Open Text To Highlight ECM Solutions at 2005 AIIM ON DEMAND Conference

    Business Editors/Technology Writers
    AIIM ON DEMAND 2005

    CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 11, 2005--

    Open Text Chairman and CEO Tom Jenkins to Introduce New Book on ECM Solutions

    Open Text(TM) Corporation (TSX:OTC)(NASDAQ:OTEX), the world's largest provider of Enterprise Content Management (ECM) software, said today it will showcase new Livelink ECM Solutions for improved productivity and compliance management at the AIIM ON DEMAND Conference and Exposition at the Philadelphia Convention Center from May 17-19, in Booth #512.

    AIIM is the largest enterprise content and document management conference and exposition showcasing the technologies to capture, manage, share, and store documents and digital content to support business processes and comply with governmental regulations. ON DEMAND, the digital printing and automated production event, is the largest conference and exposition dedicated to the technologies that create, personalize, manage, print and deliver content.

    At this year's AIIM ON DEMAND, Open Text Chairman and CEO Tom Jenkins will introduce his latest book ECM Solutions: What You Need to Know. The book details how ECM Solutions have been applied in specific departments and industries, providing real-world case studies as examples. The book is part of a series defining the ECM software segment and follows Jenkins' ECM Technology: What You Need to Know, which looks at the technology components that make up ECM -- 40,000 copies are in circulation internationally. A final book in the series, slated for release later this year, will cover best-practice methods for successful ECM deployments. The books are designed to give non-technical executives a better understanding of the business benefits of ECM.

    Open Text will also be demonstrating key Livelink ECM Solutions at the event, including e-mail management, records management, compliance management, collaboration software, and its ECM offerings for SAP solutions. Open Text's Livelink ECM Solutions are based upon its Livelink ECM Platform, a secure, unified and integrated framework that combines a shared content repository with user, content, and process services in a service-oriented architecture (SOA).

    "For attendees at AIIM ON DEMAND, the focus continues to be the growing demands of managing information to improve operations, reduce costs and comply with tough regulations," said John Shackleton, President of Open Text. "It is the perfect opportunity to showcase what we have built over the last year: The industry's most comprehensive range of ECM Solutions, delivered over a unified platform that enables a true ECM strategy to address growing needs. We will be showing customers the powerful ways ECM pays off -- everything from the compliance benefits of effective document retention for transactions; to reduced legal discovery costs with e-mail management; to improved knowledge sharing with state-of-the-art collaboration."

    The company will also be participating in a number of key industry events during the show. Executive Vice President of Marketing Bill Forquer will take part in an ECM industry vendors' panel May 17 from 1:45 -2:45 p.m. Open Text technical experts will also be participating in educational sessions.

    AIIM ON DEMAND will offer several informative, technology-specific pavilions, appearing for the first time in the Pennsylvania Convention Center's Independence Hall. The pavilions are designed to focus on a specific technological facet within the show's broader scope, providing visitors with an interactive and specialized look at some of the most interesting applications in technology today.

    The Conference programs offer over 130 educational sessions that address new technologies, implementation case studies, regulatory and compliance issues, best practices and recommendations, and many more.

    For more information on AIIM ON DEMAND, please visit www.aiimondemand.com. For more information on Open Text's appearance at the AIIM ON DEMAND Conference next week, go to: www.opentext.com/events/event.html?id=5352550.

    About Open Text

    Open Text(TM) is the market leader in providing Enterprise Content Management (ECM) solutions that bring together people, processes and information in global organizations. Throughout its history, Open Text has matched its tradition of innovation with a track record of financial strength and growth. Today, the company supports almost 20 million seats across 13,000 deployments in 114 countries and 12 languages worldwide. For more information on Open Text, go to: www.opentext.com

    About Advanstar Communications Inc.

    AIIM ON DEMAND is produced by Advanstar Technology Group, a division of Advanstar Communications, Inc (www.advanstar.com). Based in New York, NY, Advanstar is a worldwide business information company serving specialized markets with high quality information resources and integrated marketing solutions. Advanstar has 77 business magazines, 19 directories, 7 electronic publications, 54 tradeshows and 40 conferences, numerous Web sites, and a wide range of print and electronic direct marketing, database and reference products and services. Advanstar serves targeted market sectors including the automotive, beauty, e-learning, call center, digital media, entertainment/ marketing, healthcare, fashion & apparel, pharmaceuticals, powersports, science, telecommunications and travel/ hospitality industries. The Company has roughly 1,500 employees and currently operates from multiple offices in North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia.

    This news release may contain forward-looking statements relating to the success of any of the Company's strategic initiatives, the Company's growth and profitability prospects, the benefits of the Company's products to be realized by customers, the Company's position in the market and future opportunities therein, the deployment of Livelink and our other products by customers, and future performance of Open Text Corporation. Forward-looking statements may also include, without limitation, any statement relating to future events, conditions or circumstances. Forward-looking statements in this release are not promises or guarantees and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially. These risks and uncertainties include, among others, risks involved in the completion and integration of acquisitions, the possibility of technical, logistical or planning issues in connection with deployments, the continuous commitment of the Company's customers and other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including the Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2004. You should not place undue reliance upon any such forward-looking statements, which are based on management's beliefs and opinions at the time the statements are made, and the Company does not undertake any obligations to update forward-looking statements should circumstances or management's beliefs or opinions change.

    Copyright(C) 2005 by Open Text Corporation. LIVELINK and OPEN TEXT are trademarks or registered trademarks of Open Text Corporation in the United States of America, Canada, the European Union and/or other countries. This list of trademarks is not exhaustive. Other trademarks, registered trademarks, product names, company names, brands and service names mentioned herein are property of Open Text Corporation or other respective owners.

    Open Text Corporation (TSX:OTC) (NASDAQ:OTEX)

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CONTACT: Open Text Corporation Margaret Dobbin Director, Industry Analyst Relations +1-519-888-7111 ext.2410 mdobbin@opentext.com OR Open Text Corporation Richard Maganini Director, Corporate Communications +1-847-267-9330 ext.4266 rmaganin@opentext.com

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