Autonomy Corporation
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Autonomy Corporation plc (LSE: [AU.]
Autonomy's software is used by various large global corporations and public sector agencies.
Autonomy was founded in Cambridge, England in 1996 by Dr Michael Lynch as a spinoff from Cambridge Neurodynamics Ltd. Autonomy is currently listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
In 2002, Autonomy acquired Softsound, a company developing speech recognition software. In 2003, they acquired Virage, a software developer of Video search software, and in June 2005, acquired etalk, and German company Global Linxs. In December 2005 Autonomy acquired Verity, one of its main competitors, for around $500m.
External links
- [Autonomy Corporation] – official site
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