Inflated Investments Can Be Healed with the Right Tools
December 4, 2012
Plenty is being written about HP’s acquisition of Autonomy at the moment. A view from a historical perspective can be found on Search Technologies’ blog in a piece called, “HP, Autonomy and Meaning-Based M&A.” Autonomy, a UK-based company, began as an enterprise search vendor. Without doubt, in the years since Autonomy has proven to be the most successful company in the sector; some of the reasons for that can perhaps be traced back to 1996 origins and initial engagements with the market.
The article argues that the same factors driving Autonomy’s success in the enterprise search space also drove HP to pay an inflated price. The blog post states:
Autonomy IDOL remains a capable and widely used search engine. It is our collective experience that some customers bought too heavily into the meaning-based vision, and probably paid too much for it. We work with such customers to help them make the most of their investment – and much can be made of it. IDOL is a detailed and capable search engine.
We think the team on Search Technologies provides the information needed to help people make the most of such enterprise search tools. Enterprise search technology customers need to understand their needs and make smart purchases, and it seems Search Technologies can assist in that task.
Andrea Hayden, December 4, 2012
Sponsored by ArnoldIT.com
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