OpenText

OpenText Corporation (also written opentext) is a Canadian company that develops and sells enterprise information management (EIM) software.[2]

Not to be confused with open text or OpenDocument.
OpenText Corporation
Public
Traded asTSX: OTEX
NASDAQ: OTEX
S&P/TSX 60 Component
ISINCA6837151068
IndustryComputer software
PredecessorThe Oxford English Dictionary
Founded1991 (1991) (as OpenText Corporation)
FoundersTim Bray
Gaston Gonnet
Frank Tompa
HeadquartersWaterloo, Ontario, Canada
Key people
Mark Barrenechea, CEO & CTO
ProductsEnterprise content management (ECM), business process management (BPM), customer experience management (CEM), information exchange, discovery and analytics software
Revenue US$ 3.15 billion (FY 2020)[1]
US$ 0.29 billion (FY 2019)[1]
Total assets US$ 7.93 billion (FY 2019)[1]
Total equity US$ 3.88 billion (FY 2019)[1]
Number of employees
12,200 (2018)
Websitewww.opentext.com
OpenText's headquarters in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
OpenText office in Richmond Hill, Ontario
Archive Center v16 Administration Client

OpenText, headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada,[3] is Canada's largest software company as of 2014[4] and recognized as one of Canada's top 100 employers 2016 by Mediacorp Canada Inc.[5]

OpenText software applications manage content or unstructured data for large companies, government agencies, and professional service firms. OpenText aims its products at addressing information management requirements, including management of large volumes of content, compliance with regulatory requirements, and mobile and online experience management.

OpenText employs over 12,000 people worldwide[6] and is a publicly traded company, listed on the NASDAQ (OTEX) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (OTEX).

History

University of Waterloo professors Frank Tompa, Timothy Bray, and Gaston Gonnet founded OpenText Corporation in 1991.[7] It grew out of OpenText Systems Inc., founded in 1989. The founders spun the company off from a University of Waterloo project that developed technology to index the Oxford English Dictionary.[8]

Key people involved later include Tom Jenkins, who joined the company as COO in 1994. Tom Jenkins later became President and Chief Executive Officer,[9] and has been Executive Chairman since 2013. John Shackleton served as President from 1998–2011, and as CEO from 2005 - 2011. Mark Barrenechea has been President and CEO of OpenText since 2012.[10] Mark Barrenechea was named Canadian Business CEO of the year in 2015.[11] From January 2016, Steve Murphy served as the President,[12] however, the company eliminated the position in Q1 2017.[13]

OpenText is a supporter of the University of Waterloo Stratford Campus, contributing both funds and in-kind services to the school.[14]

On September 12, 2016, OpenText further expanded its share of the enterprise content management software market by buying that division of Dell EMC, which included Documentum, for $1.6 billion USD.[15] OpenText had originally had Documentum and Hummingbird, Ltd., as its chief competitors in this space, but this acquisition brought the long-time third competitor in Documentum under one corporate roof.

OpenText acquired Carbonite Inc. in 2019 for approximately $1.45 billion.[16][17]

In July 2020, OpenText has partnered with NINJIO. The collaboration strengthens Webroot Security Awareness Training with interactive, Hollywood-style videos showcasing modified COVID-19 material aimed at encouraging cyber-resilient activities such as phishing emails and inappropriate URLs detected.[18]

RedDot

RedDot, founded in 1993, is a business unit of OpenText Corporation that the company refers to as the Web Solutions Group. The software assists in the management of content, with regulatory compliance and industry specific requirements.

Its core product, RedDot CMS is a Windows-based server application that provides Web content management in a multi-user environment. Complementary to the CMS or as a standalone product, LiveServer aggregates disparate document resources and serves them as Web pages.

Captiva

Captiva Software became a subsidiary of OpenText in 2017.[19] It makes software for document information processing and data capture from paper and electronic documents and provides related services. Information in the form of extracted content and files are acquired in the Captiva Solution and then delivered for storage or workflow into document management systems such as those from Documentum, Open Text, Microsoft, or IBM.[20] In 2019 Captiva was rebranded as OpenText Intelligent Capture. [21]

Content authoring

Red dots on the authoring interface indicated sections of editable content for each web page,[22] hence the name RedDot for the product. This feature was popular with customers and won awards[23] in 2001 for its usability. By 2006 RedDot was one of the few WCM vendors that continued to develop their own content authoring interface. Most other WCM vendors had moved to open source alternatives, or had licensed an online rich-text editor from commercial vendors such as Ephox or Ektron. In response to customer attempts to work around the limitations of the RedDot editor by installing other editors[24] RedDot developed an integration layer to support CKeditor and Ephox EditLive! as alternative editors.[25] In 2009 RedDot (now the OpenText Web Solutions Group) made the Telerik RadEditor available alongside the existing RedDot editor for CMS 9.[26]

Acquisitions
Acquisition Date Become part of Company Business Acquired Price Refs
2020 Xmedius Entire Business $75 Million [27]
2019 Enterprise Information Management Carbonite Inc. Entire Business (including Webroot and Mozy, which Carbonite Inc. had earlier acquired) $1.42 billion USD in cash ($23.00/share) [16][17]
2018 OpenText ALLOY® Platform Liaison Technologies Entire Business $310M [28]
2017 Guidance Software Entire Business [29]
2017 OpenText Business Network Covisint Entire Business ~$103M [30]
2017 Catalyst Repository Systems Inc. Entire Business
2016 Dell EMC Enterprise Content Division Documentum, InfoArchive, ApplicationXtender [31]
2016 Captiva Software Entire Business
2014 OpenText Business Network GXS Inc. Entire Business
Actuate
Cordys Entire Business $33M [32]
Artesia
Daegis
EasyLink
2008 Captaris, Inc. Entire Business $131M [33][34]
2006 Hummingbird Ltd. $489M [35]
2003 IXOS Software AG Entire Business
HP Teamsite, Teleform, and others

Acquisitions by GXS
Acquisition Date Become part of Company Business Acquired Price Refs
Inovis

Products

OpenText Content Suite Platform

In 1996, the product originally called "Livelink" became OpenText™'s.[36] Between 2003 and 2005, "Livelink" evolved from being the name of a single product to being a brand applied to the names of several OpenText software products. As a result of this change, "Livelink Server" became known as "Livelink Enterprise Server" (LES) and later "Livelink ECM.[36] In 2012, OpenText introduced the OpenText Content Suite. Then the technology component formerly known as Livelink ECM - Enterprise Server became known as OpenText Content Server, which is now a key component of OpenText Content Suite Platform.[36]

Version release dates[37][38]

Product Name Version Release Date
OpenText Content Server 16.2.6 16.2.6 September 2018
OpenText Content Server 16 16.0.2 June 2016
OpenText Content Server 10.5 10.5 December 2013
Livelink ECM 10.0.0 10.0.0 September 2010
Livelink 9.7.1 December 2007
Livelink 9.7.0 December 2006
Livelink 9.6.x May 2006
Explorer[37]
Product Name Version Release Date
OpenText Explorer 10.6.20 December 2010
Livelink Explorer 4.8.6 December 2009
Livelink Explorer 4.8.5 January 2009
Livelink Explorer 4.8.3 May 2008
Livelink Explorer 4.8.2 December 2007
Livelink Explorer 4.8.1 May 2007

OpenText Archive Center (Archive Server)[39]

Around 2010 Livelink Enterprise Archive (LEA) became Archive Server. It is a key product in the Extended ECM scenario. With Version 16 the Archive Server was renamed to Archive Center.

Product Name Version Release Date
Archive Center 16.0.20 June 2016
Archive Server 10.5 10.5 December 2013
Archive Server 10.0.0 10.0.0 September 2010
Livelink Enterprise Archive 9.7.1 December 2007
Livelink Enterprise Archive 9.1.1 December 2006
Livelink Enterprise Archive 5.8.x May 2006

OpenText Magellan [40]

In July of 2017, OpenText launched its artificial intelligence (AI) and analytics platform, OpenText Magellan, at the company’s Enterprise World conference. The platform combines open source machine learning with advanced analysis and is able to merge, manage, and analyze both structure data and unstructured, textual content. It offers machine-assisted decision making, automation, and business optimization in a scalable, flexible solution.

OpenText RightFax [41]

OpenText™ RightFax™ provides network-based fax functionality to enterprise organizations.[42]

Product Name Version Release Date
RightFax 16 EP6 April 2019
RightFax 16 EP4 July 2018
RightFax 16 EP2 May 2017
RightFax 10.6 November 2013
RightFax 10.5 July 2012
RightFax 10.0 May 2011
Open Text Fax Server[43] 9.4 December 2008
RightFax 9.3 June 2006
RightFax 9.0 November 2004
RightFax 8.7 February 2004
RightFax 8.5 August 2002
RightFax 8.0 August 2001
RightFax 7.2 September 2000
RightFax 7.0 May 2000
RightFax 6.0 1998
RightFax 5.2 1998
RightFax 5.0 1997
RightFax 4.5 1996
RightFax (NT) 4.02 1995
RightFax (OS2) 4.0 1995
RightFax 3.5 1994
RightFax 3.0 1993
RightFax 2.0 1992
gollark: <@206233133228490752> has a decent GPU miner.
gollark: It's not competitive, though.
gollark: It's a shame we can't just get MC to run at 10TPS instead.
gollark: <@115156616256552962> Would you be interested in buying space in my new tower for Keansian government offices?
gollark: On the plus side, this removes the tradeoffs inherent in voting!

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