02/06/2008: Intellect: An evening with an IT giant: Dr Mike Lynch OBE, Autonomy

What's being talked about?

The second in a series of four, the ICON IT Giants Series presents a unique bite-sized session where you will be audience to a top journalist interviewing Dr Mike Lynch OBE, managing director of Autonomy.

Run by Intellect and in association with ICON, the series guarantees to provide business insights that will not only help improve your own company performance but demonstrate how these giants have become leaders in the IT industry rat race.

An entertaining format, the questions asked are designed to give thought provoking insight into the strategy and business decisions that have made Autonomy a leader in their field.

Who is the interviewee?

Dr Mike Lynch OBE founded Autonomy Corporation plc in 1996 based on his research at Cambridge University and rapidly established the company's reputation as a world-leading provider of infrastructure software for unstructured information and meaning-based technologies.

Over the years he has expanded the Autonomy Group both organically and through a series of targeted acquisitions. December 2005 saw Autonomy’s $500 million acquisition of former competitor Verity which consolidated the company’s position as number one in the market and in 2007 Autonomy acquired ZANTAZ, a global leader in content archiving and electronic discovery solutions, for $375 million anticipating a key area of growth. ZANTAZ now manages the world’s largest email archive and is an acknowledged leader in message archiving software. Autonomy now has a market cap of $4 billion, is the second largest pure software company in Europe and was named the Best Performing Software Company in Europe in 2007.

Dr Lynch recently won Innovator of the Year at the European Business Leaders Awards (EBLA), beating executives from SAP and Nokia, for pioneering new approaches to enterprise search and information processing technology. He is a past winner of the CBI’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award, a non-executive director of the BBC and a non-executive director of blinkx plc.

He studied Electrical and Information Sciences at Cambridge, received a Ph.D. in adaptive techniques in signal processing and connectionist models, and gained a research fellowship in adaptive pattern recognition. He also holds the Institute of Electrical Engineers' medal for outstanding achievement.

Who is the interviewer?

Martin Veitch is editor in chief of CIO magazine. He started his IT journalism career at PC Week in 1990 and joined Ziff-Davis UK in 1992, helping to launch PC Direct and rising to become deputy editor. He left in 1996 to set up ZDNet News, a pioneering web-based news service. Martin joined IT Week as executive news editor in 1998 and was appointed editor in May 1999. In January 2001 he stepped down to become executive editor. Martin’s other published work includes appearances in The Wall Street Journal Europe, BBC News Online and The Guardian. He is a regular conference speaker and loyal (he would have to be loyal) Newcastle United supporter.

Who should attend?

Partners and chairmen
CEOs, managing directors and senior directors
Marketing and business development managers
Investment directors
Industry consultants
Heads of M&A
Why should I attend?

This is an opportunity to be simultaneously entertained and educated about the second topic in our four IT Giants sessions.

When and where is it?

Monday 02 June 2008

17:30 - 20:00 An evening with an IT Giant: Dr Mike Lynch OBE, Autonomy
The Catalyst Room, Intellect Conference Suite, Russell Square House, 10-12 Russell Square, London WC1B 5EE

How much will it cost me?

Intellect Members: Price: £75.00 VAT: £13.13 Total: £88.13
Non Members: Price: £95.00 VAT: £16.63 Total: £111.63


For further information contact:

Tammy Greeno
T 020 7331 2037
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