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[[Autonomy Systems Ltd]] was a British software company, owned by holding company [[Autonomy Corporation Ltd]] (ACL).<ref name="Garside30214">Juliette Garside, [http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/feb/03/autonomy-profits-overstated-hewlett-packard Autonomy made 80% less UK profit than stated, Hewlett-Packard finds], theguardian.com, 3 February 2014.</ref> | [[Autonomy Systems Ltd]] was a British software company, owned by holding company [[Autonomy Corporation Ltd]] (ACL).<ref name="Garside30214">Juliette Garside, [http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/feb/03/autonomy-profits-overstated-hewlett-packard Autonomy made 80% less UK profit than stated, Hewlett-Packard finds], theguardian.com, 3 February 2014.</ref> | ||
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| + | Autonomy was founded in 1996, based on research at the University of Cambridge.<ref>[http://www.businessweekly.co.uk/tech-trail/tech-profiles/544-cambridge-essential-to-autonomys-future CAMBRIDGE ESSENTIAL TO AUTONOMY’S FUTURE], ''Business Weekly'', 17 February 2011.</ref> | ||
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| + | [[Richard Perle]] was a director of [[Autonomy Corporation Ltd]] from 2000 to 2010.<ref>[http://companycheck.co.uk/director/901409463/MR-RICHARD-PERLE Mr Richard Perle], companycheck.co.uk, accessed 1 April 2014.</ref> This was one of a number of directorships cited by the US press in a controversy over Perle's links with defence companies prior to his resignation as chairman of the [[Defense Policy Board]] in 2003.<ref>Tim Shorrock, [http://www.thenation.com/article/richard-perles-corporate-adventures# Richard Perle's Corporate Adventures], ''The Nation'', 3 April 2003.</ref> | ||
It was was sold to [[Hewlett Packard]] (HP) in 2011.<ref name="Garside30214">Juliette Garside, [http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/feb/03/autonomy-profits-overstated-hewlett-packard Autonomy made 80% less UK profit than stated, Hewlett-Packard finds], theguardian.com, 3 February 2014.</ref> Following the replacement of HP CEO [[Mike Apotheker]] by [[Meg Whitman]], Autonomy founder [[Mike Lynch]] was sacked in May 2012. | It was was sold to [[Hewlett Packard]] (HP) in 2011.<ref name="Garside30214">Juliette Garside, [http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/feb/03/autonomy-profits-overstated-hewlett-packard Autonomy made 80% less UK profit than stated, Hewlett-Packard finds], theguardian.com, 3 February 2014.</ref> Following the replacement of HP CEO [[Mike Apotheker]] by [[Meg Whitman]], Autonomy founder [[Mike Lynch]] was sacked in May 2012. | ||
Revision as of 21:05, 1 April 2014
Autonomy Systems Ltd was a British software company, owned by holding company Autonomy Corporation Ltd (ACL).[1]
Autonomy was founded in 1996, based on research at the University of Cambridge.[2]
Richard Perle was a director of Autonomy Corporation Ltd from 2000 to 2010.[3] This was one of a number of directorships cited by the US press in a controversy over Perle's links with defence companies prior to his resignation as chairman of the Defense Policy Board in 2003.[4]
It was was sold to Hewlett Packard (HP) in 2011.[1] Following the replacement of HP CEO Mike Apotheker by Meg Whitman, Autonomy founder Mike Lynch was sacked in May 2012.
Hewlett Packard wrote down the value of Autonomy by £5.5 billion in November 2012, contributing to a $6.9 billion quarterly loss for the US company. lynch accused HP of blaming his management team for its own failings.[1]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Juliette Garside, Autonomy made 80% less UK profit than stated, Hewlett-Packard finds, theguardian.com, 3 February 2014.
- ↑ CAMBRIDGE ESSENTIAL TO AUTONOMY’S FUTURE, Business Weekly, 17 February 2011.
- ↑ Mr Richard Perle, companycheck.co.uk, accessed 1 April 2014.
- ↑ Tim Shorrock, Richard Perle's Corporate Adventures, The Nation, 3 April 2003.
