b2bScene Teams With Exodus on Secure High-Performance Hosted Collaborative Solutions

Alliance Strengthens Hosting Advantage for b2bScene Customers and Opens Opportunities within the Exodus Alliance Exchange

Waterloo, ON - 2001-04-04 - b2bScene , a division of Open Text Corporation (Nasdaq: OTEX, TSE: OTC), in preparation for the upcoming launch of its vertical industry solutions and to meet the needs of its largest customers, has bolstered its hosting and security infrastructure by joining the Exodus Communications® Partnering for Success Alliance Partner program.

b2bScene has developed a state-of-the-art platform for delivering complex collaborative solutions for globally distributed organizations such as Agilent Technologies, Exostar, the ASP Industry Consortium and Hewlett Packard. The b2bScene platform combined with Exodus'(R) infrastructure offers b2bScene customers the following benefits:

Scalability infrastructure ensures that customers who grow on a global scale can continue to leverage b2bScene s hosted collaborative solutions

Performance a rapid Internet exchange rate, multiple high-speed lines and a clustered server architecture are fundamental to delivering outstanding levels of performance

Reliability a number of redundant subsystems, such as multiple fiber trunks coming into each IDC from multiple sources, fully redundant power on the premises, and multiple backup generators ensure that servers will continue to deliver 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

Security public key infrastructures (PKIs), virtual private networks (VPNs), state-of-the-art smoke detection and fire suppression systems, motion sensors, and 24x7 secured access, as well as video camera surveillance and security breach alarms are in place to protect customers data, applications and systems

As the leading provider of complex Internet hosting, we are pleased that b2bScene has chosen Exodus to provide secure delivery for its Collaborative Business Platform," says Ellen M. Hancock, chairman and CEO of Exodus Communications. "With a focus on delivering customized hosted solutions for enterprise business-to-business initiatives, b2bScene can now leverage Exodus state-of-the-art infrastructure, as well as its partner community, to meet the needs of any-sized organization."

"By capitalizing on Exodus' vast experience and unique expertise in hosting large-scale e-business sites, we can offer our innovative collaborative solutions to new customers, further extending b2bScene's client base," said Kirk Roberts, President of b2bScene. "The move to Exodus' network infrastructure demonstrates b2bScene's firm customer commitment to delivering reliable, scalable and secure collaborative solutions."

According to Ian Campbell, Vice President of Nucleus Research, "Demand for business-to-business collaboration will be greatest for specific vertical industry solutions and complex business applications such as supply chain management and customer relationship management. The combination of Exodus' hosting infrastructure and b2bScene's collaborative solutions makes it efficient and cost-effective for organizations of any size to conduct complex B2B initiatives."

b2bScene has hosted its collaborative solutions at Exodus since December 2000. As an Exodus Alliance Partner, b2bScene can now expand its reach to customers through the Exodus Alliance community. The Alliance Exchange, an online community that enables Exodus partners and customers to build relationships and pursue business opportunities with other Alliance Exchange members, allows b2bScene to market its collaborative solutions across Exodus global network of Internet Data Centers (IDCs). b2bScene will refer customers to Exodus for Internet hosting services under the agreement.

Kirk Roberts, President of b2bScene and Ellen M. Hancock, CEO of Exodus will be panelists at the Toronto 2001 Exodus Executive Forum, April 4th 2001, located at the Fairmont Royal York hotel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

About b2bScene

b2bScene, a division of Open Text Corporation, provides a rich technology platform for hosted business collaboration. The Collaborative Business Platform , powered by Open Text's Livelink®, serves as the infrastructure for developing sophisticated online solutions to support business-to-business initiatives. b2bScene partners with specialized solution providers to design, build and support custom collaborative applications. Using b2bScene solutions, employees, partners and customers work together to reduce time to market, lower costs and build stronger relationships.

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 provides collaborative commerce solutions for e-business that enable users to extend and build CRM, SCM and ERP applications and allow them to work together within and across organizations. 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.

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Copyright (C) 2001 by Open Text Corporation. Livelink, Open Text and b2bScene 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. Exodus Communications and Exodus are trademarks for Exodus Communications, Inc., and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners.

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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 quarters ended September 30, 2000 and December 31, 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

Greg Secord
Open Text Corporation
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gsecord@opentext.com