Search Is Over For Autonomy
August 19, 2011 No CommentsSOURCE: Wall Street Journal
Europe’s tech investors should raise a cheer. Hewlett-Packard’s $10 billion bid for U.K. software giant Autonomy may be an over-eager use of its cash, but it proves the continent can create home-grown champions.
Autonomy, listed in 1998, is a rarity in Europe’s technology sector: a large-cap group with a decent track record. It survived the dot-com …