Open Text Announces Plans to Support Microsoft Office 2000
Livelink enterprise-wide collaboration software to extend the document management capabilities of Office 2000
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 10, 1999-- Open Text(TM) Corporation (NASDAQ:OTEX, TSE:OTC) today announced plans to support Microsoft Office 2000 with its industry leading Web-based collaborative knowledge management application, Livelink®. This support deepens Open Text's overall support of the Microsoft platform and extends the document management and collaboration features in Office 2000.
''The combination of Livelink and Office 2000 enables customers to collaborate via the Web in new and exciting ways,'' said John Duncan, product manager Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp. ''By taking advantage of the Office 2000 platform, Livelink will provide customers advanced document management and project management functionality.''
Livelink's scalability based on open standards, security, and general software and system administration, will serve customers who are considering Office 2000 for large enterprise deployments by enabling
advanced document management, information retrieval, business process automation and virtual team collaboration capabilities for personal use, project groups and the entire enterprise.
''A key component to Open Text's strategy is the continued support of Microsoft applications and platforms including the new Office 2000 suite of desktop productivity tools,'' said Dan Latendre,
Vice-President, Product Marketing, Open Text Corporation. ''By making it easier for users to publish and share documents on the Web with Office 2000, Livelink allows users in large organizations to work more
productively, collaborate more easily and become better informed with less effort. Together, Livelink and Office 2000 will enable true enterprise-wide collaborative knowledge management.''
Open Text's Livelink includes advanced support for managing Office 2000 document formats and support for BackOffice server components, and will capitalize on the Web-focused features of Office 2000
documents by utilizing the advanced capabilities of document management and collaboration within the context of each document. Open Text and its customers have embraced Microsoft products and
technologies in many areas, including the Windows operating systems, BackOffice, Exchange Server, ActiveX Controls and ODMA. Open Text is committed to building and leveraging the Microsoft Office and BackOffice platforms through ongoing integration efforts and support services. For more information, please visit opentext.com.
''Livelink's multiplatform capabilities, server-based workflow and scalability will extend the power of Office 2000,'' said Gerard van der Burg, CARE Canada, an Open Text and Microsoft customer. ''We have
been using a combination of Open Text and Microsoft technologies for some time, and we look forward to the added strengths this integration will bring.''
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