Autonomy Data Protection Wins Highly Coveted Award at Recent MSPWorld Conference and Expo

CAMBRIDGE, England and SAN FRANCISCO, February 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

World's Largest Professional Association for Managed Service Industry Recognizes Autonomy for its Innovative Data Protection Solution

Autonomy, an HP Company, today announced that its Data Protection solution recently won a highly coveted award from the MSPAlliance at the MSPWorld event. MSPAlliance is the world's largest Professional Association and Accrediting Body for the Managed Services Industry. Autonomy won the MSPWorld Cup Award in recognition of its cutting edge data protection solutions, and for its consistent efforts in partnering with managed service providers across the globe. Autonomy's MSP Program for Data Protection enables partners to increase revenues and add value by reselling Autonomy's industry-leading backup and recovery solutions.

Powered by Autonomy's Intelligent Data Operating Layer (IDOL), Autonomy's meaning-based Data Protection solution applies automatic advanced analytics, categorization, and clustering to all types of data-including rich and social media - to allow organizations to efficiently and intelligently secure data. Autonomy's Data Protection allows enterprises to restore and act on data based upon an understanding of concepts and ideas in information, gain access to vital mobile data, and fulfill regulatory compliance, archiving, and litigation requirements. Autonomy's fast, flexible, and cost-effective Data Protection solutions include Connected® Backup for protecting PC and Mac® desktops and laptops, LiveVault® for servers and CloudRecovery® for Microsoft® DPM servers. It also provides unprecedented security and scalability in the cloud, adhering to global certification standards such as SAS 70 Type II, PCI DSS, US DOD 5015.02, UK TNA2002, and Australia's VERS.

"We are honored to recognize Autonomy, an HP Company for its achievements and hard work in the managed services profession," said Charles Weaver, CEO of MSPAlliance. "Without these technologies and tools, the managed service provider community throughout the world will not be able to deliver their solutions and services effectively. The MSPWorld Cup Awards were created so that the MSP community could easily identify those companies that have been recognized for having the best enabling technology in their respective fields. The Best in Show winner is chosen for its stellar achievements and contributions to the advancement of the Managed Services Industry."

"Autonomy Data Protection is used by thousands of organizations around the world for secure backup and recovery, and it is a vital component of an organization's holistic Information Governance strategy," said David Jones, CEO of Autonomy Data Protection. "With Autonomy's meaning-based approach to data protection, organizations can form a contextual understanding of its entire set of information assets, and manage the data in place. This ensures that organizations can act quickly when confronted with an investigation or litigation. We believe that our MSP Program for Data Protection is unmatched in the industry, giving partners a simple and flexible model to resell our industry-leading data protection solutions to their customers."

About MSPAlliance

For 12 years, the MSPAlliance has been the only unified voice for the Managed Services Industry, and the only organization that promotes the highest level of professionalism, reliability and integrity. As the world's largest Professional Association and Accrediting Body for the Managed Services Industry, the MSPAlliance was created to meet the needs of the Managed Services Professional and to educate the end-user community on the benefits of using a Managed Service Provider. For more information about the MSPAlliance please visit http://www.mspalliance.com

About Autonomy

Autonomy, 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 powerful management and analytic tools for structured information together with its ability to extract meaning in real time from all forms of information, regardless of format, is a unique tool for companies seeking to get the most out of their data. 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.

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

About HP

HP creates new possibilities for technology to have a meaningful impact on people, businesses, governments and society. The world's largest technology company, HP brings together a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure to solve customer problems. More information about HP (NYSE: HPQ) is available at http://www.hp.com.

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