Autonomy Announces Peer-To-Peer Implementation of its Technology
New Module Harnesses Power of Multiple PCs Without Requiring Additional Hardware or Infrastructure
San Francisco, Calif. (November 30, 2000) - Autonomy Corporation plc (NASDAQ: AUTN; EASDAQ: AUTN; LSE: AU.), a global leader in infrastructure software for the Web and the enterprise, today announced the availability of a peer-to-peer implementation of its technology for the automated processing, managing and delivery of unstructured information.
Autonomy's Personal Distributed Query Handler (PDQH) implementation allows multiple networked PCs to work as one seamless system. Enabling team members to harness the combined processing and storage capacity of their personal computers with the information they own, Autonomy PDQH transparently unites resources with information to solve business critical issues from all locations. Autonomy PDQH technology automatically categorizes, tags, links and delivers documents stored on an individual's hard drive and corporate file servers, providing a single point of access for all intellectual property in an organization. Actual processing is evenly distributed across all networked machines creating a highly scalable information exchange.
For over two years, Autonomy's DQH technology has allowed large systems, composed of multiple servers working together and reporting to one controlling system, to appear as one, virtual system. By distributing complex systems across multiple computers, Autonomy has powered some of the highest load and largest volume unstructured information systems in the world while keeping hardware and management costs exceedingly low. Autonomy is able to provide fast and highly scalable systems that process hundreds of gigabytes of content within tenths of milliseconds. Autonomy PDQH is a true peer-to-peer version of this technology and comes to market tested and proven.
To effectively leverage intellectual capital, people need instant access to both published and work-in-progress information. In both cases, access is hampered by the necessity to manually publish the documents, spread sheets, Web pages, presentations, etc. into a central repository or portal. In addition, for work-in-progress, which is rarely published, someone first must find out who is working on a particular project and then must request the information. Ultimately this is inaccurate, inefficient, and unsustainable in a large organization. The only way to effectively incorporate intellectual capital is to teach computers how to understand it.
Autonomy's software provides that intelligence. It enables computers to form an understanding of text, Web pages, e-mails, voice, documents and people's area of expertise. Because of this ability, it automates the process of categorizing, managing, personalizing and delivering of unstructured information. In a peer-to-peer environment, this enables access to both published and un-published work without having to know who specifically is working on it. For example, an employee researching market conditions in Asia for an upcoming product launch would automatically be provided with a report that a co-worker in Hong Kong is researching about the manufacturing industry in China.
"Peer-to-peer represents an evolution in business' approach to knowledge management and enhanced intellectual property," says Mike Lynch, CEO of Autonomy. "Businesses are realizing that valuable data resides not just in their databases, but in the real-time work of employees. Connecting these employees, through the information they create on their own PCs, can dramatically accelerate the time to market for new products and services. However, this data can't be efficiently managed unless computers learn to understand information the way humans do. Autonomy teaches them how. We make computers smarter."
PDQH is available for Windows, NT, LINUX and most versions of UNIX in both product and OEM format.
About Autonomy Corporation plc
Autonomy's infrastructure technology enables computers to form an understanding of text, Web pages, e-mails, voice, documents and people. Because of this unique ability, Autonomy's technology automates business operations on unstructured information, such as categorizing, linking, personalizing and delivering operations, which, to date, have been completely manual. Autonomy's technology powers any application dependant upon unstructured information including: e-commerce, customer relationship management, knowledge management, enterprise information portals and online publishing.
Among Autonomy's 390-plus customers are Alcatel, Associated Press, BBC, British Aerospace, Clorox, Reed Elsevier, News Corp., Lucent Technologies, Merrill Lynch, SF Gate, Reuters, Semi-tech, The Royal Mail, TF1, Unilever and the United States Department of Defense. In addition, many of the world's leading software companies license Autonomy's technology to add intelligence to their own products, in areas as diverse as online publishing, knowledge management, email routing and document management. These include Vignette, Sybase, Corechange, Brio, Delano, Epiphany, Filenet, Hyperwave, Insight, Intranet Solutions, Intraspect, KnowledgeTrack, Nexor, Novient and OpenMarket.
Autonomy was founded in 1996 and has offices in Boston, Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco, New York and Washington, D.C. in the United States, as well as offices through Europe, including Amsterdam, Brussels, Cambridge, Frankfurt, Milan, Paris, Oslo, and Sydney. In July 1998, the company went public on the EASDAQ exchange (EASDAQ:AUTN). Autonomy floated on The Nasdaq National Market (NASDAQ: AUTN) in May 2000, and on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: AU.) in November 2000.
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With the exception of historical information, the matters set forth in this news release are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. A number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. These factors include, among others, technology risks, including dependence on core technology; fluctuations in quarterly results; dependence on new product development; rapid technological and market change; reliance on sales by others; management of growth; dependence on key personnel; rapid expansion; growth of the Internet; financial risk management; and future growth subject to risks. These factors and other factors which could cause actual results to differ materially are also discussed in the company's filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, including Autonomy's Registration Statements on Form F-1.
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