Chicago, IL - 2002-11-06 - Open Text™ Corporation (Nasdaq: OTEX, TSX: OTC), provider of Livelink®, the leading collaboration and knowledge management software for the global enterprise, today announced that Livelink-based Causeway Collaboration®, a solution designed for the AEC market by Open Text Affinity Partner Causeway Technologies®, has been selected by Franklin + Andrews as its knowledge management platform. Causeway Collaboration is already used internally by several leading AEC firms, and is being adopted as an extranet for a growing number of construction projects.

Franklin + Andrews is one of the UK's largest construction and property consultancies, involved in hundreds of projects annually. In time, all of Franklin + Andrews' more than 500 UK employees will be able to use Causeway Collaboration to streamline and automate business processes, and to facilitate bid preparation and project management across the firm. The software will ultimately facilitate the delivery of a high quality and consistent approach to client engagements.

Phil Hodson, IS Director, Franklin + Andrews said, "The increasingly competitive environment in our industry requires evermore efficient management of our clients' money. We are confident that in working with Causeway to deliver a secure, online, and comprehensive corporate knowledgebase, which supports organization wide document and information sharing, we can continue to provide a leading-edge service to our clients."

Jerome Losson, Vice President, Causeway Technologies added, "Franklin + Andrews is one of the leading participants in the UK construction industry, and is taking a leadership role in recognizing the importance of delivering an integrated knowledge management system across its business. In selecting Causeway, the company has chosen a best-of-breed technology partner and we look forward to helping them deliver this exciting initiative."

"Franklin + Andrews sees the benefits that can be gained from effective knowledge management," said John Shackleton, President of Open Text. "Causeway's domain expertise and Open Text's leadership in collaboration and knowledge management is a powerful combination that helps project teams work together and share information. The end result is greater efficiency and reduced costs."

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/.

Causeway Technologies® is a leading supplier of collaborative, commercial, and supply chain solutions to the global construction industry, meeting the needs of enterprises, projects, and trading partnerships. Causeway has extensive experience in delivering solutions that underpin the complex business processes typical of project centric organizations. Causeway's solutions are already providing proactive support for key design, construction, and maintenance processes on major projects around the world. Causeway's integrated solutions encompass enterprise and desktop applications supported by comprehensive e-trading and data services which provide Causeway’s customers with support for: collaboration and knowledge management, estimating and tendering, commercial and procurement management, capital project and maintenance management, and financial accounting. For further information, visit www.causeway-tech.com.

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 six million seats 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.

Franklin + Andrews is a leading international capital project consultancy operating throughout the UK and overseas in Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and the Americas. Core business services include all aspects of management consultancy, project management and commercial management of capital asset development—from initial concept and planning, through construction, to operation of the built facility. Franklin + Andrews also provides specialist consultancy in contracting strategy, supply chain management, benchmarking, process mapping, construction legal services, and PFI schemes. Franklin + Andrews has a dedicated Cost Research Unit which is acknowledged as being one of the most sophisticated facilities of its type in the world, with a renowned capability for producing reliable and consistently accurate forecasts for construction cost movements within every market sector of the global construction industry. The Cost Research team have developed a leading edge capability in benchmarking of capital and whole life costs of assets. Franklin + Andrews is a member of the Mott MacDonald Group. For further information, visit www.franklinandrews.com.

Causeway, Causeway Technologies and Causeway Collaboration are trademarks or registered trademarks of Causeway Technologies, Inc. This list is not exhaustive. Other product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. Copyright © 2002 by Open Text Corporation. LIVELINK, LIVELINK MEETINGZONE, 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.

This news release may contain forward-looking statements relating to the deployment of Livelink and Livelink MeetingZone by customers, and future performance of Open Text Corporation. Forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially. These risks and uncertainties include, among others, risks involved in 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 and other risks 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 years ended June 30, 1998, June 30, 1999, June 30, 2000, and June 30, 2001, and Form 10-Q for the quarters ended September 30, 2001, December 31, 2001 and March 31, 2002. Forward-looking statements 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.

Margaret E. Dobbin
Director, Industry Analyst Relations
Open Text Corporation
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Richard Maganini
Open Text Corporation
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