EidosMedia Extends OEM Agreement With Autonomy

EidosMedia Extends OEM Agreement With Autonomy

New IDOL Functions Embedded Within State-of-the-Art Knowledge Management and Cross Media Publishing Environment

CAMBRIDGE, England and SAN FRANCISCO, July 9/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Autonomy Corporation plc (LSE: AU. or AU.L), a global leader
in infrastructure software for the enterprise, today announced that
EidosMedia, a leading provider of software solutions for publishing
organizations, has chosen to strengthen its Knowledge Management and cross
media publishing environment, Methode, by embedding additional features and
extending its OEM agreement with Autonomy. EidosMedia utilizes Autonomy's
technology to provide prominent international clients, such as the Financial
Times, Le Figaro, Edipresse and Rizzoli Corriere della Sera Group, with
instant access to text, graphics and multimedia assets, spread across a
variety of different repositories.

Responding to the need for innovation within the publishing
sector, EidosMedia launched Methode to incorporate their vision of News and
Media companies as Knowledge Management organizations par excellence, with
the need for new Knowledge Management solutions. Methode is already using
Autonomy's next-generation technology for Conceptual Retrieval, Indexing and
Hyperlinking and will now incorporate two new IDOL functions; Categorization
and Clustering.

"IDOL's advanced functionalities match our customers' need for
a high level of efficiency, speed and accuracy within their information
access and KM environments," commented Angelo Grampa, President of
EidosMedia. "Autonomy's unique software aligns with our own innovative
approach and this extended agreement will help us provide our customers with
the best possible solutions, keeping EidosMedia at the cutting-edge of the
publishing industry."

"After four years of successful partnership, we are delighted
that EidosMedia has chosen to strengthen their relationship with Autonomy. We
are always pleased to see our solutions incorporated within new, exciting
projects and are proud that our technology is part of the excellent solution
EidosMedia provides to their customers." said Mike Lynch, CEO of Autonomy.

About EidosMedia

EidosMedia develops new-generation knowledge-management and
publishing systems for news and media organizations. EidosMedia Methode
allows editorial content to be published simultaneously through multiple
channels from print and Web to radio, TV and syndicated distribution. At the
same time, it provides an enterprise-wide knowledge resource management
platform and workflow environment, highly configurable to meet the needs of
the largest, most distributed media organizations.

Based on XML, CSS and SVG standards, object-oriented
technology and distributed, multi-tier architecture, Methode provides an
integrated, ergonomic workspace in which virtual teams can draw on multiple
knowledge sources to create high valued-added content for distribution via
multiple publication routes.

Publishing organizations that have adopted Methode solutions
include: HT Media in India (Hindustan Times), Le Figaro, La Montagne, La
Tribune, Telerama (La Vie Le Monde Group) and Paris Turf in France, Edipresse
and Le Temps in Switzerland, the Financial Times in London, Il Sole 24 Ore,
RCS MediaGroup, Il Secolo XIX and AdnKronos in Italy, the Vocento group in
Spain, the multimedia group Media24 in South Africa, La Libre Belgique and La
Derniere Heure/Les Sports in Belgium.

www.eidosmedia.com

About Autonomy

Autonomy Corporation plc (LSE: AU. or AU.L) is a global leader
in infrastructure software for the enterprise and is spearheading the
meaning-based computing movement. Autonomy's technology forms 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, BI, CRM, KM, call center solutions,
rich media management, compliance and litigation solutions and security
applications, and is recognized by industry analysts as the clear leader in
enterprise search.

Autonomy's customer base comprises more than 16,000 global
companies and organizations including: ABN AMRO, AOL, BAE Systems, BBC,
Boeing, Citigroup, Coca Cola, Daimler Chrysler, Deutsche Bank, Ericsson,
Ford, GlaxoSmithKline, Hutchison 3G, Kraft Foods, Lloyd TSB, NASA, Nestle,
the New York Stock Exchange, Nomura, 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. Autonomy also has over 300 OEM partners
and more than 350 VARs and Integrators, numbering among them leading
companies such as BEA, Business Objects, Citrix, EDS, IBM Global Services,
Novell, Stellent, Sybase, Symantec, TIBCO and Vignette. The company has
offices worldwide.

The Autonomy Group includes: Aungate, specialist in real-time enterprise
governance; Virage, a visionary in rich media management and security and
surveillance technology; etalk, award-winning provider of enterprise-class
contact center products and Cardiff, a leader in content capture and business
process management solutions.

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:

Winifred Shum
Autonomy (US)
+1-408-542-2363
wshum@autonomy.com

Edward Bridges
Financial Dynamics (UK)
+44-207-831-3113
edward.bridges@fd.com

Marijke Shugrue
Bite Communications (US)
+1-212-857-9376
marijke.shugrue@bitepr.com

Ali Merifield
Bite Communications (UK)
+44-(0)20-8834-3441
+44-(0)20-8741-1123
ali.merifield@bitepr.com

EidosMedia contact:
michela.bertagnolli@eidosmedia.com

Source: Autonomy Corporation plc

Autonomy Editorial Contacts: Winifred Shum, Autonomy (US), +1-408-542-2363, wshum@autonomy.com; Edward Bridges, Financial Dynamics (UK), +44-207-831-3113, edward.bridges@fd.com; Marijke Shugrue, Bite Communications (US), +1-212-857-9376, marijke.shugrue@bitepr.com; Ali Merifield, Bite Communications (UK), +44-(0)20-8834-3441, +44-(0)20-8741-1123, ali.merifield@bitepr.com; EidosMedia contact: michela.bertagnolli@eidosmedia.com

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