An Introduction to Autonomy ZANTAZ

Understanding What Matters

Founded in 1996 and utilizing a unique combination of technologies born out of research at Cambridge University, Autonomy has experienced a meteoric rise to become the widely acknowledged leader in enterprise search and Meaning Based Computing, with a market cap of $4 billion and offices worldwide. Autonomy is recognized as the Best Performing Software Company in Europe for its outstanding financial performance in 2006.

Autonomy's sector defining acquisition of ZANTAZ in July 2007 saw the merging of two market-leading businesses with ZANTAZ being the leader in the email archiving and eDiscovery markets and Autonomy being the leader in the information access and processing markets. This acquisition has been widely acknowledged by leading analysts as spearheading the consolidation of the highly fragmented eDiscovery market and offering the most complete solution to Information Risk Management (IRM) on a single platform.

Company Background

Autonomy is a financially strong company, profitable in every quarter for over seven years with solid cash generation and no net debt. Autonomy's strong financial performance has deservedly earned it the reputation of a visionary, trendsetting company and a leader in the space.

Autonomy has a global presence with dual headquarters in Cambridge, UK and San Francisco, USA and offices throughout the world including North America, Western Europe, Australia, Asia Pacific, Japan and China. An extensive partner network combining the expertise of local integrators and global consultancy services provides a strong route to market. Autonomy is listed on the London Stock Exchange (AU. or AU.L) and reports quarterly under the stringent standards set by IFRS.

Over 350 OEM partners build their products on Autonomy software and more than 400 VARs and Integrators, including leading companies such as BEA, Siemens, Business Objects, Citrix, EDS, IBM Global Services, Novell, Oracle, Vignette, Symantec, Sybase, Iron Mountain and Dassault Systèmes have acknowledged the power and business potential of Autonomy products by embedding them at the core of their products.