BW-Open Text's Livelink Further Penetrates Japanese Market
CHICAGO (March 31) BUSINESS WIRE -March 31, 1998--
More Than 100 Customers Sign on as Japan Continues to be Strategic
Market for Collaborative Knowledge Management Vendor
Open Text Corporation (NASDAQ:OTEXF) today announced that its presence
in Japan is growing rapidly and its customer base now stands at more
than 100 organizations.
"Open Text's many years of investment in the Japanese market is now
paying dividends," said Abe Kleinfeld, Senior Vice President,
Marketing, Open Text. "Clearly Japan is a leader in the strategic use
of technology, and Livelink Intranet is increasingly becoming the
collaborative knowledge management solution of choice for large and
medium sized organizations throughout Japan."
Livelink customers in Japan include Canon Inc., Toshiba, Oki Electric,
NTT Data Corporation, Taisei, Hitachi Hokkai Semiconductor, National
Center for Science Information Systems, several Japanese government
offices and ministries, National Diet Library and the National Space
Development Agency of Japan.
Open Text Affinity Partners Canon Sales Co. Inc. and Nissho Iwai
Corporation play a central strategic role in Open Text's growth in
Japan. Both companies have been involved in localizing Open Text's
Livelink products for that market.
"We are committed to providing our customers with leading-edge
products and services," said Koji Makino, Manager, Network Business
Section of Electronic Systems Department, Nissho Iwai Corporation. "Our
partnership with Open Text continues to be central to our
customer-focused strategy."
Mr. Takashi Fujimura, Senior Managing Director and Group Executive for
the Solution Sales Promotion Group, Canon Sales Co. Inc., said, "We are
proud of our association with Open Text. Livelink Intranet fills a need
for collaborative knowledge management in Japan. It gives users the
opportunity to maximize their productivity and be more competitive,
both locally and internationally."
"Given Japan's growing strategic importance to the software market,
this is a key announcement," said David Yockelson, Vice President and
Sales Director, Advanced Information Management Strategies, META Group.
"Further, it proves that collaborative knowledge management is being
viewed as a necessity by the Global 2000." About Livelink
Livelink Intranet is a highly scalable, collaborative knowledge
management application for intranets. Livelink's richly-featured
enterprise document management, workflow, project collaboration and
search engines are tightly integrated into an off-the-shelf application
that is easily customized and extended to fill a broad range of
information and knowledge management needs. Livelink servers are fully
Web-based and open-architected to ensure very rapid deployment,
requiring just a standard Web browser on users' desktops to access its
full functionality. Livelink runs on Microsoft Windows NT(R) and the
leading UNIX platforms and supports most popular relational database
management systems. In addition, a workgroup version of Livelink is
bundled with Netscape SuiteSpot. About Open Text Corporation
Open Text Corporation's software and services enable Global 2000
companies to leverage the global reach and openness of intranets, truly
"Putting the Web to Work."(tm) Open Text's dramatic growth has been
fueled by the rapid market acceptance of its innovative collaborative
knowledge management system, Livelink. The company has been named the
growth leader by the Delphi Group and the market share leader by
International Data Corporation. Further information about the company,
its products and services, partners and customers can be found at
opentext.com.
This news release may contain forward-looking statements relating to
the future performance of Open Text Corporation. Forward-looking
statements, specifically those concerning future performance, are
subject to certain risks and uncertainties, and actual results may
differ materially. These risks and uncertainties are detailed from time
to time in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC), including the final prospectus for the company's
initial public offering of common stock in January 1996, Form 10-K for
the year ended June 30, 1997, and Form 10-Q for the quarters ended
September 30, 1997 and December 31, 1997.
NOTE: Livelink Intranet, Livelink Search, Livelink Library, Livelink
Workflow and Livelink Project Collaboration are trademarks of Open Text
Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective
companies.
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CONTACT: Open Text Corporation High Road Communications
Mia Pearson Monta Kerr
519-888-7111 ext. 2410 416-368-8348
mpearson@opentext.com mkerr@highrd.com
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