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Autonomy Expands Relationship with BEA and Joins BEA Portal Star Solution

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Autonomy Corporation plc (Nasdaq: AUTN; Nasdaq Europe: AUTN; LSE: AU.), a global leader in infrastructure software for enterprise, today announced that it has expanded its relationship with BEA Systems (Nasdaq: BEAS - news). In addition to its own existing OEM partnership with BEA, Autonomy has now joined the new BEA Portal Solution program and will offer four portlets on the new BEA Portlet Gallery(TM).

``We were delighted when BEA joined our OEM partner program earlier this year,'' said Autonomy CEO Dr. Michael Lynch. ``It is with great pleasure that in addition to having BEA as one of our OEM partners, we are now a part of the BEA Portal Star Solution partner program. We look forward to working with BEA and joining the ranks of other top companies that are providing solutions in the BEA Portlet Gallery.''

As previously announced on June 5, 2001, BEA joined Autonomy's OEM partner program and had selected Autonomy's infrastructure technology for use within the current version of BEA Portal Framework, as well as with the new BEA WebLogic Portal 4.0. Autonomy's software is currently available to customers as part of the BEA partner pack that ships with BEA WebLogic Personalization Server 3.5 and will ship with BEA WebLogic Portal 4.0. In addition, Autonomy will now provide four portlets for the BEA Portlet Gallery. These portlets include: Autonomy Retrieval Portlet, Autonomy Agent Portlet, Autonomy Profile Portlet and the Autonomy Community Portlet.

Autonomy integrates information from disparate repositories through an understanding of the content. At the heart of Autonomy's software is its ability to analyze text and voice (in any language) and identify and rank the main concepts within it. The software then automatically categorizes, links, personalizes and delivers that information. The technology is used to automate these operations within enterprise information portals, business intelligence, customer relationship management, knowledge management and e-business applications.

About Autonomy

Autonomy Corporation plc (Nasdaq: AUTN; Nasdaq Europe: AUTN; LSE: AU.) is a global leader in infrastructure software for the enterprise. Autonomy's technology powers applications dependent upon unstructured information including: e-commerce, customer relationship management, knowledge management, enterprise information portals, enterprise resource planning and online publishing. Autonomy's customer base includes more than 475 global companies, including Astra Zeneca, British Aerospace, Clorox, Deutsche Bank, Ericsson, General Motors, Lucent, Royal SunAlliance, Sun Microsystems and public sector agencies including the United States Department of Defense, NASA and the United States Department of Energy. Strategic reseller and OEM partners include leading companies such as BEA, Business Objects, Hewlett Packard, IBM Global Services, Oracle, Vignette and Sybase. The company has offices in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia and is on the Web at http://www.autonomy.com.

Caution Concerning Forward-Looking Statements

With the exception of historical information, the matters set forth in this news release are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. A number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. These factors include, among others, technology risks, including dependence on core technology; fluctuations in quarterly results; dependence on new product development; rapid technological and market change; reliance on sales by others; management of growth; dependence on key personnel; rapid expansion; growth of the Internet; financial risk management; and future growth subject to risks. These factors and other factors which could cause actual results to differ materially are also discussed in the company's filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, including Autonomy's Annual Report on Form 20-F and Registration Statements on Form F-1.

SOURCE: Autonomy Corporation plc

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