HP Spills Beans about Autonomy
February 27, 2012
In case you’ve been curious, “HP Finally Explains Its Big Plans for Its $10 Billion Purchase, Autonomy,” announces Business Insider. Mike Lynch, former Autonomy CEO and currently HP’s executive vice president of information management, went into detail at his new company’s reseller conference in Las Vegas. Writer Julie Bort observes:
“HP is working on Autonomy-based hardware appliances that will power enterprise search. This will compete with Google’s Search Appliance. A hardware/software product is logical given that enterprise search is Autonomy’s classic market, but it’s nothing earth shattering.”
Perhaps the revelation is not unexpected, but the numbers are significant. Autonomy comes equipped with 60,000 existing customers; that’s quite the market penetration. In fact, according to our information, it is more than the Google Search Appliance has attracted. Interesting.
HP also plans to use Autonomy’s tech to pursue augmented reality apps. Though others are also working on such functionality, Bort notes that no one has successfully brought the concept into the mainstream. With a boost from Autonomy, perhaps HP will beat the market on this one.
Cynthia Murrell, February 27, 2012
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