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AUTONOMY CEO CROWNED TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR

Dr Mike Lynch, Founder And CEO Of Autonomy, Wins The UK Technology Innovation And Growth Forum's Highest Accolade

Cambridge, UK and San Francisco, Calif. - Mar. 14th, 2007 - Autonomy Corporation plc (LSE: AU. or AU.L), a global leader in infrastructure software for the enterprise, today announced that Dr. Michael Lynch, its CEO and founder, has been awarded the Technology Entrepreneur of the Year Award in a ceremony held last night at the UK Technology Innovation and Growth Forum. After opening the conference with a keynote address on innovation in the UK technology market, Dr Lynch was recognized for his achievements as one of the most innovative and successful figures in the industry. The award recognizes entrepreneurial instinct, coupled with the drive, determination and ability needed to create and build a successful business around them.

Dr Michael Lynch founded Autonomy in 1996 and rapidly established the company's reputation as one of the world's leading providers of infrastructure technology for the enterprise. Dr Lynch's vision was to dramatically change the way in which we interact with information and computers and as the market leader in unstructured data management and enterprise information retrieval, Autonomy is now spearheading the Meaning Based Computing movement.

Dr Lynch has also overseen the growth of Autonomy's global operations, both organically and through a series of targeted acquisitions and start-ups. December 2005 saw the $500 million acquisition of former competitor Verity in a deal that has confirmed Autonomy's position as market leader. 2006 saw record profits for Autonomy in what Dr. Lynch described as a transformational year, and the company now has a market cap of over $2.5 billion.

The ninth annual UK Technology Innovation and Growth Awards, took place on Tuesday 13th March. The awards recognise those individuals and organisations that drive the success of the UK's fastest growing technology companies. Over the last nine years, these awards have become one of the most coveted accolades within the industry. The winners went through an exhaustive process of investigation by a select panel of judges made up of experienced industry figures, analysts, journalists and technologists. More information is available at www.innovationandgrowthforum.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, 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: 3, ABN AMRO, AOL, BAE Systems, BBC, Boeing, Citigroup, Coca Cola, Daimler Chrysler, Deutsche Bank, Ericsson, Ford, GlaxoSmithKline, Kraft Foods, Lloyd TSB, NASA, Nestle, the New York Stock Exchange, 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 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 and Cardiff, a leader in content capture and business process management solutions.

Autonomy and the Autonomy logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Autonomy Corporation plc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

For more information, please contact:
Winifred Shum
Autonomy (US)
+1 408 542 2363
wshum@autonomy.com
Ali Merifield
Bite Communications (UK)
+44 (0)20 8834 3441
+44 (0)20 8741 1123
ali.merifield@bitepr.com
Edward Bridges
Financial Dynamics
+44 207 831 3113
edward.bridges@fd.com
Marijke Shugrue
Bite Communications ltd (US)
+1 212 857 9376
marijke.shugrue@bitepr.com

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