International Transportation Authority Selects Open Text's Livelink
Cofiroute Combines Content Management and Collaboration to Enhance Communication
Chicago, Il - 2004-01-15 - Open Text Corporation (Nasdaq: OTEX, TSX: OTC), provider of Livelink®, the leading collaboration and content management software for the global enterprise, today announced that Cofiroute has signed an agreement selecting Livelink as its solution for enhancing business communication and managing enterprise content. Specializing in private concessionary transportation infrastructures, Cofiroute has financed, developed and currently operates a number of technologically sophisticated tollway infrastructures worldwide.
A fundamental part of Cofiroute s strategy over the past several years has been to take business communication into a new phase in which collective work, the dissemination of useful information, and the implementation of procedures are simplified in an innovative online environment.
To realize these project goals, Cofiroute selected Open Text s Livelink solution. The latest version of Cofiroute s website (www.cofiroute.fr) is built on Livelink functionality in an effort to effectively enhance communication. Livelink fulfills three key objectives of Cofiroute s strategy to improve communication:
- Provides access to useful information and promotes the work accomplished by teams: Cofiweb, the organization s intranet, provides simple and rapid access to reference information designed to simplify daily business operations.
- Automates processes: Livelink enables Cofiroute to implement useful processes to improve corporate performance. It simplifies the streamlining of collaborative processes for teams, regardless of geographic location.
- Promotes collaborative work: Livelink s content and knowledge management functionality has enabled Cofiroute to improve productivity and increase measured efficiency.
When an organization s people are spread across the globe, communication is always a challenge, said Mike Farrell, Executive Vice President of Global Sales and Marketing. Cofiroute has an excellent strategy for overcoming these geographic barriers and helping projects team be more productive. Livelink delivers the functionality global companies such as Cofiroute need to improve the management of information, and tie it into the collaborative work of people located around the world.
About Cofiroute
Established in 1970, Cofiroute s more than 30 years of experience in toll road operations, electronic toll collection and traffic management is unmatched in the international toll industry. Its principal shareholders are VINCI (65,35%), Eiffage (17%) and Colas (16,66%). Its transportation network, 896 km long, covers the Central West part of France. Cofiroute maintains an international presence in the United Kingdom, Chile, United States and Germany. In 2002, Cofiroute achieved sales of 787 million Euros. For more information about Cofiroute, visit: www.cofiroute.fr.
About Open Text and Livelink
Open Text is the market leader in providing Enterprise Content Management (ECM) solutions that bring together people, processes and information in global organizations. Since launching the world's first Internet search engine and the first Web-based enterprise collaboration and knowledge management software, Open Text has continued its leadership in providing global enterprises with innovative and effective solutions. Throughout its history, Open Text has matched its tradition of innovation with a track record of financial strength and growth. Today, the company supports fifteen million seats across 10,000 deployments in 31 countries and 12 languages worldwide. Open Text s flagship product, Livelink® seamlessly combines collaboration with content management, helping organizations transform information into knowledge to provide the foundation for innovation, compliance and accelerated growth. For more information on Open Text and Livelink, go to: www.opentext.com and www.opentext.com/products/livelink/enterprise-server.
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