OpenText’s 20-Year Journey of Innovation

How we became the world leader in Enterprise Information Management solutions

Discover how a little spin-off company from the University of Waterloo became the market leader in Enterprise Information Management (EIM) — helping more than 50 thousand global customers become digital enterprises by unleashing the power of information.

  • 2007-Present: The Content Experts
  • 2003-2006: The ECM Solutions Leader
  • 1999-2002: The World Stage
  • 1995-1998: Harnessing the Power of the Internet
  • 1991-1994: The Pre-Web Years

2007-Present: The Content Experts

More than 46,000 successful deployments globally, renowned content management applications and solutions, and leaders in the evolution of Web 2.0 technologies...

2012

  • Mark Barrenechea appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Open Text Corporation as of January 2, 2012.

2011

  • Total revenue for fiscal 2011 was $1,033.3 million.
  • Positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the "Leaders" Quadrant of the "Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Content Management".
  • Acquires Metastorm Inc., a leading provider of Business Process Management (BPM), Business Process Analysis (BPA), and Enterprise Architecture (EA) software, further expanding its ECM portfolio capabilities with process management functionality.
  • Acquires London-based weComm, a mobile application pioneer that offers technology for deployment of high-quality, media rich apps across more than 900 mobile devices and platforms to further advance the company’s Mobile App Strategy.
  • Ranked Canada's top software company for the third consecutive year by the Branham Group.
  • Metastorm recognized as a leader in the IDC MarketScape: Business Process (BP) Platforms Report.
  • Named a finalist in the third annual Forrester Research Voice Of The Customer Awards for its initiatives to help improve how the company collects, interprets, and reacts to customer feedback.
  • Acquires Global 360 Holding Corporation, a leading provider of process and case management solutions and document-centric BPM to enhance its ECM portfolio with robust BPM offerings.
  • KMWorld Magazine names the OpenText ECM Suite 2010 a "Trend-Setting Product of 2011" along with business process management (BPM) offerings from OpenText Metastorm and OpenText Global 360.
  • Acquires Operitel Corporation, a company specializing in Learning Management Systems (LMS) and Enterprise Learning Portals, adding powerful e-learning capabilities to OpenText solutions.
  • Selected as Top 100 Employer in Canada by editors of Canada's Top 100 Employers
  • Announces release of OpenText Tempo, a fast, easy and secure document sharing solution that allows enterprise users to share and manage content in secure folders on smartphones, tablets, and PCs or laptops.
  • OpenText Metastorm positioned in the Leaders quadrant of the 2011 Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Architecture Tools by analyst firm, Gartner, Inc.
  • Named a Leader in the Gartner, Inc. "Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Content Management".
  • Forrester Research, Inc. positions OpenText as a Leader in its November 2011 report, "The Forrester WaveTM: Enterprise Content Management, Q4 2011."
  • Customers include: Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC), Hackney Council, Commonwealth Connects, G-20 Young Entrepreneurs, Public Service Without Borders, South African Research Collaboration

2010

  • Total revenue for fiscal 2010 is $912.0 million.
  • Acquires Nstein Technologies, adding content analytics/ semantically-based search engine capabilities to its portfolio.
  • Announces $225 million R&D investment over the next five years on product innovations and related job creation at its Waterloo, Richmond Hill and Ottawa locations.
  • Releases OpenText Everywhere, inaugurating a new era of mobile content applications in which OpenText partners and customers can create, develop, and deliver mobiles applications with OpenText's Mobile Applications and Services.
  • Announces Rights Management Services (RMS) for the ECM Suite which allows enterprises to safeguard confidential and sensitive information from unauthorized use.
  • Chosen by the editors of Canada's Top 100 Employers as one of Canada's Top Employers for Young People.
  • Delivers the confidential and highly secure social networking application for the G-8 and G-20 Summits, allowing leaders and global policy makers to collaborate over secure social networking software for the first time in the history of the Summit.
  • Launches OpenText Semantic Navigation to increase Web marketing and online search effectiveness.
  • Positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the "Leaders" quadrant of the "Magic Quadrant for Web Content Management".
  • Releases OpenText ECM Suite 2010, the largest innovation effort in the company’s history to create the industry s most comprehensive, fully integrated ECM solution suite.
  • Receives the highest possible rating of "Strong Positive" in Gartner's new report entitled "MarketScope for Enterprise Records Management" for Open Text Records Management, a fully integrated component of the Open Text ECM Suite.
  • Acquires StreamServe, Inc., a provider of business communications solutions, adding enhanced document output and customer communication management software to the product portfolio.
  • Showcases the next release of Open Text Everywhere with native client applications for Apple iPhone and iPad.
  • Social networking software solution continues to support world leaders, diplomats and policy makers collaborate at the G-20 summit in Seoul, South Korea, the second time this year that its solution played a role in the event.
  • Customers include:  ACE Travel Insurance, Missouri River Energy Services, Stikeman Elliott, The Stelter Company, U.S. Department of Defense, G-20 Summit in South Korea, G-Cloud Programme (U.K. Government)

2009

  • Total revenue for fiscal year 2009 reaches $785.7 million USD.
  • Ranked the largest Canadian software company in the Branham300, the well-known annual ranking of top information and communication technology (ICT) companies operating in Canada.
  • Acquires Vizible Corporation, the makers of a digital media interface solution, allowing for the 3-Dimensional navigation of digital media, paving the way for virtual interactive and collaborative immersive environments and next-generation ECM platforms.
  • Analyst firm Forrester Research names Open Text a leader in The Forrester Wave: Records Management, Q2 2009.
  • Announces FirstClass Mobile is available as a free download from the AppleApp Store.
  • Acquires Vignette Corporation, another ECM software company, introducing secure social media into the ECM platform, along with consumer-based features into enterprise software.
  • Fortune Magazine Ranks Open Text 15th among world's Fastest-Growing Companies—the company ranks 6th in the world among Tech Companies.
  • Receives the highest rating possible, a "Strong Positive," in leading analyst firm Gartner's 2009 "MarketScope for Records Management," published on Sept. 10
  • Positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the Leaders Quadrant of its 2009 Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Content Management and also in Leaders quadrant of the Gartner 2009 Magic Quadrant for Web Content Management.
  • Customers include:  Keker & Van Nest LLP, Fuse Digital, Dutch Law Firm Dirkzwager, Tourism Australia, Lockheed Martin, Loblaw Companies, Ontario Government, Austrian Federal Computing Center, Canopius, Saint Michael’s Medical Center, Central Bedfordshire Council, New District of Columbia Public Schools

2008

  • Reaches $725.5 million USD in fiscal 2008
  • Awarded SAP Pinnacle Award for Software Solutions: Field Engagement
  • Unveils Enterprise 2.0 strategy designed to help customers transform their organizations with powerful social computing tools and Web 2.0 technologies
  • Introduces Livelink ECM – Extended Collaboration to give customers communities, social computing, and real-time collaboration tools in Livelink ECM
  • Renews contract with the Canadian Federal Government to provide a foundation for Government 2.0 initiatives such as wikis, forums, blogs, tagging, moderation, communities, and chat
  • Partners with the University of Waterloo to create the Stratford Institute, a leading institute for Web 2.0 and digital media studies
  • Forrester Research names Artesia Digital Asset Management (DAM) solution the Standalone Leader in marketing asset management software
  • Holds Gartner’s highest rating as a “Strong Positive” for Records Management
  • OpenText named leader in Accounts Payable solutions for Oracle by PayStream Advisors
  • Acquires eMotion LLC, a division of the Corbis Corporation that specializes in solutions for marketing departments and advertising agencies to compliment Artesia DAM
  • Acquires Spicer Corporation, specialists in file format viewer solutions for desktop applications, integrated business process management (BPM) systems, and reprographics
  • LiveLinkUp Global Conference renamed OpenText Content World
  • Customers include the Canadian Federal Government, Citrix Systems, Utility Service Company, Inc. (USCI), GNC, Taylor Woodrow, Siemens IT Solutions and Services, Catholic Relief Services, Nalco company, and EWE AG

2007

  • Reaches $595.7 million USD in revenue for fiscal 2007
  • OpenText branded The Content Experts
  • Becomes first U.S. Department of Defense-Certified Records Management Solution for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server
  • Named a leader in Records Management and Enterprise Content Management by Forrester Research
  • Positioned in the Leaders Quadrant in the Enterprise Content Management Magic Quadrant by Gartner
  • Gartner rates OpenText Records Management products a “Strong Positive” and gives OpenText’s RedDot Web Content Management and Content Delivery Solutions a “Positive Rating”
  • Alliance with Microsoft extended: opens office in Microsoft’s Partner Solution Center in Redmond, Washington; solutions for Law Firms utilize Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 for Matter Lifecycle Management; Office Business Application (OBA) built upon 2007 Microsoft Office system; OpenText’s Hummingbird Connectivity receives certification for Windows Vista;  Livelink ECM provides email management for Microsoft Exchange Server 2007
  • SAP relationship strengthens: SAP resells OpenText solutions under the names “SAP Archiving by OpenText” and “SAP Document Access by OpenText”; introduction of Livelink ECM™ - Records Management for use with SAP® applications
  • Appointed to Oracle Applications Integration ISV Strategy Council
  • Launch of OpenText Enterprise Process Services, OpenText Enterprise Library Services and OpenText Content Services
  • Customers include the Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, Marathon Oil, Henkel, HIT Entertainment, B. Braun Melsungen AG, Stonebridge Companies, Viega, HOVENSA, Alabama Gas, Hatch, and The Defense Science and Technology Laboratory, UK

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