CAMBRIDGE, England and SAN FRANCISCO , October 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Autonomy Corporation plc (LSE: AU. or AU.L), a global leader in infrastructure software for the enterprise and pioneer of Meaning-based Computing, today announced that it has been recognized 85th of the top 500 "growth champions in Europe " by Entrepreneurs for Growth (formerly known as GrowthPlus). Europe's 500 is the only independent, pan-European ranking of dynamic and entrepreneurial-driven companies that have achieved substantially boosted employment and sales over the last three years. This is the second consecutive year Autonomy has been acknowledged with this prestigious award.
Unlike other business rankings, Europe's 500 listing focuses on companies across all business sectors and employs firmly defined numerical selection criteria, thus virtually eliminating the possibility of skewed or biased results. Companies are ranked according to their growth performance via the David Birch Employee Growth Index, which measures both relative and absolute growth and is used to rank and quantify companies' performance. Despite the challenging global market, Europe's top 500 companies are fast growing, high performing organisations, from 24 different countries, averaging an impressive 26% annual growth rate in employment, the highest to date in the history of the listing, sustained by an equally strong average annual turnover growth rate of 28%.
"As the global leader in our software sector, we have experienced over 30 consecutive quarters of growth and Europe's 500 Listing serves as further validation of our economic impact in the European business community" said Mike Lynch , CEO of Autonomy. "We have increased our employee base over 430 percent during the past three years alone, primarily in sales and research and development, in order to service the explosive demand from customers who are rapidly moving to standardizing on our platform for all their information processing needs."
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, information risk management solutions and security applications, and is recognized by industry analysts as the clear leader in enterprise search.
Autonomy's customer base comprises of more than 17,000 global companies and organizations including: 3, ABN AMRO, AOL, BAE Systems, BBC, Bloomberg, Boeing, Citigroup, Coca Cola, Daimler Chrysler, Deutsche Bank, Ericsson, Ford, GlaxoSmithKline, Kraft Foods, Lloyd TSB, NASA, Nestle, the New York Stock Exchange, 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 400 VARs and Integrators, numbering among them leading companies such as BEA, Business Objects, Citrix, EDS, IBM Global Services, Novell, Satyam, Sybase, Symantec, TIBCO, Vignette and Wipro. The company has offices worldwide.
The Autonomy Group includes: ZANTAZ, the leader in the archiving, e-Discovery and Proactive Information Risk Management (IRM) markets; Cardiff , a leading provider of Intelligent Document solutions; etalk, award-winning provider of enterprise-class contact center products and Virage, a visionary in rich media management and security and surveillance technology.
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: Sarah Webster, Autonomy (UK), +44-1223-448074, [email protected] Eric Doyle, Cohn & Wolfe (US), +1-415-365-8526, [email protected] Edward Bridges, Financial Dynamics (UK), +44-207-831-3113, [email protected] Ali Merifield, Bite Communications (UK), +44(0)20-8834-3441, +44(0)20-8741-1123, [email protected]SOURCE Autonomy Corporation plc
