de-facto information infrastructure platform that organizations standardize on for all of their information processing needs.

Market Leadership

• Recognized by IDC as "the clear leader in Enterprise Search" with 15% market share.
• Positioned as the leader in Gartner's Information Access Magic Quadrant

Financial Snapshot

• Fastest growing company in the sector.$3.75 billion market capitalization.
• Revenues of $250.7 million for 2006, up 161% from 2005.
• 30 consecutive quarters of profit as of Q2 2007.
• 17 consecutive quarters of year-on-year revenue growth as of Q2 2007.
• $60 million invested in R&D annually.
• $75 million in cash and no net debt.

Customers

Autonomy's extensive worldwide customer base is comprised of more than 17,000 organizations for whom access to information, whether it be structured, semi-structured or unstructured, is a strategic priority.