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Autonomy Selected as a Leader in the Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Search

Research Firm Recognizes Autonomy for Vision and Execution

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif, April 29, 2003 - Autonomy Corporation plc (Nasdaq: AUTN; Nasdaq Europe: AUTN; LSE: AU.), a leading provider of infrastructure software for the enterprise, today announced that Gartner, Inc., an independent research firm, has listed Autonomy as a leader in the Gartner 2003 Enterprise Search Engine Vendor Magic Quadrant.

The report evaluated twenty-one technology companies on the basis of their completeness of vision and ability to execute. Completeness of vision was determined by vendors' vision in terms of how that vision served an enterprise's need today and also helped to prepare for its future circumstances. Indexing, security, input/output flexibility and relevancy determination as well as financial strength were noted as key criteria for vendor assessment. According to the research, "Autonomy is highly adept at pattern-matching and word-independent consideration of the content it indexes and processes."

"Autonomy delivers the most advanced information infrastructure technology for managing unstructured enterprise data, going beyond key-word search to automatically integrate and deliver relevant materials and documents," said Mike Lynch, CEO and co-founder of Autonomy. "We are pleased to be recognised as a leader in Gartner's research and feel it further validates our approach to data management and our strength as a company with 13 consecutive quarters of profitability."

Autonomy's unique Intelligent Data Operating Layer (IDOL) integrates unstructured, semi-structured and structured information from multiple repositories through an understanding of their content. Autonomy grants enterprises the flexibility to use advanced information retrieval or legacy-based approaches. At the heart of Autonomy's software is its ability to process text, voice and video and identify and rank the main concepts within them. It then automatically categorizes, links, summarizes, personalizes and delivers that information. Autonomy's technology also drives collaboration across the enterprise and enables organizations to effectively leverage expertise. Autonomy's infrastructure technology is used to automate operations within enterprise information portals, customer relationship management, knowledge management, business intelligence and e-business applications, among others.

About Autonomy

Autonomy Corporation plc (Nasdaq: AUTN; Nasdaq Europe: AUTN; LSE: AU.) is a global leader in infrastructure software for the enterprise. Autonomy's technology powers applications dependent upon unstructured information including customer relationship management, knowledge management, enterprise portals, enterprise resource planning, online publishing and security applications. Autonomy's customer base includes more than 600 global organizations including AstraZeneca, BAE Systems, Ford, Ericsson, Hutchison 3G, the BBC, RoyalSunAlliance, Sun Microsystems and public sector agencies including the US Department of Defense, NASA and the US Department of Energy, as well as the UK Government's Department of Trade and Industry and numerous agencies responsible for homeland security related functions. Strategic reseller and OEM partners include leading companies such as ATG, BEA, Business Objects, Computer Associates, Hewlett Packard, IBM Global Services, Vignette, EDS and Sybase. The company has offices worldwide and is on the Web at www.autonomy.com.

The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted April 2003 by Gartner Inc. and is reused with permission, which permission should not be deemed to be an endorsement of any company or product depicted in the quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is Gartner Inc.'s opinion and is an analytical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It measures vendors against Gartner defined criteria for a marketplace. The positioning of vendors within a Magic Quadrant is based on the complex interplay of many factors. Gartner does not advise enterprises to select only those firms in the "Leaders" quadrant. In some situations, firms in the Visionary, Challenger, or Niche Player quadrants may be the right matches for an enterprise's requirements. Well-informed vendor selection decisions should rely on more than a Magic Quadrant. Gartner research is intended to be one of many information sources including other published information and direct analyst interaction. Gartner Inc. expressly disclaims all warranties, express or implied, of fitness of this research for a particular purpose.

Caution Concerning Forward-Looking Statements

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 Annual Report on Form 20-F and Registration Statements on Form F-1.

For more information, please contact:
Kris Marubio
Autonomy Corporation plc
+1 415/243-9955
krism@us.autonomy.com
Edward Bridges/Alastair Hetherington
Financial Dynamics
+44 207 831 3113
edward.bridges@fd.com
alastair.hetherington@fd.com
Ian Black
Autonomy Corporation plc
+44 (0) 1223 448 000
ianb@autonomy.com
Kathleen Gratehouse
Schwartz Communications, Inc.
415/512-0770
autonomy@schwartz-pr.com

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