OpenText positioned as leader in 2010 Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Content Management

Issued by Global Research Partners for Open Text

Johannesburg, 16 Feb 2011

OpenText Corporation, the pre-eminent provider of enterprise content management (ECM) software, today announced it has been positioned by Gartner in the 'Leaders' Quadrant of the 'Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Content Management', based on the company's ability to execute and its completeness of vision.

The Gartner report helps CIOs and business and IT leaders who are developing ECM strategies to assess whether vendors have the right products and enterprise platforms to support them.

According to the report: “Leaders have the highest combined scores for ability to execute and completeness of vision. They are doing well and are prepared for the future with a clearly articulated vision. In the context of ECM, they have strong channel partners, presence in multiple regions, consistent financial performance, broad platform support and good customer support. In addition, they dominate in one or more technology or vertical market. Leaders deliver a suite that addresses market demand for direct delivery of the majority of core components, though these are not necessarily owned by them, tightly integrated, unique or best-of-breed in each area. We place more emphasis this year on demonstrated enterprise deployments; integration with other business applications and content repositories; incorporation of Web 2.0 and XML capabilities; and vertical-process and horizontal-solution focus. Leaders should drive market transformation. There are six Leaders in this year's Magic Quadrant.”

The report notes: “ECM is becoming as much an essential part of enterprise information infrastructure as it is an investment in strategies suites and solutions.” Gartner forecasts the total software revenue in the ECM market will grow at a compound annual rate of 10.1% through 2014. Strong growth is expected to start in 2010, with growth rates climbing to double digits and worldwide ECM software revenue exceeding $5.7 billion by 2014.

“We believe OpenText's position as a 'Leader' in the enterprise content management quadrant by Gartner confirms our continued investments in offering customers the industry's most comprehensive, fully integrated ECM solution suite,” commented Lubor Ptacek, Vice-President of Product Marketing at OpenText. “With the recent debut of ECM Suite 2010, our largest innovation effort in the company's history, OpenText's core focus is helping our customers across the globe regain control and effectively manage their content so they can run a more productive and profitable business.”

OpenText gives organisations the power to move ECM beyond projects or functional deployments, where ECM crosses systems and departments to add greater value, helping to reduce costs, increase productivity and drive revenue growth. The unique value of ECM Suite 2010 is its combination of integrated technologies covering all aspects of ECM.

For further information, please contact Rob Shaw: tel +27 83 626-3811, fax +27 86 646-4178, e-mail rshaw@opentext.com.

OpenText

OpenText, the pre-eminent enterprise content management software, helps organisations manage and gain the true value of their business content. OpenText brings two decades of expertise supporting 50 million users in 114 countries. Working with our customers and partners, we bring together leading Content Experts to help organisations capture and preserve corporate memory, increase brand equity, automate processes, mitigate risk, manage compliance and improve competitiveness.

In southern Africa, OpenText's business partners are Accenture, Business Connexion, Datacentrix, IA Systems and SAP Africa; and, its customer base includes organisations from across both the private and public sectors such as Alexander Forbes, Anglo Platinum, BMW, Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, Distell, Engen, Exxaro Resources, Mittal Steel, Office of the President, Provincial Government of the Western Cape, SABMiller, Sasol, Telkom SA and Toyota.

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