Rand Worldwide and Autonomy Form Strategic Partnership

Rand Worldwide to Offer Autonomy’s Hosted Archiving Solution and Integration Expertise to Small to Mid Size Markets and CAD-Related Engineering and Architecture Firms

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rand Worldwide (OTCBB: RWWI), a global leader in providing technology solutions to organizations with engineering design and information technology requirements, today announced a strategic partnership with Autonomy Corporation plc (LSE: AU. or AU.L), a global leader in infrastructure software for the enterprise. As part of the agreement, Rand Worldwide will offer Autonomy’s hosted archiving solution combined with its integration expertise in archiving, to small to mid-size businesses, as well as CAD related engineering and architecture firms.

“Our 25-year expertise in helping companies respond to their data management challenges, combined with the power of Autonomy’s meaning-based Hosted Archiving solution, will allow our customers to be more proactive and strategic in their approach to eDiscovery.”

“Our customers are seeing a growing need to manage the immense volume of electronic data that they generate. With this partnership, we can now enable small to mid size companies, as well as CAD-related engineering and architecture firms to effectively manage and access this data in response to internal and external compliance regulations or discovery efforts,” says Marc Dulude, CEO of Rand Worldwide. “Our 25-year expertise in helping companies respond to their data management challenges, combined with the power of Autonomy’s meaning-based Hosted Archiving solution, will allow our customers to be more proactive and strategic in their approach to eDiscovery.”

“We’re pleased to form a strategic partnership with Rand Worldwide that has an unrivalled track record when it comes to integrating IT solutions for small to mid-size businesses as well as engineering and architectural firms,” says Mike Sullivan, CEO of Autonomy Protect, Enterprise Markets. “With this partnership, Autonomy continues to expand market share in eDiscovery and compliance by further extending its hosted archiving solution to a larger customer base. We look forward to working with Rand Worldwide to empower more organizations’ eDiscovery and compliance initiatives.”

About Rand Worldwide

Rand Worldwide is a global provider of technology solutions to organizations with engineering design and information technology requirements. Fortune 500 and Engineering News Record's Top 100 companies work with the company to gain a competitive advantage through technology consulting, implementation, training, and support services. One of the world's largest integrators of Autodesk software, the company also provides data archiving based upon solutions from Autonomy, facilities management software from ARCHIBUS, CAD and PLM courseware through their ASCENT division and provides training and support solutions for the Dassault Systèmes and PTC products. For more information see (www.rand.com).

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