Autonomy One of the World’s Largest Software Vendors
September 22, 2009
The pre-financial report marketing blitz continues. I reported on the Goldman Sachs endorsement a couple of days ago. This morning I received information that Autonomy has been identified by Software Magazine as one of the world’s largest software companies. With Autonomy’s appetite for acquisition, the firm is on track to get closer to its target of $1 billion in revenue. You can read through the listing via one of those weird “just like on paper” services that present the contents of a publication online. The link I used was at QMags. You can find the write up a couple of places online. Reuters ran the story under the headline “Autonomy Ranked as One of the World’s Largest Software Companies by Software Magazine”. Will Autonomy’s earnings beat estimates? Early word I heard says, “Yes.” Is a potential buyer sniffing around? I have not heard anything about this rumor that was buoyed with the Goldman Sachs’s endorsement.
Stephen Arnold, September 21, 2009