Open Text's Live LinkUp Chicago Conference Draws Record Numbers; Live LinkUp Awards Honor Customer Excellence and Innovation in Collaboration and Knowledge Management

Business Wire, Nov 11, 2002

Business Editors & High Tech Writers

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 11, 2002

Open Text(TM) Corporation (Nasdaq: OTEX) (TSX: OTC) today announced the success of its Live LinkUp conference, hosted at Chicago's Navy Pier, November 4-8. Live LinkUp Chicago was attended by more than 1,000 people and featured an outstanding line-up of keynote speakers, industry leaders and presenters:

-- Don Tapscott, co-author of the bestselling book, Digital Capital: Harnessing the Power of Business Webs;

-- Guenther Klementz, Corporate Knowledge Officer, Siemens AG;

-- Ken Hill, VP Information Technology, General Dynamics;

-- Hubert Saint-Onge, Chief Executive Officer, Konverge Digital Solutions Inc.;

-- Bipin Junnarkar, Data & Knowledge Management, Hewlett-Packard Company;

-- Thomas McCabe Kelly, VP, Internet Learning Solutions Group, Cisco Systems Inc.;

-- Pradip Patiath, Associate Principal, New York Office, McKinsey and Company;

-- Scott Shaffar, KM Program Manager, Northrop Grumman's Integrated Systems;

-- Kathy Obert, Deputy CIO for Enterprise Transformation and Applications, Naval Sea Systems Command;

-- Lou Latham, Gartner Research Analyst.

Highlights of the conference, including sessions and keynote presentations, have been compiled in a full-color, hard-copy resource, complete with CD-ROM. To order conference materials and proceedings information online, visit: http://www.opentext.com/livelinkup/proceedings/index.html

The Live LinkUp Awards

Through its annual Live LinkUp Awards, Open Text showcased those customer organizations around the world that are dedicated to achieving real business value and competitive advantage through Open Text solutions and applications.

The Live LinkUp Awards were made possible through the hard work of a dedicated panel of judges, made up of well-respected industry professionals and experts in collaboration and knowledge management technology:

-- Bryant Duhon, editor of eDoc Magazine, AIIM

-- Jane Dysart, Senior Editor, Information Today Magazine

-- Julie Gable, Associate Executive Editor of ARMA

International's publication The Information Management Journal

and Contributing Editor, Transform Magazine

-- Lou Latham, Research Analyst, Gartner

-- Penny Lunt, Executive Editor, Transform Magazine

-- Andy Warzecha, Senior Vice President, META Group

"We're pleased to recognize the outstanding accomplishments of our customers in the areas of collaboration and knowledge management," said John Shackleton, President of Open Text. "Their successes, superior performance and thought leadership drive our own efforts to innovate."

The following organizations were recognized at the Live LinkUp Awards:

Best Collaborative Solution

Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA)

NAVSEA's Livelink solution connects people and information to overcome traditional challenges posed by organizational and geographic boundaries. Facilitating collaboration among its employees, contractors and business partners, NAVSEA's solution connects these people with information related to ships, submarines and weapons systems. One of its business units has created several hundred Livelink projects to facilitate collaboration of both formal and ad hoc teams.

Honorable Mentions: Siemens Industrial Solutions and Services (I&S) and Booz Allen Hamilton

Best Records Management Solution

Dow Chemical

iRIMS has effectively consolidated Dow's records management activities, replacing three separate systems for managing both box storage of paper documents and indexes to millions of microfilm. iRIMS' hold & freeze functionality, as well as its disposition and retention rules, enable Dow to effectively manage corporate records, legal, financial and tax information.

Honorable Mention: Greater Toronto Airport Authority

Best Library and Catalog Management Solution

Argonne National Laboratories

Argonne National Laboratory is a multidisciplinary research center. Its Library System provides access to scientific and technical literature in 10 on-site libraries and access to outside resources. Two separate sites, one for internal and another for publicly available services, enhances Argonne's ability to protect and leverage its intellectual assets.

Best Business Application

Siemens Private Limited

Siemens Livelink application, called Nexus, is a completely Web-based "employee self-service" solution. It automates administrative processes such as travel booking, expense authorizations and vacation authorization, integrating with SAP and a variety of third party systems to create a centralized process management venue for all employees.

Honorable Mention: Region of Peel

"We personally believe that Nexus will make our work processes more simplified and efficient. We count on the support of our employees to make Nexus successful and rewarding," said Mr. Thomas Frischmuth, CEO and Ms. Jill Lee, CFO of Siemens Private Limited, Singapore.

Best Document & Content Management Solution

Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA)

NAVSEA is using content and document management throughout the entire organization to reduce paper filing systems and manual processes. In conjunction with these efforts, NAVSEA has integrated Livelink with imaging capabilities to manage and converted millions of pages of hard copy documents into electronic files. Some business units process up to 90% of their documents electronically using Livelink.