Comments on: Autonomy Not Longer a Search Vendor http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/2009/07/06/autonomy-not-longer-a-search-vendor/ by Stephen E. Arnold Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:55:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David Tam http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/2009/07/06/autonomy-not-longer-a-search-vendor/comment-page-1/#comment-154237 David Tam Wed, 16 Feb 2011 09:28:42 +0000 http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/?p=7381#comment-154237 Autonomy has not been a search vendor for a number of years. As a former sales person we rarely use the word "Search". You should think of Autonomy like any other database vendor such as Microsoft, Oracle etc.... Unlike databases where they specialise in processing structured data Autonomy is adept at processing huge quantities of unstructured data. They can power all sorts of applications that rely on being to work with complex content types such as emails, documents, webpages, blogs, video and speech. This is really just the beginning as in the coming years there will be more and more emphasis on being to harness and process these types of information so that businesses can understand their assets and liabilities. Autonomy has not been a search vendor for a number of years. As a former sales person we rarely use the word “Search”. You should think of Autonomy like any other database vendor such as Microsoft, Oracle etc…. Unlike databases where they specialise in processing structured data Autonomy is adept at processing huge quantities of unstructured data. They can power all sorts of applications that rely on being to work with complex content types such as emails, documents, webpages, blogs, video and speech. This is really just the beginning as in the coming years there will be more and more emphasis on being to harness and process these types of information so that businesses can understand their assets and liabilities.

]]> By: Jerome Pesenti http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/2009/07/06/autonomy-not-longer-a-search-vendor/comment-page-1/#comment-59757 Jerome Pesenti Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:13:52 +0000 http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/?p=7381#comment-59757 FYI, Vivisimo's revenue is already well above $15M... and we are talking "real" not "expected revenue" ;-) FYI, Vivisimo’s revenue is already well above $15M… and we are talking “real” not “expected revenue” ;-)

]]> By: Rob http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/2009/07/06/autonomy-not-longer-a-search-vendor/comment-page-1/#comment-59559 Rob Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:30:13 +0000 http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/?p=7381#comment-59559 They have focused on EDiscovery and Compliance, which is an extremely valuable use case of search/information access style applications. The issue isn't that they're not a search company anymore, the problem is that the word "search" is simply too vague. If all you're talking about is having a search box that searches documents, then that has been a commodity for years now, and is simply an ante to play the more lucrative, harder search games that the big vendors are now playing. Autonomy's move into the EDiscovery and Compliance arenas is indicative of this. They have focused on EDiscovery and Compliance, which is an extremely valuable use case of search/information access style applications.

The issue isn’t that they’re not a search company anymore, the problem is that the word “search” is simply too vague. If all you’re talking about is having a search box that searches documents, then that has been a commodity for years now, and is simply an ante to play the more lucrative, harder search games that the big vendors are now playing. Autonomy’s move into the EDiscovery and Compliance arenas is indicative of this.

]]> By: Edwin Stauthamer http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/2009/07/06/autonomy-not-longer-a-search-vendor/comment-page-1/#comment-59066 Edwin Stauthamer Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:00:27 +0000 http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/?p=7381#comment-59066 What about "Meaning based... whatever"? What about “Meaning based… whatever”?

]]> By: George O'Connor http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/2009/07/06/autonomy-not-longer-a-search-vendor/comment-page-1/#comment-59054 George O'Connor Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:38:52 +0000 http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/?p=7381#comment-59054 What about 'beyond search'? What about ‘beyond search’?

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