Open Text's Live LinkUp Chicago Conference Draws Record Numbers
Live LinkUp Awards Honor Customer Excellence and Innovation in Collaboration and Knowledge Management
Chicago, Il - 2002-11-11 - Open Text Corporation (Nasdaq: OTEX, TSX: OTC), provider of Livelink®, the leading collaboration and knowledge management software for the global enterprise, today announced the success of its Live LinkUp conference, hosted at Chicago s Navy Pier, November 4-8. Live LinkUp Chicago was attended by more than 1,000 people and featured an outstanding line-up of keynote speakers, industry leaders and presenters:
- Don Tapscott, co-author of the bestselling book, Digital Capital: Harnessing the Power of Business Webs;
- Guenther Klementz, Corporate Knowledge Officer, Siemens AG;
- Ken Hill, VP Information Technology, General Dynamics;
- Hubert Saint-Onge, Chief Executive Officer, Konverge Digital Solutions Inc.;
- Bipin Junnarkar, Data & Knowledge Management, Hewlett-Packard Company;
- Thomas McCabe Kelly, VP, Internet Learning Solutions Group, Cisco Systems Inc.;
- Pradip Patiath, Associate Principal, New York Office, McKinsey and Company;
- Scott Shaffar, KM Program Manager, Northrop Grumman's Integrated Systems;
- Kathy Obert, Deputy CIO for Enterprise Transformation and Applications, Naval Sea Systems Command;
- Lou Latham, Gartner Research Analyst.
The Live LinkUp Awards
Through its annual Live LinkUp Awards, Open Text showcased those customer organizations around the world that are dedicated to achieving real business value and competitive advantage through Open Text solutions and applications.
The Live LinkUp Awards were made possible through the hard work of a dedicated panel of judges, made up of well-respected industry professionals and experts in collaboration and knowledge management technology:
- Bryant Duhon, editor of eDoc Magazine, AIIM
- Jane Dysart, Senior Editor, Information Today Magazine
- Julie Gable, Associate Executive Editor of ARMA International's publication The Information Management Journal and Contributing Editor, Transform Magazine
- Lou Latham, Research Analyst, Gartner
- Penny Lunt, Executive Editor, Transform Magazine
- Andy Warzecha, Senior Vice President, META Group
"We re pleased to recognize the outstanding accomplishments of our customers in the areas of collaboration and knowledge management," said John Shackleton, President of Open Text. "Their successes, superior performance and thought leadership drive our own efforts to innovate."
The following organizations were recognized at the Live LinkUp Awards:
Best Collaborative Solution
Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA)
NAVSEA s Livelink solution connects people and information to overcome traditional challenges posed by organizational and geographic boundaries. Facilitating collaboration among its employees, contractors and business partners, NAVSEA s solution connects these people with information related to ships, submarines and weapons systems. One of its business units has created several hundred Livelink projects to facilitate collaboration of both formal and ad hoc teams.
Honorable Mentions: Siemens Industrial Solutions and Services (I&S) and Booz Allen Hamilton
Best Records Management Solution
Dow Chemical
iRIMS has effectively consolidated Dow s records management activities, replacing three separate systems for managing both box storage of paper documents and indexes to millions of microfilm. iRIMS hold & freeze functionality, as well as its disposition and retention rules, enable Dow to effectively manage corporate records, legal, financial and tax information.
Honorable Mention: Greater Toronto Airport Authority
Best Library and Catalog Management Solution
Argonne National Laboratories
Argonne National Laboratory is a multidisciplinary research center. Its Library System provides access to scientific and technical literature in 10 on-site libraries and access to outside resources. Two separate sites, one for internal and another for publicly available services, enhances Argonne's ability to protect and leverage its intellectual assets.
Best Business Application
Siemens Private Limited
Siemens Livelink application, called Nexus, is a completely Web-based "employee self-service" solution. It automates administrative processes such as travel booking, expense authorizations and vacation authorization, integrating with SAP and a variety of third party systems to create a centralized process management venue for all employees.
Honorable Mention: Region of Peel
"We personally believe that Nexus will make our work processes more simplified and efficient. We count on the support of our employees to make Nexus successful and rewarding," said Mr Thomas Frischmuth, CEO and Ms. Jill Lee, CFO of Siemens Private Limited, Singapore.
Best Document & Content Management Solution
Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA)
NAVSEA is using content and document management throughout the entire organization to reduce paper filing systems and manual processes. In conjunction with these efforts, NAVSEA has integrated Livelink with imaging capabilities to manage and converted millions of pages of hard copy documents into electronic files. Some business units process up to 90% of their documents electronically using Livelink.
Honorable Mentions: Siemens Financial Services and Vision Service Plan
Best Knowledge Management Solution
Siemens Business Services
SBS has built a system based on Livelink that improves and streamlines the capture and sharing of knowledge assets across organizational and regional boundaries. Called knowledgemotion, the system has consolidated 47 internally isolated islands of information many of which were built on different tools to "Connect local knowledge to Siemens Business Services globally".
Honorable Mention: Northrop Grumman and Siemens I&S
In addition to the Live LinkUp Awards, Open Text s Affinity Partner division acknowledged the outstanding contributions of two Open Text partners:
Channel Partner of the Year
Stonebridge Technologies
James Ivy, Stonebridge Technologies CEO and founder, said, "We are honored that Open Text has selected us as Channel Partner of the Year. We consider our relationship with Open Text a true strategic partnership, with both companies committed to maximizing and leveraging our technical and business development resources to bring world-class knowledge management and business process integration solutions to our mutual clients."
Technology Partner of the Year
Cardiff Software
"Cardiff is proud to have been recognized as Open Text's Technology Partner of the Year," said Dennis Clerke, CEO of Cardiff. "Cardiff has enjoyed working with Open Text and their customers for the past three years to deliver document capture and eForm capability to the Livelink platform."
For more information about LiveLinkUp Chicago, visit opentext.com/livelinkup/2002-Chicago/.
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 six million seats 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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