Autonomy Corporation

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  • Robert Webb ( Chairman )
  • Mike Lynch (CEO)

Autonomy Corporation is a software company that makes enterprise software. The headquarters of the Public Limited Company is located in Cambridge and San Francisco. The company uses technology developed at the University of Cambridge in the context of research.

History

Autonomy was founded in 1996 in Cambridge / England by Michael Lynch and Richard Gaunt as a spin-off from the company Cambridge Neurodynamics. 1998 Autonomy was listed on the then EASDAQ stock market with a price of around 30 pence for the first time. At the height of the " Internet bubble " was 30 pounds the market price. In August 2011, Hewlett Packard decided the acquisition of Autonomy, which was completed in October, for 12 billion U.S. dollars, a price that Larry Ellison as " absurdly high " designated. The numbers of the company were fined.

Acquisitions

In December 2005, the company Autonomy bought Verity, one of its main competitors, for approximately 500 million U.S. dollars. In July 2007 Autonomy acquired the company Zantaz, the support for archiving e - mail, and court processes provides for 375 million U.S. dollars. In January 2009, the company bought Autonomy Interwoven, the software for managing content in the corporate sector produces, for 775 million U.S. dollars.

Sponsoring

Since the season 2010/2011, the company sponsors the English football club Tottenham Hotspur. According to media reports, the Spurs get from the software company 20 million pounds.

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