Agreement Certifies Autonomy Meridio as a Key Partner in Enabling E-Government; Helps to Meet the Goals of the US President's Management Agenda.
Cambridge, UK and Belfast, NI. – April 21, 2008 – Meridio, an Autonomy company (LSE: AU. or AU.L) and the leading provider of Records Management software, today announced that it has been awarded a General Services Administration (GSA) SmartBUY contract for Electronic Document and Records Management software. This agreement certifies Autonomy Meridio as a key partner in enabling e-government and helping to meet the goals of the President's Management Agenda, a strategy designed to improve the management of the federal agencies. The contract is for the entire Meridio software suite and includes the Autonomy ZANTAZ Enterprise Archive Solution (EAS), as well as related professional services and support.
The SmartBUY program consolidates the purchasing power of the US Federal Government to obtain optimal pricing with preferred terms and conditions. The GSA is the executive agent leading the SmartBUY initiative. The Autonomy Meridio SmartBUY agreement provides government-wide enterprise pricing for Meridio’s Records Management as both a COTS and hosted solution. Autonomy ZANTAZ EAS, which was recently named a leader in the Forrester Wave™: Message Archiving Software Q1 2008 report, provides on-site software for mailbox management, archival of content including text, voice and video, and automatic categorization and analysis of archived content. Any US Federal, State or Local Government agency can now use the Autonomy Meridio SmartBUY contract.