Autonomy CEO Declared Entrepreneur of the Year 2009
Dr Mike Lynch Tops Management Today's Top 100 Entrepreneurs Ranking
CAMBRIDGE, England and SAN FRANCISCO/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Autonomy Corporation plc (LSE: AU. or AU.L),
a global leader in
infrastructure software for the enterprise today announced that its
founder
and CEO, Dr Mike Lynch, has been named Entrepreneur of the Year in
Management
Today's highly acclaimed Top 100 Entrepreneurs 2009 ranking. Now in its
sixth
year, the coveted Management Today accolade celebrates entrepreneurial
spirit, financial success and business acumen and is bestowed upon the
top
wealth and job-creating individual in the UK.
"As the new winner, Dr Mike Lynch encapsulates all that is best about
British business in world-class performance and domination of a niche
market," said Matthew Gwyther, Editor of Management Today. "As one of the
world's leading software groups, Autonomy is riding a wave of regulation and
is booming despite the credit crunch. Little wonder: it was Autonomy software
that uncovered inconsistencies in the dealing records of Jerome Kerviel, the
rogue trader at Soc Gen."
Dr Mike Lynch OBE founded Autonomy Corporation plc in 1996, based on his
research at Cambridge University. He rapidly established the company's
reputation as a world-leading provider of infrastructure software for
unstructured information and meaning-based technologies. His revolutionary
approach to tackling the explosive growth of unstructured, 'human-friendly'
information has earned him the reputation of a trend-setter in the software
industry. Autonomy now has a market cap of $4 billion, is the second largest
pure software company in Europe and was named the Best Performing Software
Company in Europe. Dr Lynch was named Innovator of the Year at the European
Business Leaders Awards (EBLA), beating executives from SAP and Nokia, for
pioneering new approaches to enterprise search and information processing
technology. He is a fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, a past winner
of the CBI's Entrepreneur of the Year Award, a non-executive director of the
BBC and a non-executive director of blinkx plc.
Please visit http://www.autonomy.com/enterprise-search or
http://www.managementtoday.com to find out more.
About Autonomy
Autonomy Corporation plc (LSE: AU. or AU.L), a global leader in
infrastructure software for the enterprise, is spearheading the meaning-based
computing movement and was recently ranked by IDC as the clear market share
leader in enterprise search with market share nearly double that of its
nearest competitor. Autonomy's technology allows computers to harness the
full richness of human information, forming 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, pan-enterprise search, information governance,
end-to-end eDiscovery and archiving, records management, business process
management, customer interaction solutions, and video and audio analysis, and
is recognized by industry analysts as the clear leader in enterprise search.
Autonomy's customer base is comprised of more than 17,000 global
companies and organizations including: 3, ABN AMRO, AOL, BAE Systems, BBC,
Bloomberg, Boeing, Citigroup, Coca Cola, Daimler AG, Deutsche Bank, Ericsson,
Ford, GlaxoSmithKline, 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. More
than 350 companies OEM Autonomy technology, including BEA, Citrix, EDS, H-P,
Novell, Oracle, Sybase and TIBCO, and the company has over 400 VARs and
Systems Integrators. The company has offices worldwide. Please visit
http://www.autonomy.com for more information on Autonomy.
Autonomy and the Autonomy logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of
Autonomy Corporation plc. All other trademarks are the property of their
respective owners.
Autonomy Editorial Contacts:
Assia Svinarova
Autonomy (UK)
+44-1223-448000
assias@autonomy.com
Edward Bridges
Financial Dynamics (UK)
+44-207-831-3113
edward.bridges@fd.com
David Vindel
The Red Consultancy
+44-207-025-6529
david.vindel@redconsultancy.com
Matthew Gywther
Management Today
matthew.gwyther@haymarket.com
Source: Autonomy Corporation plc
Autonomy Editorial Contacts: Assia Svinarova, Autonomy (UK),
+44..., assias@autonomy.com; Edward Bridges, Financial Dynamics (UK),
+44-..., edward.bridges@fd.com; David Vindel, The Red Consultancy,
+44-..., david.vindel@redconsultancy.com; Matthew Gywther, Management Today, matthew.gwyther@haymarket.com
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