Glaxo Wellcome And Canada s Schoolnet Win Canadian Information Productivity Awards For Technology Solutions Powered By Open Text

Waterloo, ON - 1999-10-07 - Open Text Corporation (NASDAQ: OTEX, TSE: OTC), the leading provider of collaborative knowledge management and corporate portal solutions, has been recognized by the Canadian Information Productivity Awards as a key technology provider to both Glaxo Wellcome and Canada s SchoolNet, winners of CIPA Awards of Excellence.

The Canadian Information Productivity Awards of Excellence honour the 23 most innovative and effective applications of information technology for best-business practices by Canadian businesses, institutions, and governments. These awards are divided into eight categories, including Departmental/Divisional Excellence, E-Commerce, Enterprise-wide Excellence, Government, Institutions, Next Generation Solutions, Organization Transformation and Small Business.

Recognized as one of three winners in the category of Department/Divisional Excellence, Glaxo Wellcome, a leading Canadian research-based pharmaceutical company won for automating its business processes, enabling workgroup collaboration, and improving the capture and reuse of corporate knowledge. Glaxo Wellcome is proud to be the recipient of an Award of Excellence for our collaborative knowledge management solution, says Joe Felix, Director of Commercial Information Technology, Glaxo Wellcome. Glaxo Wellcome has realized a 50 percent savings in process time by using Livelink to automate of business processes and to create a collaborative workgroup area where our geographically dispersed teams work together on projects. Another Open Text customer, Canada s SchoolNet was one of five winners in the Government category for its use of information technology in helping Canadian schools and public libraries deliver programs through the Internet.

Through its innovative approaches and expertise, OpenText has succeeded in developing an infrastructure that promotes exchanges of ideas and best practices among educators and provides access to quality online learning resources to the Canadian learning community, says Élise Boisjoly, Executive Director, Canada s SchoolNet. This infrastructure has significantly contributed to branding Canada as an international leader in education networking.

CIPA s recognition of Glaxo Wellcome and Canada s SchoolNet is another example of Open Text s industry-leading technology and services, says Dan Latendre, Vice President, Product Marketing, Open Text Corporation. Our powerful collaborative knowledge management capabilities provide real business benefits, improving productivity, reducing costs and accelerating innovation.

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Margaret E. Dobbin
Director, Industry Analyst Relations
Open Text Corporation
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High Road Communications
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