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Open Text Announces Web Content Management Strategy with RedDot Solutions
Plans Integration of Industry-Leading Products: RedDot’s Web Content Management Software with Open Text’s Livelink ECM Suite
Chicago, IL - 2006-10-10 - Open Text™ Corporation (NASDAQ: OTEX, TSX: OTC), the largest independent provider of Enterprise Content Management (ECM) software, announced an expanded Web Content Management (WCM) strategy which includes the integration of RedDot Solutions’ software with Open Text’s Livelink ECM – Web Content Management Server. The integration will create a comprehensive offering that ties WCM into a customer’s broader ECM strategy to improve business processes, reduce costs and manage compliance.
The company will present an initial version of the solution at its LiveLinkUp Phoenix 2006 global user conference in November, and plans to ship the first version of the product in early 2007. Today, Open Text also unveiled a product roadmap for further versions of the integrated product.
Open Text’s strategy with RedDot is consistent with customers' changing WCM needs.
"There’s no question today that Web Content Management has to be factored into a company’s ECM strategy," said Mark R. Gilbert, Research Vice President at Gartner, Inc. "With more content and more sites to manage, Web content will become increasingly tangled with the broader information management demands in large organizations. In order to be successful, companies need solutions that can scale for the enterprise and they need tighter integration with ECM capabilities."
"For customers, Web Content Management continues to grow in complexity," said Kirk Roberts, Executive Vice President of Products, Solutions and Marketing at Open Text. "The combination of RedDot’s robust technology, state-of-the-art ease of use and rapid deployment capability, with Open Text’s enterprise scaleable tools and advanced ECM suite creates a true best-of-breed Web Content Management offering for our small, medium and enterprise customers."
The integration will bring together the power of RedDot’s easy-to-use WCM and delivery capabilities with Open Text’s Livelink ECM suite, using the backend server capabilities of Livelink ECM – Web Content Management Server.
RedDot’s products, including CMS, LiveServer and XCMS, are known for their ease-of-use, fast implementation time and sophisticated contextual delivery features. RedDot customers find great success in managing multiple sites, delivering personalized content and producing multi-lingual sites, all within an environment where business users are empowered to create, manage and deliver content.
RedDot’s software will now be integrated with the ECM functionality in Open Text’s Livelink ECM suite, including document management, records management, business process management and collaboration. Livelink ECM – Web Content Management Server will also enhance RedDot with powerful content server capabilities, including advanced clustering, which can scale globally and offer tight integration with leading enterprise application servers, such as SAP NetWeaver, IBM WebSphere, BEA WebLogic and Oracle 10g. The solution also supports content integration with standard back-office ERP applications.
Open Text’s roadmap with RedDot includes the following:
• The first phase of integration will include the ability to access and publish content maintained in Open Text’s broader Livelink ECM suite using RedDot. Customers building websites using RedDot will also be able to integrate Livelink ECM collaboration features such as discussions or opinion polls in their website designs. Available in early 2007.
• The second phase includes a complete, single server platform with enterprise scale clustering and distribution, and simplified server configuration.
"This strategy will fuel RedDot's success across the globe and reinforces our position as a leader in Web-centric ECM," said Daniel Kraft, Chief Operations Officer, RedDot Solutions. “We are excited to include new functionality with our products and to provide the best solutions to leverage content through the Web in a way that will improve customers’ business processes and provide an advantage in the marketplace."
For more information on RedDot Solutions, go to www.reddot.com.
The company will present an initial version of the solution at its LiveLinkUp Phoenix 2006 global user conference in November, and plans to ship the first version of the product in early 2007. Today, Open Text also unveiled a product roadmap for further versions of the integrated product.
Open Text’s strategy with RedDot is consistent with customers' changing WCM needs.
"There’s no question today that Web Content Management has to be factored into a company’s ECM strategy," said Mark R. Gilbert, Research Vice President at Gartner, Inc. "With more content and more sites to manage, Web content will become increasingly tangled with the broader information management demands in large organizations. In order to be successful, companies need solutions that can scale for the enterprise and they need tighter integration with ECM capabilities."
"For customers, Web Content Management continues to grow in complexity," said Kirk Roberts, Executive Vice President of Products, Solutions and Marketing at Open Text. "The combination of RedDot’s robust technology, state-of-the-art ease of use and rapid deployment capability, with Open Text’s enterprise scaleable tools and advanced ECM suite creates a true best-of-breed Web Content Management offering for our small, medium and enterprise customers."
The integration will bring together the power of RedDot’s easy-to-use WCM and delivery capabilities with Open Text’s Livelink ECM suite, using the backend server capabilities of Livelink ECM – Web Content Management Server.
RedDot’s products, including CMS, LiveServer and XCMS, are known for their ease-of-use, fast implementation time and sophisticated contextual delivery features. RedDot customers find great success in managing multiple sites, delivering personalized content and producing multi-lingual sites, all within an environment where business users are empowered to create, manage and deliver content.
RedDot’s software will now be integrated with the ECM functionality in Open Text’s Livelink ECM suite, including document management, records management, business process management and collaboration. Livelink ECM – Web Content Management Server will also enhance RedDot with powerful content server capabilities, including advanced clustering, which can scale globally and offer tight integration with leading enterprise application servers, such as SAP NetWeaver, IBM WebSphere, BEA WebLogic and Oracle 10g. The solution also supports content integration with standard back-office ERP applications.
Open Text’s roadmap with RedDot includes the following:
• The first phase of integration will include the ability to access and publish content maintained in Open Text’s broader Livelink ECM suite using RedDot. Customers building websites using RedDot will also be able to integrate Livelink ECM collaboration features such as discussions or opinion polls in their website designs. Available in early 2007.
• The second phase includes a complete, single server platform with enterprise scale clustering and distribution, and simplified server configuration.
"This strategy will fuel RedDot's success across the globe and reinforces our position as a leader in Web-centric ECM," said Daniel Kraft, Chief Operations Officer, RedDot Solutions. “We are excited to include new functionality with our products and to provide the best solutions to leverage content through the Web in a way that will improve customers’ business processes and provide an advantage in the marketplace."
For more information on RedDot Solutions, go to www.reddot.com.
About Open Text
Open Text™ is the world's largest independent provider of Enterprise Content Management software. The company's solutions manage information for all types of business, compliance and industry requirements in the world's largest companies, government agencies and professional service firms. Open Text supports approximately 46,000 customers and millions of users in 114 countries and 12 languages. For more information about Open Text, visit www.opentext.com.
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Open Text Corporation
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mdobbin@opentext.com
