Open Text acquires Bluebird Systems to Strengthen Collaborative Solutions for SCM and CRM

Open Text Strengthens Supply Chain Management and Customer Relationship Management solutions

Carlsbad, CA - 2000-10-25 - Open Text Corporation (Nasdaq: OTEX, TSE: OTC), a worldwide leader of collaborative commerce software for e-business, today announced the acquisition of Bluebird Systems of Carlsbad, California. Bluebird is a specialist in the delivery of solutions for PeopleSoft applications such as Human Resources, Accounts Payable and Expense Reporting. Bluebird Systems has 68 employees. Senior management of Bluebird will remain with Open Text.

"Bluebird Systems, with its ODOC family of products, enjoys strong strategic relationships with PeopleSoft and other software partners, said Tom Jenkins, Chief Executive Officer of Open Text. "With Bluebird, we saw a unique opportunity to merge our collaborative-commerce solutions with SCM and CRM applications, from premier vendors like PeopleSoft."

Hal Tilbury, CEO of Bluebird Systems will become the Chief Operating Officer of the Bluebird Systems division of Open Text. Mr. Tilbury said, "Open Text is the industry leader in collaborative applications. Bluebird' s strengths in PeopleSoft integration along with our understanding of real world commerce interactions offer customers the most comprehensive and robust enterprise collaborative-commerce solution available on the market."

According to Alan Weintraub, research director for GartnerGroup, "The acquisition of Bluebird Systems is another indication that content management vendors are developing a strategy focused on value-added applications. The integration of collaborative capabilities with Supply Chain Management (SCM) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) applications is just one example of solutions being provided to extend the functionality of these business critical applications."

About Bluebird

Bluebird Systems develops and markets an integrated family of server components used to capture, index, secure, archive, distribute, and manage unstructured digital data and documents. For more information, contact Bluebird Systems by phone at 800-669-2220 or by e-mail, info@bluebird.com.

About Livelink

Livelink is a highly scalable e-business application. Its richly-featured enterprise services include virtual team collaboration, business process automation, enterprise group scheduling and information retrieval services, all tightly integrated into a solution that is easily customized and extended. Livelink is essential to the effective management and development of communities of interest that span organizations and industries. For everything from the creation of complex e-community relationships to the automation of simple e-business processes, Livelink delivers true dynamic collaboration between individuals, organizations, and large trading communities. Livelink servers are fully Web-based and open-architected to ensure rapid deployment and easy access to its full functionality through a standard Web browser.

About Open Text

Open Text has pioneered the development of innovative intranet and extranet e-business applications. Since creating one of the first search engines to index the World Wide Web, the Company has remained at the forefront of Internet-based technologies. Its product family called Livelink enables individuals, teams, organizations, and global trading communities to collaborate on e-business applications that facilitate e-commerce and other transactions among Global 2000 organizations. Open Text has become one of the largest providers of Web based collaboration for e-business applications for e-communities of all types from intranets to extranets and public groups. The Livelink product family has installations in 31 countries, speaking 12 languages throughout the world. For more information, visit http://www.opentext.com.

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Copyright (C) 2000 by Open Text Corporation. Livelink and Open Text are trademarks or registered trademarks of Open Text Corporation. This list is not exhaustive. Other product and Company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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