Open Text Announces the Livelink Affinity Developer Program

Developers cite Livelink as industry standard in collaborative knowledge management

Waterloo, ON - 1998-08-25 - -- Open Text Corporation (NASDAQ:OTEX, TSE:OTC) today announced the launch of the Livelink Affinity Developer Program. The Developer Program extends Open Text's award-winning Livelink Affinity Partner Program, which currently supports value-added resellers, solution providers and now developers. The Livelink Affinity Developer Program is designed to assist and promote independent software vendors (ISVs) in the creation of products that enhance and extend the capabilities of Livelink to meet specific customer requirements.

Each Livelink Affinity Developer partner will create new applications and/or tightly integrate existing products with Livelink and fully support their integrated solution. Open Text has already partnered with numerous ISVs who have built Livelink-based modules and independent complementary applications.

"Open Text is pleased to announce this latest addition to the Livelink Affinity Partner Program," said Doug Farrand, Director, Livelink Affinity Partner Programs. "Developer partners play a vital role in helping us deliver solutions and integrated product offerings that address the unique challenges of customers across a broad range of industries."

A recent addition to the program is World Wide Technology, Inc., a leading provider of hardware, software and networking solutions and services that enable companies to better share, distribute, organize and analyze information. World Wide Technology has developed expertise and component solutions for integrating Livelink with other solutions including FileNET document imaging and Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning applications.

"The Livelink Affinity Developer Program is an excellent opportunity for World Wide Technology to further our commitment to developing solely Web-based applications," said Bob Olwig, Director Technology, World Wide Technology. "Being the premier Web-based collaborative knowledge management solution, Livelink has become the widely-acknowledged industry standard and enables us to build dozens of applications to meet the specific needs of government and telecommunications customers around the world."

Formark Limited, Open Text's first Canadian Affinity partner, has joined the Developer Program and works closely with other Livelink Affinity partners and Open Text to provide custom Livelink applications and Formark products. Leading corporations, such as John Hancock Insurance, TRW and Merrill Lynch, are using Formark's AuthorLink to integrate office productivity tools with Livelink.

"The Livelink Affinity Partner Program has been a creative and rewarding experience for Formark. Open Text is always open to trying new ideas and collaborating with their partners," said David Forbes, President, Formark. "The relationship has also proven to be very profitable, with Formark closing approximately half a dozen Livelink-related deals since joining the program."

Another developer adds: "Joining the Livelink Affinity Developer Program has definitely increased our exposure - it has enabled us to get in front of customers and channel partners that we might never have met before," said Greg Worden, Marketing Director, Syntergy. "Livelink's Web-based technology and multi-platform capabilities are very appealing to our customers because the results are a truly collaborative environment with minimum training, easy deployment and an almost immediate return on investment."

"As information management and document supply chain (DSC) technologies are applied more like infrastructure, vendors' abilities to attract ISVs and developers will become more critical," said David Yockelson, VP and Director at META Group. "Global 2000 clients are anxious to invest in DSC platforms that enable broad integration with the variety of business applications with which their employees interact every day."

To ensure the success of this program, participation requires a minimal up-front investment of $2,400 U.S. and the commitment of technical resources for training. As members of the program, Livelink Affinity Developers will gain marketing visibility for their solutions through the Livelink Affinity Solution Portfolio, a reference guide for customers, resellers, integrators and Open Text representatives looking for proven solutions and optional add-ons to Livelink. Each Developer partner receives product training, participation in Open Text marketing programs and access to the Livelink Knowledge Center, a secure, Livelink-based extranet.

Release Disclaimer

This news release may contain forward-looking statements relating to the future performance of Open Text Corporation. Forward-looking statements, specifically those concerning future performance, are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially. These risks and uncertainties are 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 year ended June 30, 1997, and Form 10-Q for the quarters ended September 30, 1997, and December 31, 1997. Note to Editors: Livelink Pinstripe, Livelink 8, Livelink Search, Livelink Library, Livelink Workflow and Livelink Project Collaboration are trademarks of Open Text Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective companies.

For more information, please contact

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

Sarah Burns
High Road Communications
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