Autonomy News & Articles

Despite claims by Autonomy (news, site) and Irish-based Kainos that they are launching the next-generation electronic document management software for hospitals, there is little in the release of Evolve that is new -- except for the fact that it is a records management solution specifically targeted at patients.

After record breaking revenues in 2009, Autonomy (news, site) has continued its charge by reporting first quarter revenues of US $194.2 million, up 50% on the same quarter last year with 19 sales contracts worth over US $1 million as opposed to 10 in the same quarter last year.

Following IBM’s release of new tax compliance software, Autonomy has licensed its IDOL technology to the IRS to keep track of companies’ tax liabilities. While it might be difficult to secure Federal IT contracts now, it could be about to get a lot harder.

One of the things the chief Drupalister Dries Buytaert is good at is creating buzz. His SXSW session (see our event coverage here) struck a chord for many. Entitled R.I.P. Content Management System, it is one of our most popular articles this week.

With open source CMS, Drupal and SXSW being quite the highlights, we also did a review of Drupal Gardens, a hosted version of the Web CMS stemming from the Acquia/Drupal project and based on Drupal 7 pre-release code.

Editor's Picks

• CMS Review: Drupal Gardens SaaS Web CMS. Until the announcement of Drupal Gardens and its competitor, Buzzr, there was no hosted option for Drupal. Both products are still in development, though both grow ever closer to release.
• Enterprise 2.0 Roll-up: The Great Google vs. Microsoft Debate. We’re not gonna lie, folks. The battle field is ugly. Many of those in favor of Google are keen on proclaiming their love for the openness of the cloud, and shutting down anything that doesn’t follow that strategy.
• Nuxeo Reports Growth, Plans Big for Open Source ECM in 2010. Nuxeo has rounded up 2009 with reports of triple-digit growth in revenue and subscriber base numbers, as well as a look at how the open source Enterprise CMS vendor plans to tackle the overcrowded and mature ECM market.
• Oracle Enhances its ECM with Imaging and Process Management. Oracle has announced two major additions to the document management module of its Universal Content Management (UCM) Enterprise CMS today: Forms Recognition software and Imaging and Process Management 11g.
• Mobile Web Publishing - The Future is Here. The iPhone, Droid, Blackberry, App Stores, 3G connectivity, and VPN support are commonplace mobile tools and services now, but where do they stand in terms of managing your web content from the road?
• SharePoint 2010 Document Sets: Organize Related Documents for Project Based Work. Already in use internally in Microsoft and by some of the company’s clients who are doing proof of concept trials with SharePoint 2010 beta, Document Sets sit between documents and sites.
  
• Autonomy Explore: Customer Interaction Analytics Covering All Channels. Imagine how handy it would be to have an all-inclusive customer voice. Autonomy Explore aims to be exactly that by mashing together customer interactions.

Most Popular Articles

These articles were what you fancied most this week, according to Uncle G's analytics data.

• #SXSW: R.I.P. Content Management System. Despite the misleading title (or was it the whole intent?), the session got a lot of attention at the event and from CMSWire.com readers.
• Is Microsoft's New Windows Phone 7 Smartphone Competition for iPhone? The mobile space is always ready for a good dust-up, will Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 be the one to shake the Apple tree?
• Installing SharePoint 2010 on Windows 7. Did you know you can run SharePoint 2010 environments on both Windows 7 and Windows Vista SP1?
• April 12 is the New Release Date for Visual Studio 2010. Originally scheduled for late March, Microsoft withdrew the delivery date saying they needed more time for testing due to performance and virtual memory issues. The new date? "Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 will launch on Monday, 12 April 2010."
• CMS Review: Oracle Universal Content Management (UCM). Not all products deserve your attention when you're in the process of selecting a CMS. Here's a detailed review of Oracle UCM to help you decide if this Enterprise CMS is a good fit for you.
• 5 Things to Consider when Integrating your Content Management System and Portal. Portals and content management systems are widely used in organizations today. For many, the desire to integrate them into a single collaborative environment is critical. But there's a lot to think about before moving forward.
• How Document Management Has Evolved in SharePoint 2010. Adam Harmetz, Lead Program Manager for SharePoint Document and Records Management, gives us a tour around new DM features in SharePoint 2010.

Polls and Your Votes

Many organizations either have a portal platform in place today or are considering implementing one. What is your take on portals? Do you have one? Do you plan to implement a portal technology? Here are the preliminary results:

This poll will remain open until March 31. But don't wait until then, vote now and watch how the results unfold.

Also, check out our previous polls:

• Poll Results: Web Analytics Need More Love
• Poll Results: Usability is Top DAM Challenge
• Poll: Is Your Organization Planning to Implement SharePoint 2010?

Content Management Jobs

Here's what's been brewing lately in the CMS jobs and careers field. Both seekers and employers, catch the best fish of the season on our content management job board.

Featured Jobs

• Web Designer at BuzzFeed
• Sales Engineer at Vibes Media
• Sr. Ruby on Rails Developer at ChallengePost
• Internet Marketing Analytic Optimization at eBay
• Web Content Director at Bodybuilding.com

Traveling or Virtual, There are Events to Attend

Wondering how to spend your time in the next few weeks or months? Attend a conference, or maybe just a webinar or two. Have a look at our Industry Events Calendar to see what's happening in your area.

Featured Events:

• Apr 21, 2010 – Drupalcon San Francisco 2010
• Apr 22, 2010 – AIIM International Expo 2010
• May 5, 2010 – CMS Expo 2010 (Evanston)
• May 6, 2010 – J Boye Philadelphia 2010
• May 20, 2010 – Gilbane Conference San Francisco

Autonomy (news, site) unveiled a new tool called Autonomy Explore today. The “customer interaction analysis application” connects all customer touch points (Web, contact center, social media, e-mail, etc.). This way, users can develop a better understanding of each customer, customer segment, and the overall customer base.  

There was a lot about managing data in the retail sector this week with the launch of a new customer relationship management tool from Autonomy and a survey that shows the public is ready to go paperless . Also, HyperOffice makes data mobile with HyperSynch beta.

Autonomy (news, site) is announcing major enhancements for its web content management system Autonomy Interwoven. How does integrated WCM, search, optimization and rich media grab you? Exactly.

So, Autonomy (news, site) had a pretty good 2009. No surprise there, considering the company ate up every bit of Interwoven around this time last year.

More releases from Autonomy (news, site)  this time an appliance that will facilitate eDiscovery with early case assessment and legal hold and a new solution specifically for the law profession that will automatically tell users when there is a conflict of interest in cases.

Amongst the many releases from Autonomy (news, site) this week is a consolidated email management and archiving solution that will cover all the email requirements of small and large enterprises in terms of management, eDiscovery and governance.

It's a new year and we bring you a new weekly column with a roll-up of what’s happening in the global document management software space. This series will focus on major news events, research and trends, it will complement another new column which will focus on document management and enterprise 2.0 news exclusively for SMBs (stay tuned).

Despite a slow start to the year this week has brought some interesting research from Gartner and AIIM, a stack of fancy awards for Autonomy and some intriguing new partnerships.

First there was Star Trek, now there is Autonomy (news, site). The next-generation collection solution for eDiscovery and compliance has arrived, thanks to Autonomy.

Now ESI can be automatically searched, identified, preserved and collected in the cloud from laptops, desktops and more than 400 enterprise repositories, including file and email servers, archives and Microsoft SharePoint.

Due to a highly volatile marketplace, Gartner (news, site) specifically advises that you avoid comparing vendor placement in prior years, but it's still exciting to see who made the cut in the Enterprise CMS Magic Quadrant this time around.

Leaders include Oracle, IBM, Open Text and Microsoft, while players like Autonomy, Xerox and Hyland Software sit in the other three brackets. Observe:

In what is being described as the deepest integration with Autonomy’s (news, site) iManage document management software to date, Australian-based DocsCorp (news, site ) has announced upgrades to both its pdfDocs Desktop and pdfDocs compareDocs so that the two can be integrated into iManage out-of-the-box and without any special connectors.

Specifically targeting legal, financial and government agencies, the new integration gives users of iManage a whole pile of new PDF management features from pdfDocs Desktop including editing, file splitting, annotation and stamping.

Autonomy (news, site) has released a new  tool to further enhance their established cloud-based and on-premise archiving solutions.

The company says that with the new Arcpliance, businesses will be able to archive all data types—including e-mail, audio, applications, and SharePoint files—without the need for significant hardware, software, and IT personnel resources.