Autonomy Powers Business Analysis Application at Top Finnish Risk Management Company

CAMBRIDGE, England and SAN FRANCISCO, October 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --

- Autonomy's Information Platform Empowers Suomen Asiakastieto's Customers with Innovative New Tools

Autonomy Corporation, an HP Company, today announced that Suomen Asiakastieto, a leading credit and risk management company in Finland, specializing in providing corporate and risk management information, has selected Autonomy's cornerstone technology IDOL (Intelligent Data Operating Layer) to power its new information analysis tool. The application, called Suhdekartta (or relationship map), is uniquely designed to provide relevant credit ratings and business application information to customers from multiple formats and sources in real time.

Suomen Asiakastieto prides itself in maintaining the most comprehensive private company information database in Finland, which contains up-to-date data on all Finnish companies and their key individuals. Suhdekartta was developed by Suomen Asiakastieto, in partnership with IT services company Eficode, as a business analysis application to leverage the valuable information contained within this database. It allows clients to perform searches on companies and individuals, see the connections between different entities and find common interests. Powered by IDOL, this relationship map can automatically form a conceptual and contextual understanding of all information contained within Suomen Asiakastieto's database, regardless of location, format or language. IDOL's advanced meaning-based functionality allows Suhdekartta users to retrieve information on different entities, identify key relationships and view the results on a visually-compelling cluster map.

Autonomy's solution was the only offering that could provide this service without the need for time-consuming manual tagging of all the information found in Suomen Asiakastieto's database.  IDOL is able to automatically index all the information and render it searchable based on its meaning, thereby transforming Suomen Asiakastieto's database into a real asset for the organization and its customers. The innovative approach will enable Suomen Asiakastieto to improve its customer service by empowering its clients with tools that provide a holistic view of relevant business relationships through a centralized, easy-to-use interface.

"At the core of Suomen Asiakastieto's business offering is a powerful tool that enables our clients to make informed decisions and manage risk based on a comprehensive view of the data pertaining to all related entities," said Pertti Vahermaa, CIO at Suomen Asiakastieto. "By forming an automatic understanding of the information contained within our database, Autonomy provides the means to allow our customers easy access to business-critical information in the form of the Suhdekartta application. We expect to see a highly positive response to the launch of this innovative platform from our client base."

"In the face of today's turbulent economic climate, heightened industry competition and increasingly demanding clientele, companies are looking to deliver improved customer service at a competitive cost," said Nigel Hutchinson, VP Autonomy Power Solutions EMEA. "Thanks to its meaning-based capabilities, Autonomy is uniquely positioned to help companies solve this challenge by intelligently automating mission-critical processes, rendering businesses more competitive by eliminating time-consuming manual approaches to client servicing."

Please visit http://www.autonomy.com/idolserver to find out more.

About Autonomy

Autonomy Corporation, an HP Company, is a global leader in software that processes human information, or unstructured data, including social media, email, video, audio, text and web pages, etc. Autonomy's technology manages and extracts meaning in real time from all forms of information, both unstructured and structured, enabling companies to leverage their data assets. Autonomy's product portfolio helps power companies through enterprise search analytics, business process management and OEM operations. Autonomy also offers information governance solutions in areas such as eDiscovery, content management and compliance, as well as marketing solutions that help companies grow revenue, such as web content management, online marketing optimization and rich media management.

Autonomy's solutions are used by more than 25,000 customers including 87 of the Fortune 100, 10 of the top 10 financial services firms, 75% of the global 100 law firms, 9 of the top 10 pharmaceutical companies and many government agencies. Over 400 of the world's leading technology companies embed Autonomy's technology in their products. Autonomy also owns the largest private cloud of diverse data, with 31 Petabytes of information.

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