Independent Analyst Firm Cites Open Text as a Leader in Enterprise Content Management

Comprehensive Report Evaluates Vendors Strategies and Products Across 60 Criteria

Chicago, IL - 2007-11-20 - Open Text Corporation (NASDAQ: OTEX, TSX: OTC), a global leader in enterprise content management (ECM), announced today that analyst firm Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR) has named Open Text a Leader in The Forrester Wave : Enterprise Content Management Suites, Q4 2007, published on November 9, 2007 and authored by Kyle McNabb with Connie Moore and Diana Levitt. Open Text was the only pure-play ECM software vendor to be named a leader of the 11 companies included in the study.

Forrester s report takes a comprehensive look into the ECM space, offering particular focus on key industry trends that directly affect the need for ECM solutions within organizations. According to the report, Developing a strategy for enterprise content is tough enough for I&KM [Information and knowledge management] pros who have to prioritize IT consolidation needs, content risk concerns, and the transactional, business, and persuasive content needs of the enterprise.

Open Text s ECM strategy and offering was evaluated against approximately 60 criteria. In a summary, the report states that: Open Text Livelink ECM shows great breadth and depth, with strong scoring in core ECM capabilities document imaging, document management, records management, and content archiving plus good support for web content management and digital asset management Livelink ECM provides good business process management, enterprise search, email archiving, and collaboration technology to help make it an ECM suites Leader.

Additionally, the report states that, Open Text s combination of core ECM capabilities, including content integration and email archiving technology make it a good choice for enterprises wanting to archive and retain their content. Open Text created additional integration with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server to tackle the content archiving and retention needs of enterprises wanting to deploy SharePoint to their employees. And Open Text has a substantial portfolio addressing the document management and archival needs manufacturers have with their SAP implementations.

Our strategy of delivering an integrated product offering with strong ties to the IT ecosystem including Microsoft, SAP and Oracle is providing great ROI for our customers, said Kirk Roberts, President, Livelink ECM Division at Open Text. It is the unique combination of a leading product set along with unparalleled expertise on exploiting the value of business content that continues to separate us from our peers. We are pleased to see recognition of our status in the Forrester Wave.

Continued Industry Recognition
Forrester s recognition follows Open Text s positioning in the Leaders Quadrant in Gartner, Inc. s most recent Magic* Quadrant for Enterprise Content Management, 2007, co-authored by Karen Shegda, et al, which was released in September. Open Text was also recognized as one of the Companies that Matter most in the digital content industry in EContent Magazine s just-released EContent 100 list.

To view an excerpt of The Forrester Wave : Enterprise Content Management Suites, Q4 2007, go to http://opentext.com/2/company-forrester-ecmwave07.htm.

About Open Text
Open Text, an enterprise software company and leader in enterprise content management, helps organizations manage and gain the true value of their business content. Open Text brings two decades of expertise supporting 46,000 customers and millions of users in 114 countries. Working with our customers and partners, we bring together leading Content Experts to help organizations capture and preserve corporate memory, increase brand equity, automate processes, mitigate risk, manage compliance and improve competitiveness. For more information, visit www.opentext.com.

*The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted 2007 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

Safe Harbor Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
This news release may contain forward-looking statements relating to the success of any of the Company s strategic initiatives, the Company s growth and profitability prospects, the benefits of the Company s products to be realized by customers, the Company s position in the market and future opportunities therein, the deployment of Livelink and our other products by customers, and future performance of Open Text Corporation. Forward-looking statements may also include, without limitation, any statement relating to future events, conditions or circumstances. Forward-looking statements in this release are not promises or guarantees and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially. The risks and uncertainties that may affect forward-looking statements include, among others, the failure to develop new products, risks involved in fluctuations in currency exchange rates, delays in purchasing decisions of customers, the completion and integration of acquisitions, the possibility of technical, logistical or planning issues in connection with deployments, the continuous commitment of the Company's customers, demand for the Company's products and other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including the Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2007. You should not place undue reliance upon any such forward-looking statements, which are based on management's beliefs and opinions at the time the statements are made, and the Company does not undertake any obligations to update forward-looking statements should circumstances or management's beliefs or opinions change.

Copyright © 2007 by Open Text Corporation. LIVELINK ECM and OPEN TEXT are trademarks or registered trademarks of Open Text Corporation in the United States of America, Canada, the European Union and/or other countries. This list of trademarks is not exhaustive. Other trademarks, registered trademarks, product names, company names, brands and service names mentioned herein are property of Open Text Corporation or other respective owners.

For more information, please contact

Richard Maganini
Open Text Corporation
+1-847-267-9330 ext.4266
rmaganin@opentext.com

Michele Stevenson
Open Text Corporation
+1-519-888-7111 ext.2594
mstevens@opentext.com

Brian Edwards
McKenzie Worldwide
+1-503-577-4583
briane@mckenzieworldwide.com