Autonomy Corporation plc announces that automotive giant Fiat Group Automobiles has chosen Autonomy to power its portal eTech which provides technical assistance to Fiat Group Automobiles' dealers and workshops worldwide.

Autonomy Corporation plc, a global leader in infrastructure software for the enterprise today announced that automotive giant Fiat Group Automobiles has chosen Autonomy to power its portal eTech which provides technical assistance to Fiat Group Automobiles' dealers and workshops worldwide. The solution implemented in Fiat Group Automobiles covers Fiat, Lancia, Alfa Romeo and Fiat Professional brands and supports customers in more than 80 countries. eTech is the technical documentation research point of reference for Fiat Group Automobiles' impressive network of auto traders who submit in excess of 25,000 technical queries a month in 11 different languages.

"Ensuring every Fiat Group Automobiles service point has on-line access to "first aid tools", such as technical assistance documentation manuals, and service news, despite language or location, is vital to ensure the high level of service our customers demand," commented Mario Ghirardotto, Fiat Group Automobiles ICT Quality and Technical Service Process Leader. "Powered by IDOL, eTech enables our dealers to quickly find repair information inside Fiat's technical service knowledge base. The feedback we are getting from the field has been very positive," continued Mr. Ghirardotto.

IDOL's unique Conceptual Search capability enables service points to locate and access relevant content instantly even if the keywords used in the original query do not feature in the results. In addition, IDOL's Automatic Hyperlinking feature provides unobtrusive alerts to conceptually similar content ensuring that all information available to help solve complex cases can be found and dealers can exceed the requirements of even the most discerning customer. Future plans for the Autonomy solution include the addition of audio and video capabilities.

"The shortcomings of legacy approaches are increasingly exposed in the face of information overload," commented Corrado Broli, Regional Manager, Autonomy Italy. "Such approaches not only depend heavily on keywords but also tend to promote the most popular results to the top of the list, potentially omitting highly relevant, specialist documents that don't feature specific vocabulary," continued Broli. "We are delighted that Fiat Group Automobiles has chosen to embrace Autonomy's Meaning-Based Computing approach and look forward to working together in the future," concluded Broli.

Autonomy

Autonomy Corporation plc is a global leader in infrastructure software for the enterprise and is spearheading the meaning-based computing movement. Autonomy's technology allows computers to harness the full richness of human information, forming a conceptual and contextual understanding of any piece of electronic data including unstructured information, be it text, email, voice or video. Autonomy's software powers the full spectrum of mission-critical enterprise applications including information access technology, pan-enterprise search, information governance, end-to-end eDiscovery and archiving, records management, business process management, customer interaction solutions, and video and audio analysis, and is recognized by industry analysts as the clear leader in enterprise search.

Autonomy's customer base comprises of more than 17,000 global companies and 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. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. More than 350 companies OEM Autonomy technology, including BEA, Citrix, EDS, H-P, Novell, Oracle, Sybase and TIBCO, and the company has over 400 VARs and Systems Integrators. The company has offices worldwide.