Pictured above: (left to right) Nicky Gutteridge
(Kendall Wadley) James Kirby,CTO (Aurix), Mark Ashworth (Kendall
Wadley) Peter Rogers CEO (Aurix)
Leading firm of Chartered Accountants and Business Advisers,
Kendall Wadley LLP who have offices in Malvern Worcester and
Hereford has secured one of the world's leading exponents of speech
search and analytics, Aurix as a new client.
Based on the Malvern Hills Science Park, Aurix create innovative
business applications based around a patented phonetic speech
search engine. It is a technology venture funded company backed by
Cody Gate Ventures Aurix itself has developed as a result of the
world-class capability in speech recognition technologies developed
over 30 years predominantly for the defence industry. Today the
company is widely recognised as the global leader in speech search
and analytics.
Aurix's products enable organisations to identify words and
phrases buried in their audio data to gain valuable intelligence.
Darren Standing, Head of Marketing at Aurix explains
"As volumes of audio recordings increase, organisations need a
reliable method to identify specific information within their audio
database. They also need a fast, accurate and flexible means to
retrieve individual recordings to meet a growing range of business
needs including compliance, security and business
intelligence.
The Aurix phonetic audio search engine is the most advanced and
effective phonetic-based technology. It provides many compelling
advantages over speech-to-text intelligence for a variety of
real-time and offline applications in multiple sectors: Customer
Contact, Security & Intelligence, Enterprise Search, Data
Search and Media Organisations."
The company currently employs 24 people with its core team based
in Malvern. Aurix is a global company operating with substantial
interests in the UK and US markets. With the global increase in
call centres, the company has an aggressive growth plan for the
future. It provides its solutions to a number of industry sectors
including financial services, retail, government and public sector,
call centres and the security market. Aurix's products are also
being used in the media industry.
Commenting on the new client win, Mark Ashworth, Kendall
Wadley's Chief Executive said, "We are absolutely delighted to
be working for such a prestigious company such as Aurix. We will be
providing them with a range of services which will include
financial management information and forecasting and payroll. We
will also attend their Board meetings. Aurix is one of a number of
IT companies that Kendall Wadley currently acts for and we are
rapidly expanding our list of clients who operate globally."