Autonomy Unveils Cloud-Based Information Management Platform for Legal Market

NEW YORK, Jan. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- LegalTech – Autonomy Corporation plc (LSE: AU. or AU.L), a global leader in infrastructure software, today unveiled the industry's most comprehensive, cloud-based Information Management platform for the legal market. The Autonomy's meaning-based platform leverages Autonomy's Intelligent Data Operating Layer (IDOL), deployed in over 2,000 law firms and legal departments representing more than 75 percent of the AMLaw 100, to deliver multiple information management modules from a single intelligent platform. Autonomy's cloud-based Information Management platform combines WorkSite, Records Manager, Universal Search, Process Automation and ConflictsManager to help legal professionals manage content throughout the matter lifecycle from inception through to disposition.  

Autonomy's cloud-based Information Management platform leverages Autonomy's private cloud, the world's largest private cloud with more than 17 petabytes of data. With over ten years of experience hosting applications for some of the largest corporations in SAS 70 compliant data centers, Autonomy is uniquely positioned to enable legal firms to leverage its information management platform as a secure SaaS offering. The platform allows inside counsel and outside counsel, as well as service providers to collaborate on a single set of data in the cloud, eliminating the need to proliferate multiple copies of content and information handoffs across disparate networks. This unique legal chaining capability enables rapid deployment, enhanced collaboration, on-demand scalability, tighter security, and lower total cost of ownership for all parties involved. The Autonomy platform can also seamlessly integrate with Autonomy's Meaning Based Governance suite of applications to protect the informational assets of organizations across the entire Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM).

"With the introduction of WorkSite as a hosted solution, Autonomy is leading the legal industry towards the inevitable migration to the cloud," said Scott Christensen, Director of Information Services at Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon LLP. "Corporate counsel and law firms will embrace cloud-based computing as a lower-cost, more effective information management strategy that results in better collaboration and efficiency."

Autonomy's cloud-based Information Management platform includes the following modules:

• WorkSite – Enables law firms and corporate clients to link directly to relevant matter for a particular investigation or case, resulting in quicker access to corporate data and lower eDiscovery costs. It enables global corporations to effectively control their data by avoiding copying and distributing data to external parties and deleting data according to policy. Autonomy empowers mobile lawyers with on-demand access to matter content from anywhere at any time on any mobile devices, including the Apple iPhone and the Apple iPad. This dramatically reduces time, cost and risk of spoliation and loss of data.
• Records Manager – Supports the unique requirements of the law firm by providing dual hierarchy file plans for the management of both client and firm records, mobility support, ethical wall security, federation across all data sources, including robust physical records management, as well as manage-in-place and case management capabilities.
• Universal Search – Delivers an intuitive search solution tailored to meet the needs of lawyers that leverages the powerful conceptual search capability of IDOL to produce results that are contextually relevant. Universal Search goes far beyond simple search to provide users with automatic categorization, automatic hyper linking, faceted navigation, audio and video search.
• Process Automation – Addresses the need in complex eForms and information processing implementations to manage forms and documents. Users are guided through the process using an intuitive wizard or table of contents-type director to ensure completion at each step.
• ConflictsManager – Enables law firms to quickly and efficiently identify any potential conflict of interest prior to accepting a new business engagement.  This module allows risk managers and conflicts analysts to more quickly and soundly vet potential new business and lateral hires and reduce the risk of unknown conflicts. Autonomy accelerates the process of obtaining and adhering to waiver letters, ensuring that the firm and their clients have the protection required and billable work can commence quickly, saving time and yielding higher revenue.  

"Autonomy's unique meaning-based technology, comprehensive offering, and deep understanding of the legal market allow us to deliver the most effective and proven platform for information management in the cloud," said Neil Araujo, CEO of Autonomy Protect Legal Systems. "Autonomy's cloud-based Information Management platform offers a faster deployment option, with on-demand scalability and a lower total cost of ownership."

Please visit http://protect.autonomy.com to find out more.

About Autonomy

Autonomy Corporation plc (LSE: AU. or AU.L), a global leader in infrastructure software for the enterprise, spearheads the Meaning Based Computing movement. IDC recently recognized Autonomy as having the largest market share and fastest growth in the worldwide search and discovery market.  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, such as text, email, web pages, voice, or video. Autonomy's software powers the full spectrum of mission-critical enterprise applications including pan-enterprise search, customer interaction solutions, information governance, end-to-end eDiscovery, records management, archiving, business process management, web content management, web optimization, rich media management and video and audio analysis.

Autonomy's customer base is comprised of more than 20,000 global companies, law firms and federal agencies including: AOL, BAE Systems, BBC, Bloomberg, Boeing, Citigroup, Coca Cola, Deutsche Bank, DLA Piper, Ericsson, FedEx, Ford, GlaxoSmithKline, Lloyds Banking Group, NASA, Nestle, the New York Stock Exchange, Reuters, Shell, Tesco, 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 400 companies OEM Autonomy technology, including Symantec, Citrix, HP, Novell, Oracle, Sybase and TIBCO. The company has offices worldwide. Please visit www.autonomy.com to find out more.

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