Open Text to Offer Cimmetry's AutoVue to Livelink Users

Cambridge, MA - 2002-04-15 - Cimmetry Systems Inc. today announced that Open Text Corporation (Nasdaq: OTEX, TSE:OTC) has selected Cimmetry's AutoVue as its recommended viewing and markup package to offer the Livelink® customer base. Cimmetry joined Open Text's Affinity Partner Program in 1998. This new arrangement is designed to provide customers with viewing and markup capabilities fully integrated into the Livelink environment. Cimmetry is demonstrating the endorsed offering this week at the annual European Open Text User Conference: LiveLinkUp Europe 2002 held in Paris France from April 14 to 17, 2002.

Open Text is a worldwide leader in delivering collaboration and knowledge management software to the global enterprise. Cimmetry is the leader in Visualization and Collaboration solutions for the A/E/C, Engineering, Manufacturing and Electronics markets.

Open Text now offers Cimmetry's AutoVue to the Livelink user community, allowing users to view and markup over 200 CAD, engineering and office document formats. Open Text recommends AutoVue to its customers requiring access to these document types. AutoVue is a versatile application that provides a single uniform interface, and one comprehensive set of tools with which the user can natively view, print and convert various electronic documents. AutoVue allows the user to work directly with documents in over 200 different file formats, without the need for authoring applications. With AutoVue, users cannot edit or modify a document without the authoring application, thereby fully preserving the original document's integrity.

"In response to strong customer demand, we selected our Affinity Partner Cimmetry's AutoVue because of the strength of its full-featured viewing and markup capabilities," said Bill Forquer, Senior Vice President of Business Development at Open Text. "The extensiveness and reliability of the AutoVue technology will provide Livelink users in virtually every industry with an unprecedented level of access to a broad range of documents."

"Open Text is globally recognized as a dominant player in the collaboration and knowledge management space, and earned its prominence because of its rapid response to customer need," said Steve Birnam, Business Development Manager at Cimmetry Systems. "Livelink delivers dynamic collaboration between individuals and organizations. The selection of AutoVue to expand Livelink functionality is a testament to Open Text's commitment to providing users with first-rate solutions to meet market demands for collaboration capabilities."

AutoVue integrates seamlessly with the Livelink repository, allowing users to not only view their documents, but to annotate them and automatically check the markups back in as controlled documents. Formats supported include 2D CAD documents (AutoCAD, MicroStation...), 3D assemblies and parts (Pro/E, CATIA, SolidWorks, Unigraphics...), EDA formats (Gerber, ODB++...) and office documents (MS Office, PDF, TIFF...).

About Livelink

Livelink is the leader in collaboration and knowledge management for the global enterprise. 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. For more information, visit http://www.opentext.com/livelink/.

About Open Text

Since 1991, Open Text Corporation has delivered innovative software that brings people together to share knowledge, achieve excellence, deliver innovation, and enhance processes. Its legacy of innovation began with the successful deployment of the world's first search engine technology for the Internet. Today, as the leading global supplier of collaboration and knowledge management software for the enterprise, Open Text supports five million users across 4,500 corporations in 31 countries and 12 languages throughout the world. As a publicly traded company, Open Text manages and maximizes its resources and relationships to ensure the success of great minds working together. For more information, visit http://www.opentext.com.

About Cimmetry

Cimmetry Systems is the recognized technology pioneer and market leader in the area of Visualization and Collaboration software tools for the A/E/C, Engineering, Manufacturing and Electronics markets. AutoVue for Java integrates with many ASPs and e-business Portals. Cimmetry's viewing and markup products are strategically designed to integrate seamlessly with Document Management (DM, EDM), Workflow, Product Data Management (PDM), and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems either directly or through the Web. Cimmetry's flagship product, AutoVue, is sold worldwide and available in many languages. AutoVue is the premier enterprise wide viewing and markup package, providing native file support for more than 200 formats including 2D / 3D CAD, raster, vector, office and graphics. Visit Cimmetry on the World Wide Web at http://www.cimmetry.com.

Trademark

Copyright © 2002 by Open Text Corporation. LIVELINK and OPEN TEXT are trademarks or registered trademarks of Open Text Corporation in the United States of America, Canada, the European Union and/or other countries. This list of trademarks is not exhaustive. Other trademarks, registered trademarks, product names, company names, brands and service names mentioned herein are property of Open Text Corporation or other 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, June 30, 2000, and June 30, 2001, and Form 10-Q for the quarters ended September 30, 2001 and December 31, 2001. 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

Derek Gold
Cimmetry Systems
514-735-3219 x105
Derek_Gold@cimmetry.com

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