OpenText Acquires Operitel

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Sep 06, 2011, 08:30 ET

Adds E-Learning Capabilities to ECM Suite; Integrates with SharePoint; Offers Social and Mobility Functionality

WATERLOO, ON, Sept. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - Open Text Corporation (NASDAQ: OTEX, TSX: OTC) announced today it has acquired Operitel Corporation, a company specializing in Learning Management Systems (LMS) and Enterprise Learning Portals. The acquisition adds powerful e-learning capabilities to OpenText's solutions. Operitel's solutions include social and mobile learning management and capabilities that integrate with Microsoft^®SharePoint.

"Given the scale of content and process management solutions we're providing to global organizations today, integrated e-learning is becoming an integral part of the high value solution we provide," said John Shackleton, President and Chief Executive Officer of OpenText. "This acquisition will complement and extend OpenText's solutions, providing award-winning LMS functionality to our global customer base. Operitel customers benefit from access to the resources and stability of Canada's largest software company."

With Operitel's flagship product, LearnFlex^TMLearning Management System, customers can offer efficient learning services to their employees and customers. With additional strong mobile and social offerings, Operitel's LMS technology further enhances and broadens functionality available to customers of OpenText's ECM Suite. Customers can utilize Operitel's solutions to deliver, track, and validate internal learning across their organizations. These learning services are especially critical for ensuring timely compliance with organizational and industry-specific regulatory requirements - capabilities that complement OpenText's traditional strengths in compliance, information governance, and records management.

LearnFlex, which has received multiple awards, is built on Microsoft^®'s .NET platform and is both a Microsoft Partner and a tier one Microsoft Official E-Learning reseller. Operitel builds solutions that support and extend Microsoft SharePoint. OpenText is a leader in providing solutions that integrate with SharePoint and Microsoft Office. For SharePoint, OpenText offers BPM, application governance and archiving solutions. With Operitel, OpenText continues to add to its position as a leading Microsoft partner and a key provider of solutions that support and extend SharePoint.

"Operitel was built with the basic principle of putting the client first and concentrating on innovative solutions that are leading edge and enterprise scalable, " said Michael Skinner, Chief Executive Officer of Operitel. "I believe the acquisition of Operitel by OpenText is an excellent opportunity to provide our customers and partners assurance that we will continue to respond to their needs while at the same time leveraging the extended resources of a larger enterprise."

Operitel is headquartered in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. Mr. Skinner will continue to lead the Operitel team within OpenText.

About OpenText

OpenText ^TM is the world's largest independent provider of Enterprise Content Management (ECM) software. The company's solutions manage information for all types of business, compliance and industry requirements in large companies, government agencies and professional service firms. OpenText supports approximately 46,000 customers in 114 countries and 12 languages. For more information about OpenText, visit www.opentext.com.

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