TRW To Install Open Text's Livelink Intranet for Document and Workflow Management of Department of Defense Contracts

Chicago, IL - 1997-06-02 - Open Text Corporation (OTEX:Nasdaq) today announced that its market leading Livelink Intranet suite of Web-based document management, workflow and collaboration applications has been chosen by TRW Systems Integration Group to support its contract with a major Department of Defense (DoD) Systems Engineering and Integration program.

The primary purpose of the TRW intranet is to support the review of reports, studies and other crucial documents for delivery to government customers with very formal document delivery procedures and deadlines. "We have to support thousands of reviewers, representing all arms of the US armed forces, located in over a dozen sites around the country," said Kathie Zischke, Web Development Manager for TRW's DoD contract. "Our customer wanted a paperless, Web-based system that could handle document delivery and review in the most efficient way and we wanted a system that allowed us to address every comment from every reviewer when draft documents came back to TRW.

"You can't do workflow and document management just by putting things on a read-only Web site. You need versioning and control. That's why we started to look at what kinds of tools were available in the marketplace, which led to the selection of Livelink Intranet," Zischke added. The intranet will use Netscape's Enterprise Server, running on a Sun Sparcstation Ultra with Solaris 2.5, connected to an Oracle database. When fully deployed, thousands of customer reviewers nationwide will have access to the system through standard Web browsers.

"We're pleased that TRW selected Livelink Intranet to harness the power of their intranet to manage their critical business information and processes," said Tom Jenkins, President and CEO of Open Text Corporation. "TRW's implementation further validates the value that Livelink offers Global 2000 firms in leveraging the connective power of intranets to improve organizational responsiveness."

Project Approach Ideal for Collaboration

Livelink Intranet's unique project collaboration tools are ideal for TRW's DoD customer's projects that span multiple locations, workgroups and diverse computing tools. Contributors can organize workflows, documents and discussions around specific projects. Livelink Intranet provides every project with its own home page which contains a task list, library, bulletin board and threaded discussion areas. "Teams of people work on our contract documents Ð one team of people on the test requirements, another team on system requirements Ð and although these teams are very dispersed in different groups and locations, they work together on common problems, common products," said Zischke. "The project capabilities of Livelink support our team-based efforts beautifully. We've built project home pages for each TRW group working on the customer's program, which serves to focus contributors' collaborative efforts and give them a sense of place online. This is important for dispersed teams."

About TRW Systems Integration Group

TRW Systems Integration Group of Fairfax, Virginia, is an operating unit of Cleveland, Ohio-based TRW Inc. TRW Inc. provides advanced technical products and services for the automotive, space and defense, and civil systems markets worldwide. Its 1996 sales totaled $9.86 billion US.

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.

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Margaret E. Dobbin
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Open Text Corporation
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