Escalate Retail, newly formed from merger of GERS Retail Systems and Ecometry, renews long-standing commitment to Autonomy OEM Program
San Francisco, Calif., - Sept 21, 2006 - Autonomy Corporation plc (LSE: AU. or AU.L), a global leader in infrastructure software for the enterprise, today announced that Escalate Retail, the newly formed company from the merger of GERS Retail Systems and Ecometry, has renewed the long-standing partnership to OEM Autonomy's search technology on the Escalate Retail application, Multi-Channel Commerce v7.
Escalate Retail Multi-Channel Commerce provides all the applications needed by retailers to run a multi-channel business including online merchandising and selling, order processing, order management, customer service, and fulfillment - in a single, integrated suite. The aim is to provide a seamless and highly satisfactory shopping experience on all channels and to capture and retain the most profitable customers. By enabling customers to find the information they need quickly and accurately Autonomy is helping Escalate Retail meet that objective.
"The Autonomy technology has proved an invaluable tool in ensuring customers have a productive and successful experience with the Escalate Retail system," said Phil Kenney, Vice President, Marketing for Escalate Retail. "Success for both the buyer and the merchant is key and involves matching products and services to the buyers' identified needs, as well as anticipating additional wants and desires. Autonomy's technology is key to delivering this experience."
"We're pleased that Escalate Retail has committed to Autonomy to help deliver an enhanced service to support its retail merchant customers. With its focus on delivering leading edge technology to meet the evolving needs of its customers, Escalate Retail has a bright future as a leading end to end e-commerce solution provider. We're excited to be part of that future," commented Stouffer Egan, CEO Autonomy Corp.
About Escalate Retail
Escalate Retail is a leading supplier of software solutions for consumer-centric retailing. By facilitating the real-time flow of transactions and information across the entire retail organization, our solutions enable retailers to consistently anticipate, understand, and fulfill their customers' expectations for products that are priced, located, and timed to provide the optimal shopping experience. Escalate Retail solutions manage the merchandising life cycle, multi-channel selling, planning, business intelligence, and supply chain synchronization to create a great customer experience. For more information, please visit www.escalateretail.com.
About Autonomy
Autonomy Corporation plc (LSE: AU. or AU.L) 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.
Autonomy's customer base comprises more than 16,000 global companies and organizations including BAE Systems, Boeing, Ford, Daimler Chrysler, Shell, AOL, BBC, Reuters, Hutchison 3G, Ericsson, T-Mobile, Philips, Coca Cola, Kraft Foods, Nestle, Lloyds TSB, GlaxoSmithKline, KPMG, Citigroup, ABN AMRO, Deutsche Bank, Nomura, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the New York Stock Exchange, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy. Autonomy 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, Veritas, Vignette, Tibco, Stellent, Symantec and Sybase. The company has offices worldwide.
The Autonomy Group includes: 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, Cardiff, a leader in content capture and business process management solutions, and Ultraseek, a leading provider of business search engines.
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