Burntsand - Open Text Global Affinity Partner of the Year Award
VANCOUVER, Oct. 5 /CNS/ - Burntsand, (TSE:BRT) is pleased to announce
that Burntsand has been named the recipient of the Open Text(TM) Affinity
Partner of the Year Award. Open Text Corporation, (NASDAQ:OTEX, TSE:OTC) is
the leading provider of collaborative knowledge management and corporate
portal solutions with over 3 million users in 31 countries.
Electronic business intelligence, e-BI, is one of the three Burntsand
e-Business Solutions focus areas. There is an extremely rich information flow
generated by Internet and Intranet applications. Burntsand applies innovative
strategies and products to capture this flow in data warehouse structures and
collaborative knowledge repositories, construct intelligence with extraction
and analysis tools, and quickly create meaningful organizational availability
of this intelligence through innovative knowledge management. This approach to
e-BI increases in value when deployed in conjunction with the other Burntsand
e-Solution areas, electronic commerce, or electronic customer relationship
management.
``Burntsand is very proud to have our Knowledge Management, KM, abilities
recognized at the ``world class' level by an industry leader like Open
Text,' stated Burntsand's Chairman and CEO, Jim Yeates. ``Burntsand, and our
clients, have produced some amazing results using Open Text's product
capabilities, as the foundation for innovation. This award is a reflection of
the level of craft and creativity inherent with Burntsand's KM practitioners,
and they are to be congratulated.
``Burntsand has demonstrated excellence in the presentation and delivery
of custom Intra/Internet applications using Livelink. as the base for these
solutions,' says Praj Patel, Director of Product Marketing, Open Text
Corporation. ``As the Affinity Partner of the year, Burntsand consistently
meets the needs of Open Text customers and further expands the capabilities of
Livelink into new marketplaces.'
The Open Text Affinity Partner program is a global team of strategic
resellers, system integrators and developer partners that work with Open Text
to solve business challenges for organizations of all sizes in many
industries. Affinity Partners use our industry leading Livelink product as the
foundation for value-added services, such as consulting, software
customization, integration, application development, technical training and
support.
About Livelink(R).
Livelink is a highly scaleable, collaborative knowledge management
solution for intranets and extranets. Its richly-featured enterprise document
management, virtual team collaboration, business process automation,
enterprise group scheduling and information retrieval services are tightly
integrated into a solution that is easily customized and extended. Livelink is
essential to the effective management and development of communities of
interest that span organizations and industries. From complex e-business
transactions and simple business processes, Livelink delivers true dynamic
collaboration between individuals, organizations, and large trading
communities. Livelink servers are fully Web-based and open-architected to
ensure rapid deployment, with a standard Web browser providing full access to
its functionality.
About Open Text(TM)
Open Text has pioneered the development of intranet, extranet and
corporate portal solutions that allow organizations to innovate at a
consistently faster rate. We call it HyperInnovation(TM) and it is already a
major factor in the success of more than 3,600 companies around the world.
Open Text has become the largest supplier of collaborative, Web-based
solutions for the enterprise with over 3 million users in 31 countries
speaking 12 languages throughout the world. Recent studies by International
Data Corporation and the Delphi Group found Open Text to be the leader in both
installed base growth and market share. Further information about the company
and our solutions can be found at opentext.com.
About Burntsand
Business to the power of e(TM) ... the future of Business ... the
Burntsand reality.
Burntsand is an e-Business Solutions Integrator, focusing on the Business
to Business, B2B, environment. Six Canadian and one US location, coupled with
enviable growth, have made Burntsand a success story. At Burntsand, our
success is derived solely from successful clients, and our ability to make
major e-Business Solutions impact in the areas of e-Commerce, e-Customer
Relationship Management, and e-Business Intelligence. Burntsand's e-Services
encompass the strategy, technical, and creative aspects of e-Business
solutions, with time to market measured in weeks, not years! Our solutions
deliver competitive advantage, and are based on the Burntsand e-Cosystem(TM)
Foundation, that fuses Burntsand's corporate alliances, knowledge base, proven
methodologies, and world class craftsmanship into a powerful e-Business
Solutions integration asset. To learn more about Burntsand, visit us on the
Toronto Stock Exchange, TSE-BRT, or at www.burntsand.com.
For further information: Jim Yeates, Chairman and CEO, (604) 608-6407,
jyeates@burntsand.com |
