Autonomy Corporation, a provider of infrastructure software for the enterprise, recently announced that it has been chosen as the preferred partner for enterprise search and meaning-based technologies by Satyam Computers.

Under the agreement, Satyam will extend their global alliance with Autonomy to provide a worldwide joint task force offering strategic consulting and systems integration services for the enterprise.

Together, the two companies will offer specialized solutions for enterprise search, compliance, legal discovery and multimedia search for customers in the financial services, media and publishing space.

"The relationship will offer customers cutting edge solutions using Satyam's expertise in Enterprise Content Management and Autonomy's expertise in technology. We have worked with Autonomy for a number of years due to their ability to offer a next-generation enterprise search platform that doesn't necessitate a trade-off between performance, security and scalability," said K. Sriram, senior vice president, Satyam's Consulting and Enterprise Solutions.

Autonomy and Satyam have been partners for several years and have successfully collaborated on a number of projects.