Any views on where this stock might be headed?
Its already down by 250 from its high of just a few weeks back and if i knew anything about charts,WHICH I DON,T,maybe it is time to cash a few in

AUTONOMY ENTERS INTO LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH EURONEWS

Cambridge, UK - 24 January 2011- Autonomy Corporation plc (LSE: AU. or AU.L), a global leader in infrastructure software for the enterprise, today announced that it has entered into a significant agreement with Euronews to license Autonomy's Intelligent Data Operating Layer software for customer interaction or "Promote" solutions.

A tad late.

AUTONOMY ENTERS INTO SEVEN-FIGURE LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH U.K. GOVERNMENT AGENCY

Cambridge, UK - 25 January 2011- Autonomy Corporation plc (LSE: AU. or AU.L), a global leader in infrastructure software for the enterprise, today announced that it has entered into a seven-figure agreement with a U.K. government agency to license Autonomy's Intelligent Data Operating Layer software for regulatory and compliance or "Protect" applications.

Final Results

Highlights
Record full year revenues of $870 million, up 18% from 2009
All 2010 financial metrics in line with analyst consensus estimates (Bloomberg as at 11 Jan 2011)
Revenues $870 million (consensus $868 million)
PBT(adj.) $379 million (consensus $360 million)
Op margin (adj.) 43% (consensus 41%)
Strong growth in core IDOL business, including IDOL OEM growth of 32% and strong growth in IDOL Cloud revenues (Q4 up 12% year-on-year) with increasing contracts reflected in our "commit" number
Full year organic growth in core business of 17% (2009: 22%)
Rise in deferred revenue from last quarter, up to $178 million (Q3 2010: $168 million)
Operating margins (adj.) in Q4 at 45%; up significantly from 40% in Q3 2010
Full year diluted EPS (adj. IFRS) at $1.20* up 24% from 2009 (IFRS: $0.89, up 12%)
Cash conversion for 2010 at 87%, up significantly from 80% in 2009
94 seven figure deals in 2010, up 42% from last year
Average selling price for 2010 rises to $790,000
Strong investment in business with R&D up 16% from 2009
Positive cash flow generated by operations of $363 million (2009: $287 million), up 27%
Gross cash of $1,061 million at year end and no net debt
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Quarterly results.

Highlights

Record Q1 revenues of $220 million, up 13% from Q1 2010

Diluted EPS (adj. IFRS) at $0.29*, up 13% from Q1 2010 (IFRS: $0.22, up 9%)

All Q1' 11 financial metrics exceed or in line with analyst consensus estimates (Bloomberg: March 29, 2011)

Revenues $220 million (consensus $216 million)

PBT (adj.) $95 million (consensus $90 million)

Op margin (adj.) 43% (consensus 42%)

Multi-million dollar Protect and Promote deals signed in quarter

Strong year-on-year growth in core IDOL business, including:

IDOL OEM growth (organic) of 28%

IDOL Cloud growth in recognised revenue (organic) of 17%

IDOL Product growth (organic) of 17%

Cloud signings up with commit now at $390 million

Organic growth in core business of 19%, including deferred revenue release is 15%

Launch of new social media monitoring and compliance products

Gross margins (adj.) up to 88% in Q1 2011, from 86% in Q4 2010

Deferred revenue stable at $176 million (Q4 2010: $178 million), showing usual seasonal effect

Operating margins (adj.) in Q1 2011 at 43% compared to 44% in Q1 2010 due to increased R&D for new product launches; Strong investment in business with R&D up 17% from Q1 2010

IAS38 R&D capitalization down in Q1 2011 with a net impact of $4.9 million (Q4 2010: $7.3 million)

27 seven figure deals in Q1 2011, up from 19 in Q1 2010

Average selling price for quarter rises to $806,000 (Q1 2010: $634,000)

Cash conversion trailing 12 months of 88% versus 81% last year

Gross cash of $1.1 billion (Q1 2010: $0.9 billion) at quarter end and no net debt

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StockMarketWire.com
Autonomy Corporation has agreed to acquire selected key assets of Iron Mountain's digital division including archiving, eDiscovery and online backup for $380m.

The deal adds over six petabytes of data under management and more than 6,000 customers to Autonomy's customer base, bringing Autonomy's private cloud data to over 25 petabytes and total customer base to over 25,000.

For customers, this means access to Autonomy's advanced technology for information governance in secure, private clouds in data centres.

The acquisition is subject to regulatory review and is expected to close within approximately 45 to 60 days.

At 9:07am: (LON:AU.) Autonomy Coporation share price was +50p at 1784p


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Just closed a snappy short here +53

A nice short this morning at 1872

Interim Results.

Highlights

Record Q2 revenues of $256 million, up 16% from Q2 2010

Very strong performance of cloud business with commit rising to $465 million at June 30, 2011 (March 31,
2011: $390 million) including a contribution of $28 million from IRM Digital

IRM Digital integration ahead of plan and synergies expected to be ahead of plan

Q2 2011 EPS in line with consensus and guidance; diluted EPS (adj.) at $0.30, up 9% from Q2 2010 (IFRS: $0.22, up 5%)

BernieI hope you are not still shorting AU.

(Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co plans as soon as Thursday to announce a $10 billion (6 billion pounds) acquisition of British software company Autonomy and a spinoff of its personal computer business, the world's largest, Bloomberg reported.

I am tabby, made another 129 points today = 12,900 profit. have a tight trailing stop so don't worry.

Just spoke to my mate, senior management at EDS now HP Newcastle he has not heard anything can you post link to article please.

The Board of Autonomy (the "Company") notes recent press speculation and confirms that it is in discussions with Hewlett-Packard regarding a possible offer for the Company.

Sounds all to easy to me. Autonomy fell 129 points - 8.28% today, are we saying that the price will be 24 + soon

If this were the case why were the insiders not buying. Just mho but I do not see it coming off. Watch all the poor mug PI's pile in Friday.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/964fb710-c9d3-11e0-b88b-00144feabdc0.html#ixzz1VPsyHhfL

Autonomy, the UKs largest software company, is being bought by Hewlett-Packard for about $10.2bn (6.2bn) in the latest acquisition of a FTSE 100 company by a foreign predator.

The deal was announced as HP revealed its quarterly earnings along with plans by the US company to spin off its personal computer business...

....HP has offered to pay a high premium to acquire Autonomy. At an equity valuation of $10.2bn or 25.50 a share, the offer presents a 75 per cent premium to the UK groups Thursdays London closing price.

Gutted I sold my Autonomy shares for 17-odd a few weeks ago. Wonder how high it will open tomorrow.

Full terms of offer here - http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/bb3dcd0e-c9e3-11e0-94b1-00144feabdc0.pdf

RNS Number : 6495M

Hewlett Packard Co

18 August 2011

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION (DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY), IN WHOLE OR IN PART, IN, INTO OR FROM ANY JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF ANY RELEVANT LAWS OF THAT JURISDICTION

18 August 2011

Recommended cash offer by HEWLETT-PACKARD VISION B.V. an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard Company for AUTONOMY CORPORATION PLC

Summary:

-- The Board of Autonomy Corporation plc ("Autonomy") and the Board of Hewlett-Packard Company ("HP"), are pleased to announce the terms of a recommended cash offer for the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Autonomy by Hewlett-Packard Vision B.V. ("HP Vision"), a newly incorporated, indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of HP.

-- Under the terms of the Offer, Autonomy Shareholders will be entitled to receive GBP25.50 in cash per Autonomy Share (the "Offer Price").

-- The Offer Price represents:

o a premium of approximately 64 per cent to the Closing Price of GBP15.58 per Autonomy Share on 17 August 2011, being the last Business Day prior to the commencement of the Offer Period;

o a premium of approximately 58 and 50 per cent to the average Closing Price of an Autonomy Share of GBP16.18 and GBP17.02 over the one and three months, respectively, preceding the commencement of the Offer Period;

o a premium of approximately 36 per cent to the fifty-two week high price of an Autonomy Share of GBP18.81; and

o a premium of approximately 59 per cent to the average Closing Price of GBP16.00 per Autonomy Share over the twelve month period to 17 August 2011, being the last Business Day prior to the commencement of the Offer Period.

-- The Offer values Autonomy's fully diluted share capital at approximately GBP7,091 million.

o The acquisition of Autonomy will significantly expand HP's offerings in the market for enterprise information software. Autonomy's leading IDOL platform combined with HP's strength in enterprise software, services and infrastructure will enable the combined business to deliver a next-generation information platform, analytical applications and performance optimisation solutions.

o The Directors of HP expect the acquisition to be accretive to Non-GAAP earnings per share for HP stockholders in the first full year following completion.(1)

-- The Offer will be funded from a combination of HP's existing cash resources and debt financing which has been arranged by Barclays Capital.

-- It is intended that the Offer is to be effected by means of a takeover offer within the meaning of Part 28 of the Companies Act.

-- The Autonomy Directors, who have been so advised by Qatalyst Partners, consider the terms of the Offer to be fair and reasonable. In providing their advice to the Autonomy Directors, Qatalyst Partners has taken into account the commercial assessments of the Autonomy Directors. Accordingly, the Autonomy Directors intend to recommend unanimously that Autonomy Shareholders accept the Offer.

-- The Autonomy Directors have entered into irrevocable undertakings to accept (or procure the acceptance of) the Offer in respect of their respective beneficial interests in Autonomy Shares, representing in aggregate approximately 9.12 per cent of the existing issued share capital of Autonomy. Further details of these irrevocable undertakings are set out in Appendix III.

-- Barclays Capital is acting as joint financial adviser and corporate broker to HP and HP Vision. Perella Weinberg Partners is acting as joint financial adviser to HP and HP Vision.

-- Qatalyst Partners is acting as lead financial adviser to Autonomy. Autonomy has also received financial advice from Citigroup Global Markets Limited, Goldman Sachs International, Merrill Lynch International, UBS Limited and J.P. Morgan Limited. UBS Limited is acting as corporate broker to Autonomy.

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A good short after it rises on bid, HP will not handle it as good as the Doc.

nice if you were a holder yesterday ...... must have been about the only stock to rise ..... would be nice if BLNX got dragged up in its wake, but that's prob just wishful thinking

Bernie - I would rethink that strategy? No change in management at AU.

How do you know Mr.C

i didn't say i knew anything, but unless i'm very much mistaken AU still has a significant holding in BLNX

what do you know Mr C would have been more apt it seems lol!