Autonomy’s IDOL 7 to be Deployed Globally at World Leading Pharmaceutical Company
CAMBRIDGE, England and SAN FRANCISCO, January 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Autonomy Corporation plc , global leader in infrastructure software for the enterprise and proponent of meaning-based computing, today announced that it has signed an agreement with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), one of the world’s leading research-based pharmaceutical and healthcare companies, for the global deployment of Autonomy’s IDOL 7 platform.
“It was essential for us to select an infrastructure that could integrate all of our data regardless of format, scale and maintain performance. We chose Autonomy to supply this infrastructure,” said Ingo Elfering, vice president of Global Application Services. “GSK’s decision to deploy Autonomy to underpin and automate a wide spectrum of information processing operations globally enables the company to minimize the costs and risks of transacting real-time digital information while simultaneously maximizing its value.”
Mike Lynch, CEO of Autonomy, commented: “I am delighted that GSK has selected Autonomy after a competitive procurement, bringing the benefits of Autonomy’s industry leading IDOL 7 to hundreds of thousands of users around the globe. Similar to other world-leading companies that have standardized on Autonomy in recent years, GSK’s selection of Autonomy is a testament to the performance, scalability and security of Autonomy’s solutions and we are proud to be working with GSK.”
About Autonomy
Autonomy Corporation plc is a global leader in infrastructure software for the enterprise and is spearheading the meaning-based computing movement. Autonomy’s technology forms 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, BI, CRM, KM, call center solutions, rich media management, compliance and litigation solutions and security applications, and is recognized by industry analysts as the clear leader in enterprise search.
Autonomy’s customer base comprises more than 16,000 global companies and organizations including: ABN AMRO, AOL, BAE Systems, BBC, Boeing, Citigroup, Coca Cola, Daimler Chrysler, Deutsche Bank, Ericsson, Ford, GlaxoSmithKline, Hutchison 3G, Kraft Foods, Lloyd TSB, NASA, Nestle, the New York Stock Exchange, Nomura, 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. Autonomy also has over 300 OEM partners and more than 350 VARs and Integrators, numbering among them leading companies such as BEA, Business Objects, Citrix, EDS, IBM Global Services, Novell, Stellent, Sybase, Symantec, TIBCO and Vignette. The company has offices worldwide.
The Autonomy divisions include: Aungate, specialist in real-time enterprise governance; Virage, a visionary in rich media management and security and surveillance technology; etalk, award-winning provider of enterprise-class contact center products and Cardiff, a leader in content capture and business process management solutions.
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Autonomy Editorial Contacts: Winifred Shum Autonomy +1-408-542-2363 wshum@autonomy.com Edward Bridges Financial Dynamics +44-207-831-3113 edward.bridges@fd.com Ali Merifield Bite Communications (UK) +44-208-834-3441 +44-208-741-1123 ali.merifield@bitepr.com Marijke Shugrue Bite Communications (US) +1-212-857-9376 marijke.shugrue@bitepr.com
Autonomy Corporation plc
CONTACT: Autonomy Editorial Contacts: Winifred Shum, Autonomy,+1-408-542-2363, wshum@autonomy.com. Edward Bridges, Financial Dynamics,+44-207-831-3113, edward.bridges@fd.com. Ali Merifield, Bite Communications(UK), +44-208-834-3441, +44-208-741-1123, ali.merifield@bitepr.com. MarijkeShugrue, Bite Communications (US), +1-212-857-9376,marijke.shugrue@bitepr.com
