OpenText Announces Release 16 Enhancement Pack 4

PaperFree partner OpenText recently announced OpenText Release 16 Enhancement Pack 4, a update that addresses security, artificial intelligence, and Internet of Things, and cloud capabilities of their core EIM platform.  This newly-available release eases the transition to hybrid or fully managed cloud environments for enterprises and features cloud connectors to fully integrate OpenText solutions at the core of the workflow, even while working seamlessly with other technology solutions.  

Enhancement Pack 4 includes the following features:

OpenText Announces First Women in Technology Summit

PaperFree partner OpenText recently announced an addition to its 2018 OpenText Enterprise World lineup - the inaugural Women in Technology Summit.  The conference will be held in Toronto, Canada this July and is a follow up and expansion to the wildly popular 2017 Women in Technology Luncheon at Enterprise World.  The Summit is inspired by International Women's Day and Press for Progress and will feature speakers who will share thoughts on the challenges of achieving diversity in the technology sector, as well as keynotes on the progress that has been made and its positive effects on the wo

OpenText Partnering with Malaysia Airports to Transform the Airport Experience

Malaysia Airports is in the midst of a five year business plan to improve passenger efficiency and experience at its main airport, Kuala Lumpur.  Among these plans is the Total Airport Experience strategic pillar - a project that involves an immense data analytics and digital platform and PaperFree partner OpenText has been chosen as the technology partner for this endeavor.  OpenText will be involved with developing intelligent automation, predictive analytics, and expanded digital services for passengers at the airport, which is one of the busiest in Southeast Asia with 52 million passeng

OpenText Joins Dell EMC Select Partner Program

OpenText, a global leader in Enterprise Information Management and PaperFree partner, has announced its recent definitive agreement to become a reseller partner within Dell EMC's Select Partner program.  Initially, the agreement covers OpenText InfoArchive to round out Dell EMC's IT transformation product suite.  InfoArchive is a unique product that enables companies to transition their old data from legacy systems to industry-current ones with ease.  With this addtion, InfoArchive will be available immediately through Dell EMC's servic

Center for Life Management Improves Records Management with OpenText

OpenText, a gloabal leader in Enterprise Information Management and PaperFree partner, recently announced a successful project for Center for Life Management (CLM), a nonprofit behavioral health care provider based in New Hampshire.  The solution addressed the need for faster records input and access, as well as decommissioned a decade old legacy EIM system that could not be scaled as the organization grew.  OpenText chose ApplicationXtender and ECM Toolbox Workflow to meet CLM's needs, as well as provide room to grow in the future.

OpenText Announces Enterprise World 2017

Today OpenText announced the 2017 Enterprise World user conference, to be held this July in Toronto, Ontario Canada.  The Enterprise World conference series is entering its nineteenth year, and this is the first year that it will be hosted by OpenText, who purchased the ECM division of Dell EMC last year.  The event will feature special keynote addresses by OpenText CEO and CTO Mark J. Barrenechea, OpenText President Steve Murphy, OpenText Executive Vice President of Engineering Muhi Majzoub and special guest Wayne Gretzky.

OpenText to Acquire Guidance Software

Last week PaperFree partner OpenText announced definitive plans to acquire Guidance Software, a Pasadena-based developer of forensic security solutions.  The acquisition adds to OpenText's product offerings, specifically its Discovery line that that offers search, extraction, classification, review, and analysis tools for enterprises.  This also adds additional information security options to OpenText with new digital investigation, forensic security, and endpoint solutions.

OpenText Completes Acquisition of Dell EMC’s Enterprise Content Division (ECD), including Documentum

OpenText has announced the completion of its acquisition of Dell EMC's Enterprise Content Division, effective January 23, 2017.  This acquisition, which also includes the popular Documentum suite as well as other core ECM products, carried a price tag of $1.62 billion and was funded by a combination of cash on hand, stocks, senior notes, and credit.  Through this process, which has taken nearly a year, OpenText has made strides to ensure that ECD partners and their clients would experience as seamless of a transition as possible.

Gartner Releases 2016 Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Content Management

Gartner has released its most recent Magic Quadrant report on the state of the Enterprise Content Management industry.  In it they have found:

  • By 2018, 50% of enterprises will manage their content using a hybrid content architecture.

  • By 2018, more than 20% of the enterprise content management solution sales will address multiorganization "ecosystem" content.

  • By 2018, enterprise file synchronization and sharing will be a standard capability of enterprise content management and collaboration offerings.