Cable & Wireless Chooses Livelink Enterprise-Wide for Knowledge Management

Livelink will be the cornerstone of the company's knowledge management program

LONDON - 2001-02-01 - Open Text Corporation (Nasdaq: OTEX, TSE: OTC), a worldwide leader in collaborative commerce applications for e-business, today announced that Cable & Wireless has chosen to deploy Livelink®.

Cable & Wireless issued the following statement:

"Following a detailed selection and pilot process, Cable & Wireless has now purchased Livelink. Livelink will be the cornerstone of the company's knowledge management program. Cable & Wireless will deploy Livelink throughout its current organization. Cable & Wireless sees Livelink as important to enabling its transition to a Global business. Livelink will also be used as an`enabling technology' for several other company `e-initiatives'." "By choosing Livelink, Cable & Wireless reinforces Open Text's market leadership in the worldwide telecommunications industry," said Andrew Pery, Vice-President of Global marketing, Open Text. "Livelink is now utilized by more than one million telecommunications users worldwide."

About Cable & Wireless

Cable & Wireless is a major global telecommunications business with revenue of over (pounds )9 billion (US$14 billion) in the year to 31 March 2000 and customers in 70 countries. Its operations around the world offer a full range of telecommunications services. Cable & Wireless' focus for future growth is on IP (internet protocol) and data services and solutions for business customers. It is developing advanced IP networks and value-added services in the US, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region in support of this strategy. With the capability of its global IP infrastructure and its strength in key markets, Cable & Wireless holds a unique position in terms of global coverage and services to business customers. For more information about Cable & Wireless, go to www.cw.com. Cable & Wireless and the Globe Device are registered trademarks of Cable and Wireless plc.

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 makes collaborative commerce products that provide organizations with the ability to extend their current CRM, SCM and ERP applications to allow users to work together inside and outside their organization. Open Text has pioneered the development of innovative intranet, extranet and 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 solution 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. For more information, visit www.opentext.com.

Trademark

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.

Release Disclaimer

This news release may contain forward-looking statements relating to the deployment of Livelink by customers, and future performance of Open Text Corporation. Forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially. These risks and uncertainties include, among others, risks involved in the completion and integration of acquisitions, the possibility of technical, logistical or planning issues in connection with deployments, the continuous commitment of the Company's customers and other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including the final prospectus for the Company's initial public offering of common stock in January 1996, Form 10-K for the years ended June 30, 1998, June 30, 1999, and June 30, 2000, and Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2000. Forward-looking statements are based on management's beliefs and opinions at the time the statements are made, and the Company does not undertake any obligations to update forward-looking statements should circumstances or management's beliefs or opinions change.

For more information, please contact

Margaret E. Dobbin
Director, Industry Analyst Relations
Open Text Corporation
+1-519-888-7111 ext.2410
mdobbin@opentext.com