CAMBRIDGE, England and SAN FRANCISCO, September 1, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Autonomy Corporation plc , a global leader in infrastructure software for the enterprise, today announced that it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the Leaders quadrant of the Magic Quadrant for Web Content Management.(1)

We consider Gartner's placement of Autonomy in the Leaders quadrant as further confirmation of our unique and transformative vision for the web content management market, said Rafiq Mohammadi, CEO of Autonomy Promote. Autonomy's Meaning Based Marketing platform is built for the next-generation of marketers looking to understand, act on, and optimize all forms of information - linking together internal systems with external data in order to deliver the most compelling and targeted content to customers across every channel. By taking a meaning-based approach to web content, Autonomy provides an unparalleled platform that enables businesses to engage with customers and ultimately drive revenue and gain market share.

About the Magic Quadrant

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About Autonomy

Autonomy Corporation plc , 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.

Autonomy and the Autonomy logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Autonomy Corporation plc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

(1) Gartner Magic Quadrant for Web Content Management by Mick MacComascaigh, Toby Bell, and Jim Murphy, August 19, 2010 Autonomy Editorial Contacts: Randy Cairns Louise Kehoe Autonomy (US) Ogilvy PR (US) +1-408-953-7111 +1-415-677-2739 randy.cairns@autonomy.com louise.kehoe@ogilvypr.com Edward Bridges David Vindel Financial Dynamics (UK) The Red Consultancy (UK) +44-207-831-3113 +44-207-025-6529 edward.bridges@fd.com david.vindel@redconsultancy.com

SOURCE: Autonomy Corporation plc

CONTACT: Randy Cairns of Autonomy (US), +1-408-953-7111,randy.cairns@autonomy.com; or Louise Kehoe of Ogilvy PR (US),+1-415-677-2739, louise.kehoe@ogilvypr.com; or Edward Bridges of FinancialDynamics (UK), +44-207-831-3113, edward.bridges@fd.com; or David Vindel ofThe Red Consultancy (UK), +44-207-025-6529,david.vindel@redconsultancy.com, all for Autonomy