Open Text Forms Knowledge Management Advisory Board with Key Customers

Thought Leaders Share and Capture Best Practices, Development Strategies Using Open Text's Real-time Collaboration

Chicago, IL - 2002-06-17 - Open Text Corporation (Nasdaq: OTEX, TSX: OTC), provider of Livelink®, the leading collaboration and knowledge management software for the global enterprise, today announced the formation of the Knowledge Management Advisory Board (KMAB), a working forum comprised of knowledge management thought leaders and industry experts dedicated to the advancement of successful knowledge management strategies. The board members use Livelink® MeetingZone to conduct meetings. Using a standard Web browser, the members of the KMAB are able to collaborate in real-time, build relationships and capture the exchange of ideas in Livelink for future reference, without ever leaving their offices.

Hubert Saint-Onge, one of the world's most recognized experts on knowledge management, is the chairman of the KMAB and promises to help make the board a focal point for growing industry discussion on collaboration and knowledge management strategies and the increasingly important role they play in business success. Saint-Onge is the Senior Vice President, Strategic Capabilities for Clarica and, in this role, he chose Livelink to organize and manage the massive amount of business critical information at Clarica.

"The opportunity to chair a strong team of knowledge management practitioners is an honor," says Hubert Saint-Onge. "These early adopters of effective collaboration and knowledge management strategies can provide a number of real-life experiences that will help to formulate the best practices for knowledge management and shape what the future of knowledge management. Open Text will build on the experience and the expertise of its customers to provide solutions that are unparalled in the market place."

Using Livelink MeetingZone, Saint-Onge hosts the board meeting, facilitating discussions, and the exchange ideas and experiences in order to begin to identify best practices for knowledge management. The Board membership consists of a select group of thought leaders in knowledge management and collaboration, representing a wide range of industries, who are tasked with creating a greater awareness of best practices for collaborative knowledge management. The charter members include knowledge management practitioners from Booz Allen Hamilton, Capital One, CGI, Hewlett Packard, Northrop Grumman, Philip Morris, and Siemens. Following the agenda of the meeting provided in MeetingZone, the newly formed Board was able to quickly orient itself and begin to participate in discussions.

"Open Text is very pleased to have such esteemed knowledge experts using Livelink MeetingZone as the collaboration tool to effectively drive and capture the innovative ideas emerging from the Knowledge Management Advisory Board meetings," says John Shackleton, Open Text President. "Through participation on this Board, Open Text will gain additional expertise from some of the most progressive practitioners of knowledge management strategy. With this user-driven input, continually captured using MeetingZone and available for future reference, Open Text can build on and enhance the benefits of Livelink by guiding the direction and ongoing development of its collaborative knowledge management platform."

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 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 www.opentext.com.

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Margaret E. Dobbin
Director, Industry Analyst Relations
Open Text Corporation
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Richard Maganini
Open Text Corporation
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