Autonomy
www.autonomy.comSymbol: AU.L
Currently trading at: 1716p UP 85.00
Built on ground-breaking research carried out at Cambridge University, Autonomy Corporation plc was founded in 1996 and has experienced a meteoric rise to become the undisputed leader in the field of handling and processing unstructured information such as emails, documents, phone calls and video. Autonomy enables organizations in any sector to obtain real ROI inside all applications, including Enterprise Search, Customer Relationship Management, Human Resource Management, Enterprise Portals, E-Commerce and Business Intelligence.
The company is widely recognized by analysts including the Gartner Group and Forrester Research as the market leader and has been acknowledged by Delphi as the fastest growing of the publicly traded companies in the space. Autonomy has annualized revenues of over $250 million - double that of its nearest rival - and 2005 saw strong organic growth of the core business of almost 20%. Profitability is also high with pre-tax profits jumping by 120% in 2005 - this is expected to increase significantly in the near future with the acquisition of Verity in December 2005.
Autonomy's success has been created by its award winning technology which combines both traditional keyword and Boolean based methods with advanced concept-understanding technologies.
R&D is the largest department in Autonomy, employing over 100 highly qualified specialists, many of whom have conducted research at the world's top universities. Autonomy holds more than 60 patents for its ground-breaking work.
Staff
 Michael Lynch Ph.D, Founder, Group CEODr. Michael Lynch studied Electrical and Information Sciences at Cambridge University where he received a Ph.D. in adaptive techniques in signal processing and connectionist models as well as a research fellowship in adaptive pattern recognition. Mike's ground-breaking approach and research in these subjects provided a springboard from which he instigated a series of innovative and entrepreneurial activities including the launch of his first company Neurodynamics in 1991, follow by Autonomy in 1996 and four others. These companies have gone on to be sold in trade sales, or become publicly listed in the US and UK, and become global leaders in their fields. Mike holds a number of advisory board positions, including Apax Venture Capital, The Carlyle Group. Amongst a catalogue of distinctions and awards, Mike holds the Institute of Electrical Engineers' medal for outstanding achievement and the Confederation of British Industry's Entrepreneur of the Year Award 1999. He is also involved in charities in child health and aimed at helping to encourage entrepreneurs from disadvantaged backgrounds. |
Contact details
Cowley Rd
Cambridge
CB4 0WZ
Tel: +44 (0) 1223 448000
Fax: +44 (0) 1223 448001
