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	November 9, 2005 Autonomy Acquires Verity And Enterprise Search Market Leadership by Matthew Brown with Laura Ramos, Connie Moore, Eric Kim

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Executive Summary

Autonomy's acquisition of Verity creates a formidable force in enterprise search and information retrieval, and will dwarf competitors such as Convera, Endeca, and FAST. But the enterprise search market has failed to reach more than a billion dollars because competitors like Google, IBM, and Microsoft continue to commoditize basic search. If Autonomy can overcome key challenges integrating the two companies, it will be well-positioned in the high-end market for unstructured information retrieval and analysis. However, this market will be contested by the likes of IBM, which hopes to capitalize on core search technology for solutions such as root-cause analysis, eDiscovery, fraud detection, compliance, market intelligence, and others. This acquisition also makes Autonomy an attractive acquisition target for companies like EMC, Oracle, SAP, and Sun that need to bolster their capabilities around unstructured information.

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