Paris 2003 Winners' Circle

Congratulations Paris 2003 Winners!

The GlobalStar Enterprise Awards recognize best-of-class customer solutions and applications based on the OpenText family of products. Award winners were selected from among a distinguished group of customer entrants, including:

Catagories

Best Knowledge Management Solution

Patni Computer Systems

Patni's Knowledge Management System, built around Livelink® Enterprise Server, is used by both delivery and sales organizations all over the globe. It has been successful in capturing business knowledge, reducing turnaround time, and increasing the productivity of the organization.

Best Collaborative Solution

Barnardos

Barnardo's Livelink Enterprise Server solution is helping its staff transform the lives of young people by facilitating comprehensive recording and access to case worker information. It also provides the ability to share information online with partner agencies in accordance with government e-business directives.

Best Document & Content Management Solution

Siemens Financial Services

The Siemens Group, Siemens Financial Services GmbH, Munich, maintains an international network of financing companies, offering a broad range of financial solutions and services. Siemens Financial Services has implemented a fully integrated Enterprise Content Management architecture based on Livelink Enterprise Server. XML Skinning enables content to be dynamically published directly from Livelink Enterprise Server to the organization's Intranet and to the SAP Enterprise Portal (piloted).

Best Library & Catalog Management Solution

Fundaci "La Caixa"

Using Livelink Collections Server software, Caixa has developed an online media library of texts, images, and sounds devoted to contemporary art and music from all periods. The media collection serves as a cultural encouragement center and document management repository through which the organization offers library services to visitors and partners.

Best Business Application

BP

BP adopted Livelink Enterprise Server to support its internal guidance methodology for managing high value capital expenditure projects, such as the drilling of a new well. Playing a significant role in optimizing project results, the Livelink solution has improved visibility of project deadlines and risk management processes.

Flemish Government

In order to stimulate the use of qualitative business advice by small and mid-sized companies, the Flemish Government developed an online program for acquiring external know-how at reduced costs through "business consultancy cheques." The entire administrative process-from subscription, verification, and validation with external business administrative repositories to the actual placing of the print order for the cheques-is automated through Livelink Enterprise Server.

Best Centrinity FirstClass Solution

The Open University

Offering distance learning to 200,000 part-time students, The Open University uses FirstClass to provide an infrastructure for tutors and students to share information and resources in a secure and user-friendly environment. The FirstClass online learning community improves student-student and student-tutor communication, reduces isolation, and aids learning through discussion and debate.

Partner Awards

European Channel Partner of the Year

eXpanded Media

"Livelink Enterprise Server plays a key role in our total solution offering to the market, with various application areas. We owe this LinkUp Award especially to our successful integrations with Selor, the Flemish Government, and Umicore. At Selor we implemented a competence management system for 30,000 employees based on Livelink Enterprise Server. Within Umicore we developed a knowledge management system within the Research & Development department, worldwide, with Livelink Enterprise Server. And of course, the e-government implementation with the Flemish government. "As Affinity Partner of OpenText we are very proud of this Award," said Guy Claesen, Commercial Director of eXpanded Media.

European Technology Partner of the Year

Pallas/Exper Team

"Livelink Enterprise Server is a powerful platform that enables us to efficiently deploy our XML know-how of many years in order to develop innovative and cost efficient solutions for our customers," said Dr. Marc Diefenbruch, Head of Department Intelligence, Pallas.