CAMBRIDGE, England and SAN FRANCISCO, California, December 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Autonomy Corporation plc , a global leader in infrastructure software for the enterprise, today announced that Arup, a global firm of designers and business consultants providing a diverse range of professional services to clients around the world, has won the Best Innovation in Knowledge Management category at the International Information Industry Awards 2006 for their Autonomy-powered KM platform. The award recognizes any project that has shown exceptional innovation in the field of knowledge and information management, reaping specific and quantifiable benefits for the organization.

Arup chose Autonomy to enable the harnessing of critical knowledge and expertise held by its global employee base. Through the use of Autonomy, Arup does not need to reinvent the successful processes that are already in place within the organization; Autonomy's technology is mapped onto their preferred way of working. Autonomy details synergies between people, fostering collaboration and decreasing the likelihood of duplication of effort. This is critical for an organization like Arup, where employees might be working on diverse projects that actually leverage highly similar principles.

Tony Sheehan, Group Knowledge Manager at Arup commented: "We are extremely pleased that our work with Autonomy and the tangible benefits it has created have been recognized by the industry. Our business rests upon effective collaboration, and Autonomy's world-leading technology has given us the capabilities to leverage our employees' considerable skills and build upon our success."

"This is an excellent result for a truly inspirational project" said Mike Lynch, Autonomy CEO. "Autonomy is constantly striving for excellence, placing Research & Development at the forefront of the business and spending more than double our competitors in this area. Winning this award demonstrates that Autonomy's technology is not only innovative but brings real returns for customers by harnessing the value of information."

About Arup

Arup is a global firm of designers and business consultants providing a diverse range of professional services to clients around the world. The firm is the creative force behind many of the world's most innovative and sustainable buildings, transport and civil engineering projects. Established 60 years ago, the firm exerts a significant influence on the built environment and has more than 7000 employees, based in 75 offices more than 33 countries, working on up to 10,000 projects at any one time. Arup has three global business areas - buildings, infrastructure and consulting - and our multi-disciplinary approach means that any given project may involve people from any or all of the sectors or regions in which we operate. Our fundamental aim is to achieve excellence in all we do by bringing together the best professionals in the world to meet our clients' needs.

For more information on Arup, please visit our website at http://www.arup.com/. Sally Quigg - Group External Relations Manager Tel: +44-(0)20-7755-2902 | Mob: +44-(0)7980-005-369 Email: sally.quigg@arup.com About Autonomy

Autonomy Corporation plc 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 divisions include: 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.

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Autonomy Editorial Contacts: Rowan Gardner Autonomy +44-(0)1223-448000 rowang@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

CONTACT: Autonomy Editorial Contacts: Rowan Gardner, Autonomy,
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