British software firm autonomy

Hussain hid the scale of autonomys hardware sales from the market and from hp when it came sniffing around the british software company. In an interview with the wall street journal today, autonomys ceo mike lynch the man sometimes described as the british bill gates says oracle was never approached as a possible buyer of his company late last year. The uks biggest fraud trial gets under way on monday with us technology giant hewlettpackard suing the former head of software firm. New details emerge in hpautonomy accounting scandal vox. Former hewlettpackard boss accused of lying in the. A firm bought assets from hewlett packard enterprise. Billionaire entrepreneur michael dell has revealed that autonomy was offered to him before it was bought by hewlettpackard, but that he rejected the british software firm because it was. Autonomy sale the focus of the uks biggest fraud trial.

Last year hp sued hussain and autonomy cofounder mike. Hp to kill touchpad, may spin off pc business, buy british. A former executive at british software company autonomy has agreed to become a cooperating witness to resolve u. Exautonomy ceo mike lynch shoots back at hp during fraud. Hp ceo was dead man walking as board split over autonomy. Mike lynch says hewlettpackard has a problem with math.

Dead man walking as hp disputes burst open in autonomy trial. British tech billionaire mike lynch faces fraud charges in. Mike lynch shows off autonomys augmented reality tool earlier this year. Autonomy was a pureplay software company, testifies former hp chief. Former hewlettpackard boss meg whitman denied on thursday she was trying to protect her own reputation when she accused the leaders of autonomy, the british software firm hp.

Autonomy boss lynch ramped sales ahead of hp deal, court told. He cofounded search software firm autonomy in 1996 with david tabizel and richard gaunt as a spinoff from cambridge neurodynamics. Hp to kill touchpad, may spin off pc business, buy british firm august 18, 2011 1. British software boss is jailed for fraud daily mail online. Leo apotheker would have advised hp to abandon autonomy. Autonomy founder lynch blames accounting standards in hp. Autonomy sale the focus of the uks biggest fraud trial bbc news. Autonomys founder defended the british software firm s use of reciprocal deals with customers during trial testimony monday, but distanced himself from payments to a reseller for nonexistent.

Hewlettpackard sues mike lynch over autonomy sale in uks. Hewlett packard offloads last autonomy assets in software deal this article is more than 3 years old british firm micro focus will take on remaining software assets from hps illfated 2011. Autonomy was founded in cambridge, england by michael lynch, david tabizel and richard gaunt in 1996 as a spinoff from cambridge neurodynamics, a firm specializing in computerbased finger print recognition. A new shareholder lawsuit over hewlettpackards acquisition of british software firm autonomy has named big. New york reuters a new shareholder lawsuit over hewlettpackard s acquisition of british software firm autonomy has named big four audit firms deloitte and kpmg as defendants, alleging they missed numerous red flags about autonomys accounting. Autonomy exfinance chief sentenced to jail for hp fraud. Hp mired in messy allegations hewlett packard says it is doing an intense internal investigation into its disastrous acquisition of the british software company autonomy. Autonomy trial a former hp senior director told londons high court yesterday that the it giants postbuyout integration of british software firm autonomy was. Autonomy was a pureplay software company, testifies former hp. New details emerge in hpautonomy accounting scandal. Computer giant hewlettpackard said it has reached a settlement in a shareholder lawsuit over its 2011 acquisition of british software firm autonomy. Autonomys introspect software is used to trawl large data sets for inf. Exautonomy cfo jailed for five years over hewlettpackard.

Mike lynch, once hailed as britains answer to bill gates, faces. Defence alleges british software firms accounts underwent limited. Former hp ceo leo apotheker has said he would have abandoned the firm s disastrous acquisition of british software firm autonomy if. Exautonomy cfo jailed for five years over hewlettpackard fraud. The takeover of hewlett packard enterprise by britains micro focus will involve hewlettpackard offloading the final assets remaining from its 2011 purchase of the uk software firm autonomy. Hewlettpackard sues british entrepreneur in biggest ever uk fraud trial after claiming he inflated value of his autonomy software firm before selling it to them for. Hp ceo leo apotheker was dead man walking as board split.

Former hp boss whitman says not protecting herself in. Autonomy was the linchpin of former hewlettpackard chief executive leo apothekers strategy to integrate his companys computer and printer businesses with highermargin software. British tech entrepreneur michael lynch is still fighting off fraud allegations in the deal that made him a billionaire four years ago, when he sold his software firm autonomy to hewlettpackard. The former chief financial officer of autonomy has been jailed for five years.

Audit firms sued in hps autonomy acquisition reuters. One of hpes main claims against autonomy is that the british software firm hid the extent of its hardware sales while pretending to be a pureplay software company. Charges autonomy founder with fraud over hewlettpackard deal u. The insane life of autonomy billionaire mike lynch business insider. Hpes orders to expert accountant in autonomy trial. Was the british software firm autonomy shopped last year to oracle before it ended up in the arms of hewlettpackard. Hewlett packard offloads last autonomy assets in software. The mysterious case of hewlettpackards autonomy deal.