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Open Text, IXOS establish integration plans for enterprise content management


Johannesburg, 05 Apr 2004

Address customers` toughest content management and storage problems by providing the most complete set of capabilities available.

Open Text Corporation and IXOS SOFTWARE AG have announced plans to roll-out their first combined enterprise content management (ECM) solutions, including new e-mail management, content archiving and Web content management capabilities. IXOS solutions are available in SA through IT infrastructure and solutions provider, Datacentrix.

The companies say the solutions will address some of customers` toughest content management and storage problems by providing the most complete set of capabilities available. These include an integrated solution for managing, tracking and storing e-mail to improve compliance with corporate governance and other legal requirements and a series of Web content management products that can be applied to any Web publishing or development need.

The new solutions will also encompass content archiving for Open Text`s Livelink suite to give customers greater flexibility in their choice of storage solutions.

Together, Open Text and IXOS, along with Gauss Interprise, form the largest provider of ECM software in the world. The companies are moving quickly to attack the ECM market, estimated to be worth $10 billion by META Group, by integrating their products and delivering solutions designed for large, global organisations struggling to manage enormous volumes of electronic information. The new solutions are the first fruits of the companies` long-term strategy to provide customers with easy-to-deploy, enterprise-wide solutions.

Customers worldwide already recognise the value the combined companies will bring. One such example is Sasol, a global provider of chemicals and liquid fuels based in Johannesburg. The company is using both Open Text`s Livelink as well as IXOS content archival solutions.

"Currently IXOS`s data archiving software is linked with our SAP system, while Sasol uses Livelink to manage capital projects, support ISO certification and processes and collaborate on research," said Eric Slaghuis, Information Manager: Collaboration for Sasol. "We are anxious to see the strengths of each organisation`s software solutions married, so that Sasol can optimise its storage solutions and further consolidate systems to reduce costs and overhead."

Says Rob Shaw, product marketing manager at Datacentrix: "Demand for end-to-end ECM solutions is growing as companies wrestle with compliance concerns, while trying to reduce the costs of managing and storing information. Customers don`t want to put the ECM pieces together themselves anymore, there`s too much at stake. They want enterprise-wide solutions that integrate the diverse pieces of ECM - from collaboration to document management to content archiving and everything in between.

"Storage represents the single largest cost when it comes to managing content in an enterprise. The combined Open Text and IXOS solutions provide customers with greater flexibility and choice in leveraging storage options while significantly enhancing performance and return on investment," Shaw concludes.

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Open Text and Livelink

Open Text is the market leader in providing enterprise content management (ECM) solutions that bring together people, processes and information in global organisations. Since launching the world`s first Internet search engine and the first Web-based enterprise collaboration and knowledge management software, Open Text has continued its leadership in providing global enterprises with innovative and effective solutions.

Throughout its history, Open Text has matched its tradition of innovation with a track record of financial strength and growth. Today, the company supports 15 million seats across 10 000 deployments in 31 countries and 12 languages worldwide. Open Text`s flagship product, Livelink seamlessly combines collaboration with content management, helping organisations transform information into knowledge to provide the foundation for innovation, compliance and accelerated growth. For more information on Open Text and Livelink, go to www.opentext.com and www.opentext.com/livelink.

IXOS

IXOS SOFTWARE AG is a leading vendor of solutions for enterprise content management (ECM). IXOS enterprise solutions help businesses achieve efficient management and display of web information, optimisation of business processes, and secure, long-term archiving of all business documents in a highly scaleable document repository. More than two million users around the world already work with ECM solutions from IXOS. Information about IXOS is available at www.ixos.com.

Editorial contacts

Nicola Knight
PR Connections
(011) 885 3141
datacentrix@pr.co.za
Monique Oosthuizen
Datacentrix Holdings
(012) 348 7555
moosthuizen@datacentrix.co.za