The Canadian Department of National Defence has selected Autonomy's Meaning Based Computing platform, IDOL, as a key part of its Information Management and Collaboration initiative.

Autonomy IDOL will deliver conceptual and contextual analysis and probability matching on information to find the meaning within and the inter-relationships between disparate pieces of content.

It supports more than 1,000 different data formats, including structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data, across 400 different content repositories.

"Autonomy's Meaning Based Computing platform is used by many government agencies around the world to understand the meaning of their content and identify patterns between distinct pieces of information," said Mike Lynch, CEO of Autonomy.

"Our technologies help them to better meet regulatory compliance, while realizing cost savings and improvements in service delivery to their citizens. We are pleased to help the Canadian Department of National Defence to effectively leverage its information assets."