HP launches first products using Autonomy's tech

U.S. group Hewlett-Packard has rolled out its first software using technology gained from its $12 billion acquisition of British group, Autonomy, eight weeks after the deal closed. The new platform processes unstructured information, such as telephone calls, emails and video, and structured data in databases, making all forms of information searchable, HP's Vice President of Information Management, Mike Lynch, said. Lynch, who founded Autonomy, said on Tuesday the launch showed the rationale behind the deal. "We believe fundamentally that information is moving away from the rows and columns of databases, which has powered the industry for 40 years".

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