Open Text Releases FirstClass Collaboration Suite 9.0
New Archiving Capabilities Enable Customers to Comply with Regulatory Guidelines for the Storage and Retrieval of E-mail Messages
National Education Computing Conference, Atlanta - 2007-06-25 - Open Text Corp. (NASDAQ: OTEX, TSX: OTC), the largest independent provider of enterprise content management (ECM) software and solutions, today announced at the National Education Computing Conference (NECC) the release of FirstClass Collaboration Suite 9.0, the latest version of its integrated communications and collaboration software for learning organizations and businesses. This new release provides customers with new and improved features including support for archiving services to address compliance risks, extended mobility support, and feature enhancements in key applications including Mail, Contacts and Calendars.
FirstClass 9.0 offers a powerful set of integrated applications that enable customers to create collaborative online communities that securely connect people and resources via any Internet-accessible device. FirstClass enhances communication within a secure networked environment with applications such as e-mail, instant messaging, calendars, contact management, workgroup collaboration, Web publishing, blogging and now archiving.
According to John Myers, Vice President and General Manager of the FirstClass Division of Open Text, the need for archiving solutions is growing as legal and regulatory mandates require schools and universities to retain e-mail and other important records. Myers and Nate Dhamers of Glenbard Township School District 87 in Illinois recently participated in a podcast where they discussed the need for collaboration technology, archiving and Open Text s newest solution in FirstClass 9.0.
FirstClass 9.0 provides a flexible, highly integrated messaging archiving option that is extremely easy for administrators to deploy, said Myers. Other enterprise-class messaging systems require expensive third-party add-ons to achieve the same results. By listening closely to our customers we ve delivered a wide range of feature enhancements in FirstClass 9.0 that meet the needs of the users within those organizations.
Highlights of the new features for FirstClass 9.0 include:
- FirstClass Archive Services Developed to address growing legal and compliance issues, FirstClass Archive Services provide policy-driven automatic archiving capabilities at the server level. Retention policies can be specified on a per-group basis and archived messages can be accessed by the Archive administrator to prevent tampering.
- Unicode Support Support for Unicode enables FirstClass applications to include all possible national characters. This includes messages, document bodies, forms fields and even system data such as names, user IDs and passwords. Unicode support is also fully integrated into FirstClass Internet Services for seamless inbound and outbound mail and Web publishing.
- Application Enhancements Users can now combine multiple calendars into one view. Each calendar can be color-coded and easily displayed or hidden in the combined view. New sorting options have been provided for Contacts, and Contact addresses can be automatically mapped using popular Internet-based mapping services.
- Navigation Enhancements The new InstantSearch feature provides a powerful tool for quickly filtering all fields displayed in a given application window. The Launch Bar can now be customized by administrators and end users.
About FirstClass and Open Text
Open TextTM is the largest independent provider of Enterprise Content Management software and solutions. For more information, go to www.opentext.com. The FirstClass Division of Open Text is a leading provider of cost-effective, highly scalable, and feature-rich messaging and collaboration solutions that enable education organizations and businesses to connect people and content within secure online communities. Over 3,000 organizations and 9 million users worldwide are currently using FirstClass. For more information on FirstClass, go to: www.firstclass.com.
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For more information, please contact
Richard Maganini
Open Text Corporation
1-847-961-0662
rmaganin@opentext.com
Brian Edwards
McKenzie Worldwide
+1-503-577-4583
briane@mckenzieworldwide.com
Michele Stevenson
Open Text Corporation
519-888-7111 ext. 2594
mstevens@opentext.com
