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Open Text Announces Partnership with Momentum Systems to Support Government Lifecycle Strategies
Open Text and Momentum to Exhibit at E-Gov 2002 in Washington, DC
Chicago, IL - 2002-06-19 - Open Text™ Corporation (Nasdaq: OTEX, TSX: OTC), provider of Livelink®, the leading collaboration and knowledge management software for the global enterprise, today announced that Momentum Systems Inc. has joined the Open Text Affinity Partner program. A professional services company and knowledge management consultant, Momentum specializes in providing lifecycle integration services for Livelink and lifecycle design strategies specifically created for federal and state level government agencies.
"Working as a team, Momentum Systems and Open Text deliver some of the most powerful solutions for e-government initiatives, enabling customers to realize significant business advantages from end-to-end business and knowledge strategies," said Ray Chance, Vice President, Momentum Systems. "Our participation in the Open Text Affinity program enables us to remain on the cutting edge of collaboration and knowledge management innovations to better serve our customers in the government and military."
Momentum will be participating with Open Text in the E-Gov 2002 Exposition. Attended by thousands of government professionals, E-Gov 2002 takes place from June 24-27 at the Washington Convention Center. Open Text and Momentum share a number of customers in the government industry, including the US Army Corp of Engineers, Naval Sea Systems Command, US Department of State, and Health and Human Services.
"Together, Open Text and Momentum have provided us with a powerful enterprise solution for managing the legacy data and unstructured information we need to execute a comprehensive, complex, and diverse real property acquisition, management and disposal program within the Corps of Engineers, Department of Army, and the Department of Defense," said Fred Lombardo, Business Integration Team Leader, US Army Corps of Engineers, Real Estate Directorate.
"Livelink is being used to improve the way NAVSEA does business while reducing our volume of paper. It is allowing us to transition from hardcopy documents to electronic information," said Patrick M. Connor, Senior Project Manager, Naval Sea Systems Command. "The combination of Livelink's out-of-the-box functionality, commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) Livelink add-on modules, and customizations from Momentum deliver the complex functionality we need to effectively support our employees and business partners."
The latest in Livelink products and services for government applications will be showcased at the E-Gov 2002 Exhibition, including Open Text's Livelink Records Management™, the first comprehensive, completely Web-based document and records management solution for the enterprise. Momentum Systems will also be offering demonstrations of its new Livelink module, called SiteMapper. SiteMapper automatically builds and maintains simple to use site maps for Livelink. Facilitating ease-of-use and dynamic navigation, these maps can be displayed at anytime, anywhere inside Livelink.
"Livelink provides much more than immediate access to the most current information. It provides immediate access to trusted content and the confidence that government professionals can base decisions on substantial knowledge, rather than accumulated information," said Mike Farrell, Executive Vice President of Global Sales and Marketing, Open Text. "We look forward to extending Livelink's collaboration and knowledge management functionality to further enhance government e-initiatives on a broad scale."
"Working as a team, Momentum Systems and Open Text deliver some of the most powerful solutions for e-government initiatives, enabling customers to realize significant business advantages from end-to-end business and knowledge strategies," said Ray Chance, Vice President, Momentum Systems. "Our participation in the Open Text Affinity program enables us to remain on the cutting edge of collaboration and knowledge management innovations to better serve our customers in the government and military."
Momentum will be participating with Open Text in the E-Gov 2002 Exposition. Attended by thousands of government professionals, E-Gov 2002 takes place from June 24-27 at the Washington Convention Center. Open Text and Momentum share a number of customers in the government industry, including the US Army Corp of Engineers, Naval Sea Systems Command, US Department of State, and Health and Human Services.
"Together, Open Text and Momentum have provided us with a powerful enterprise solution for managing the legacy data and unstructured information we need to execute a comprehensive, complex, and diverse real property acquisition, management and disposal program within the Corps of Engineers, Department of Army, and the Department of Defense," said Fred Lombardo, Business Integration Team Leader, US Army Corps of Engineers, Real Estate Directorate.
"Livelink is being used to improve the way NAVSEA does business while reducing our volume of paper. It is allowing us to transition from hardcopy documents to electronic information," said Patrick M. Connor, Senior Project Manager, Naval Sea Systems Command. "The combination of Livelink's out-of-the-box functionality, commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) Livelink add-on modules, and customizations from Momentum deliver the complex functionality we need to effectively support our employees and business partners."
The latest in Livelink products and services for government applications will be showcased at the E-Gov 2002 Exhibition, including Open Text's Livelink Records Management™, the first comprehensive, completely Web-based document and records management solution for the enterprise. Momentum Systems will also be offering demonstrations of its new Livelink module, called SiteMapper. SiteMapper automatically builds and maintains simple to use site maps for Livelink. Facilitating ease-of-use and dynamic navigation, these maps can be displayed at anytime, anywhere inside Livelink.
"Livelink provides much more than immediate access to the most current information. It provides immediate access to trusted content and the confidence that government professionals can base decisions on substantial knowledge, rather than accumulated information," said Mike Farrell, Executive Vice President of Global Sales and Marketing, Open Text. "We look forward to extending Livelink's collaboration and knowledge management functionality to further enhance government e-initiatives on a broad scale."
About SiteMapper
SiteMapper automatically builds and maintains simple to use site maps for Livelink. A third-party Livelink customization written in Java Server Pages (JSP) and the Livelink Application Programming Interface (LAPI) , SiteMapper constructs site maps to important areas inside Livelink, enhancing the accessibility of sites and providing robust, dynamic navigation capabilities. For more information about SiteMapper, visit http://www.momentumsystems.com/.
About Livelink
Livelink is the leader in collaboration and knowledge management for the global enterprise. Its richly-featured enterprise services include virtual team collaboration, business process automation, enterprise group scheduling and information retrieval services, all tightly integrated into a solution that is easily customized and extended. Livelink is essential to the effective management and development of communities of interest that span organizations and industries. For everything from the creation of complex e-community relationships to the automation of simple e-business processes, Livelink delivers true dynamic collaboration between individuals, organizations and large trading communities. Livelink servers are fully Web-based and open-architected to ensure rapid deployment and easy access to its full functionality through a standard Web browser. For more information, visit www.opentext.com/livelink/.
About Momentum Systems
Momentum Systems, an eight-year-old professional services company, solves everyday business problems by applying lifecycle design strategies. Its information services represent end-to-end business strategies, from thorough needs analysis and process re-engineering, to final systems integration and software design. Momentum Systems provides Lifecycle integration services for Open Text’s Livelink. With 30 employees and 25 full time Livelink professional is the Mid-Atlantic region, Momentum Systems represents the largest Livelink Professional Services organization in the region. For more information about Momentum Systems, visit http://www.momentumsystems.com.
About Open Text
Since 1991, Open Text Corporation has delivered innovative software that brings people together to share knowledge, achieve excellence, deliver innovation, and enhance processes. Its legacy of innovation began with the successful deployment of the world’s first search engine technology for the Internet. Today, as the leading global supplier of collaboration and knowledge management software for the enterprise, Open Text supports five million users across 4,500 corporations in 31 countries and 12 languages throughout the world. As a publicly traded company, Open Text manages and maximizes its resources and relationships to ensure the success of great minds working together. For more information, visit www.opentext.com.
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Director, Industry Analyst Relations
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Director, Industry Analyst Relations
Open Text Corporation
+1-519-888-7111 ext.2410
mdobbin@opentext.com
