British Serious Fraud Office faces an awkward hurdle in its Autonomy investigation

The British Serious Fraud Office (SFO), which is said to be investigating Autonomy on charges of fraud, is also an Autonomy customer.

Funding Daily: Super hot chocolate

Just like the hot chocolate I made over the weekend, today's Funding Daily has a pinch of 'this' and a sprinkle of 'that'.

Investor hit with accounting misconduct launches $1B fund on the same day

I have to hand it to Mike Lynch: one way to overshadow an investigation into his former company's books is to announce a $1 billion venture fund on the same day.

Britain’s accounting watchdog to investigate Autonomy

Today, Autonomy is being investigated for misrepresenting its sales and accounting prior to the acquisition by Britain's accounting watchdog, the Financial Reporting Council.

Autonomy now a challenger for worst corporate acquisition ever

HP's failed acquisition of Autonomy is arguably even worse than the AOL-Time Warner merger in 2000. What's more, the company ignored a long list of warning signs about Autonomy ahead of the acquisition.

Autonomy founder lashes out at HP over failed acquisition

Autonomy founder Michael Lynch and HP, which acquired the company last year, are trading public statements over alleged financial improprieties at Autonomy that led HP to write off $8.8 billion recently.

Former HP CEO Apotheker ‘stunned’ by Autonomy fiasco, but defends the deal

HP's former CEO cleanly avoids blame over missing Autonomy's accounting issues.

HP takes whopping $8.8B charge over Autonomy accounting issues

HP's Autonomy purchase is the gift that keeps on giving...

Autonomy explains just how large ‘big data’ is (infographic)

With so much talk about “big data” lately and data-focused companies like 10gen and Delphix recently grabbing large funding rounds, it’s a topic that won’t be going away any time soon. But what exactly is it and is there an …

HP-owned Autonomy releases new big data and analytics solutions

Hewlett-Packard-owned cloud computing business Autonomy has released a new set of cloud-based solutions created to help businesses organize and analyze their data, the company announced today.

The new solutions are based on HP’s Converged Cloud and Autonomy IDOL 10. One …

Autonomy’s private cloud, the largest of its kind, surpasses 50 petabytes

Enterprise software and services player Autonomy‘s private cloud for businesses has now surpassed 50 petabytes to extend its lead as “the world’s largest private cloud,” the company announced this morning.

HP loudly announced its decision to buy Autonomy back in …

Demo: Practical augmented reality hits the iPad and smartphones with Aurasma

Most “augmented reality” demonstrations fall somewhere between merely fun and completely useless: Adding 3-D animations to advertisments, playing cards and the like.

Aurasma is an augmented reality application that has much more practical uses, such as adding video to printed …

HP executives: ‘WebOS did not meet expectations’

Hewlett-Packard is having quite a day.

HP today announced it would acquire Autonomy, a massive enterprise software company, for $10 billion. It also announced that it would no longer develop mobile devices running Palm’s webOS mobile operating system, and that …

HP to acquire enterprise player Autonomy for $10.3B (updated)

HP will buy UK-based enterprise software company Autonomy for $10.3 billion, the company announced during today’s quarterly earnings call.

Autonomy shareholders will receive $42.11 a share, which is a 64 percent premium over Autonomy’s closing share price yesterday. If the …