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Press Release Source: Open Text Corporation On Tuesday August 24, 2010, 9:15 am EDT Open Text Adds Social Media Capabilities to its Legal SolutionILTA 2010, Las Vegas, Aug. 24 /CNW/ – Open Text Corporation (NASDAQ:OTEX, TSX: OTC), the preeminent provider of enterprise content management(ECM) software, today announced that it has expanded its solutions in theglobal legal market including introducing key integrations between Open TextDocument Management, eDOCS Edition (eDOCS DM) and Open Text Social Workplaceavailable this fall. The announcement was made at the ILTA 2010 conference taking place thisweek at Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Open Text is a platinumsponsor of the event and exhibiting in booths 713 & 715. Follow (at)OpenText onTwitter for ongoing coverage. “Open Text Social Workplace was used most recently by members of the G-20Summit (http://tinyurl.com/295ln55) to collaborate on major issues and ideasworld-wide. Similarly, law firms are recognizing the benefit of collaboratingwith others on key projects and cases, and require the same type of secureenvironment that follows existing information governance rules andregulations,” said Todd Partridge, General Manager eDOCS and Legal Solutionsfor Open Text. “By integrating Open Text Social Workplace and eDOCS DM, lawfirms will have more options for collaborating on ideas, documents and matterswith clients and employees that will be secured and stored within their eDOCSrepository.” Below is more information on Open Text’s upgrades and integrations to theeDOCS product line: Open Text Social Workplace and Open Text eDOCS Integrations First released in the summer of 2009, Open Text Social Workplace offersemployees an elegant way to network and interact with each other and excels inhow it supports a team’s ability to form, organize and collaborate on projectsas an easy-to-deploy shrink-wrapped solution. Built to be flexibly deployedeither standalone or as part of another solution, Open Text Social Workplacewill integrate with Open Text eDOCS allowing users from within law firms tocollaborate on documents and matters stored and governed within eDOCS. Thisincludes new microblogging and instant messaging features and respects currentpermissions and governance rules. As a result, law firms will be able tomaintain closer more productive attorney client relationships, and provide formore effective knowledge capture and sharing within the practice. Open Text Document Management, eDOCS Edition 5.3 Open Text Document Management, eDOCS Edition helps eliminate the mountinginefficiencies caused by the inability to manage documents as well as the”islands of information” prevalent in many global organizations. it helpscontrol document-based knowledge assets by enabling users to capture,organize, locate and share business content in a secure, integrated, andintuitive environment. with the release of eDOCS DM 5.3, full Windows 7 andMicrosoft(R) Office(R) 2010 support and updated integrations are availablehelping to increase user productivity and streamline matter management. Alsoadded in this release is new platform support for 32 and 64 Bit versions ofWindows Server 2008,SQL Server 2008, and Windows Communication Foundation(WCF) support, while deployment costs are lowered through native MicrosoftWindows Installer (MSI) support. Open Text Document Management, eDOCS Edition Integration with Open TextRecords Management eDOCS DM customers can now gain greater control of their content usingthe Open Text flagship records management offering with native integration,search and access from within the native eDOCS DM user interface. Extensiverecords management of physical items, electronic records and email, as well asstructured data from systems such as Microsoft SharePoint(R) 2010 and SAP areall available in this release.
WirelessDMS for eDOCS for Apple iPad Support for Apple iPad is now available for WirelessDMS for eDOCSallowing users to access content from within eDOCS DM using the iPad device. The Open Text eDOCS portfolio brings together the broad range of contentmanagement capabilities that legal firms need to securely and safely manageall types of enterprise information; documents, vital records, recordeddepositions, Web content, video, images, and email. Open Text’s eDOCS offersthe cross-enterprise ECM solutions firms are looking for as the strategicimportance of ECM grows. Currently, 90 percent of the AmLaw 100 firms areusing Open Text’s content management solutions. Resources: – Open Text Solutions for Legal: http://tinyurl.com/cunos9 – Open Text Social Workplace: http://tinyurl.com/23rgy6f – Open Text eDOCS: http://tinyurl.com/29lq9hz – Video on Open Text Social Workplace for Law Firms: http://tinyurl.com/28p3ayl about Open Text Open Text, the preeminent enterprise content management softwaresolutions company, helps organizations manage and gain the true value of theirbusiness content. Open Text brings two decades of expertise supporting 100million users in 114 countries. Working with our customers and partners, webring together leading Content Experts to help organizations capture andpreserve corporate memory, increase brand equity, automate processes, mitigaterisk, manage compliance and improve competitiveness. for more information,visit www.opentext.com. Certain statements in this press release may contain words consideredforward-looking statements or information under applicable securities laws.these statements are based on the Open Text’s current expectations, estimates,forecasts and projections about the operating environment, economies andmarkets in which the company operates. these statements are subject toimportant assumptions, risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict,and the actual outcome may be materially different. Open Text’s assumptions,although considered reasonable by the company at the date of this pressrelease, may provide to be inaccurate and consequently its actual resultscould differ materially from the expectations set out herein. for additionalinformation with respect to risks and other factors which could occur, see theOpen Text’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q andother securities filings with the SEC and other securities regulators. Unlessotherwise required by applicable securities laws, Open Text disclaims anyintention or obligations to update or revise any forward-looking statements,whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Copyright (C) 2010 by Open Text Corporation. OPEN TEXT, OPEN TEXTDOCUMENT MANAGEMENT, EDOCS EDITION 5.3, OPEN TEXT RECORDS MANAGEMENT AND OPENTEXT SOCIAL WORKPLACE are trademarks or registered trademarks of Open TextCorporation in the United States of America, Canada, the European Union and/orother countries. This list of trademarks is not exhaustive. Other trademarks,registered trademarks, product names, company names, brands and service namesmentioned herein are property of Open Text Corporation or other respectiveowners. For further informationRichard Maganini, Open Text Corporation,1-847-961-0662, rmaganin@opentext.com Stephanie Fazio, Open Text Corporation,519-888-7111 ext.2429, sfazio@opentext.com Open Text Expands Solutions for the Global Legal Market