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Spanish Health Service Provider Selects Autonomy to Deliver Innovation Within Healthcare

Tuesday, July 8, 2008 General News
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CAMBRIDGE, England and SAN FRANCISCO, July 8 Autonomy Corporation plc (LSE: AU. or AU.L), a global leader ininfrastructure software for the enterprise, today announced that ServicioExtremeno de Salud (SES), a provider of public healthcare services to the onemillion inhabitants of the Extremadura region of Spain, has selectedAutonomy's Meaning-based Computing solution to quickly and accurately providealerts on patient prescription conflicts as part of a national project,entitled "JARA", to modernise Spanish healthcare.
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The new system powered by Autonomy's Intelligent Data Operating Layer(IDOL), will automatically ingest all of the patients' information, includingage, allergies, previous illnesses, etc, so that when doctors prescribemedication, the pharmacists can use the system to assess whether there willbe any complications with the prescription. This eliminates the costs andtime associated with manually examining each patient's potential prescriptionconflicts. With Autonomy, SES aims to provide a more efficient and improvedregional healthcare system.
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"We are always looking for new ways to improve our patient care andhaving the right technology is very important," commented Francisco LuisCaceres, Coordinator of SES "JARA" project. "Autonomy's innovative softwarewill help eliminate the potential risks within the prescription process byproactively sending alerts to medical staff without the need to performmanual searches or checks. This will help our doctors and pharmacists to workmore efficiently."

"We are delighted to deliver innovative technology to benefit thehealthcare industry," said Mike Lynch, CEO of Autonomy. "It is an honor toknow that our technology will be used to improve the efficiency of healthcareprofessionals and enable a higher level of medical care."

About Servicio Extremeno de Salud (SES)

Servicio Extremeno de Salud (SES) provides public healthcare services tothe one million inhabitants of the Extremadura region of Spain. Publichealthcare was managed by the central government of Spain until 2002, whencontrol was devolved to autonomous regional bodies, including SES. Based inMerida, the organisation currently employs more than 13,000 people and isresponsible for the entire regional healthcare infrastructure.

About Autonomy

Autonomy Corporation plc (LSE: AU. or AU.L) is a global leader ininfrastructure software for the enterprise and is spearheading themeaning-based computing movement. Autonomy's technology forms a conceptualand contextual understanding of any piece of electronic data includingunstructured information, be it text, email, voice or video. Autonomy'ssoftware powers the full spectrum of mission-critical enterprise applicationsincluding information access technology, BI, CRM, KM, call center solutions,rich media management, information risk management solutions and securityapplications, and is recognized by industry analysts as the clear leader inenterprise search.

Autonomy's customer base comprises of more than 17,000 global companiesand organizations including: 3, ABN AMRO, AOL, BAE Systems, BBC, Bloomberg,Boeing, Citigroup, Coca Cola, Daimler Chrysler, Deutsche Bank, Ericsson,Ford, GlaxoSmithKline, Lloyd TSB, NASA, Nestle, the New York Stock Exchange,Reuters, Shell, T-Mobile, the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Departmentof Homeland Security and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Morethan 350 companies OEM Autonomy technology, including Business Objects,Citrix, EDS, H-P, Novell, Oracle, Sybase and TIBCO, and the company has over400 VARs and Systems Integrators. The company has offices worldwide.

The Autonomy Group includes: Autonomy ZANTAZ, the leader in thearchiving, e-Discovery and Proactive Information Risk Management (IRM)markets; Autonomy Cardiff, a leading provider of Intelligent Documentsolutions; Autonomy etalk, award-winning provider of e
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