CAMBRIDGE, England and SAN FRANCISCO, July 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Autonomy Corporation plc , 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.

http://www.eidosmedia.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 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

CONTACT: 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