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== History ==
OpenText originated in 1991 as a small four-person consulting operation. The company was a spin-off of a [[University of Waterloo]] project that developed technology used to index the [[Oxford English Dictionary]]. In partnership with colleagues from [[Oxford University]], participants in the project included two professors of Computer Science, Dr. Frank Tompa and Dr. Gaston Gonnet, an undergrad Computer Science co-op student, Michael Knowles, along with their Faculty of Arts colleague, John Stubbs. Later founders of the business application of the technology developed during the course of this project include Tom Jenkins, who joined the company as COO in 1994 and [[Tim Bray]]. Tom Jenkins later became President and Chief Executive Officer. John Shackleton served as President from 1998–2011, and as CEO from 2005 - 2011. Today, Mark Barrenechea serves as President and CEO of OpenText, and Tom Jenkins as Executive Chairman.
===2012-Present: The Global Leader in Enterprise Information Management (EIM)===
*Total revenue for fiscal year 2013 - $1,363.3 million
*Project Red Oxygen, the company's first harmonized release of new EIM software advancements is unveiled at OpenText Enterprise World 2013
*Recognized by Forrester Research as one of 12 Smart Process Applications vendors that matter most today.
*Launches new Digital Asset Management (DAM) solution, Media Management 7.2, designed to enable users to securely send and receive massive media files up to 80 times faster than traditional methods.
*Announces availability of OpenText InfoFusion, a powerful Information Access Platform that provides immediate, unified access to critical content sources, improving end-user productivity and satisfaction.
*Unveils new OpenText Smart Process Applications that integrate industry leading OpenText BPM solutions with key OpenText EIM products, allowing organizations to better manage their process-based operations and enterprise information.
*Acquires Resonate Knowledge Technologies, a leading provider of software that enables organizations to visualize unstructured data, create new user experiences for Enterprise Content Management (ECM) and xECM for SAP, as well as build industry based applications that maximize unstructured data within Content Server, a key component of the OpenText ECM suite.
*Announces availability of OpenText TempoTM Box and OpenText eDOCS DM, Enterprise Information Management Apps for Windows®8.
===2007-2011: The Content Experts===
'''2011'''
*Total revenue for fiscal year 2011 - $1,033.3 million.
*Acquires Metastorm Inc., a leading provider of Business Process Management (BPM), Business Process Analysis (BPA), and Enterprise Architecture (EA) software, further expanding its ECM portfolio capabilities with process management functionality.
*Acquires London-based weComm, a mobile application pioneer that offers technology for deployment of high-quality, media rich apps across more than 900 mobile devices and platforms to further advance the company’s Mobile App Strategy.
*Acquires Global 360 Holding Corporation, a leading provider of process and case management solutions and document-centric BPM to enhance its ECM portfolio with robust BPM offerings.
*Acquires Operitel Corporation, a company specializing in Learning Management Systems (LMS) and Enterprise Learning Portals, adding powerful e-learning capabilities to OpenText solutions.
*Positioned as a Leader in "The Forrester WaveTM: Enterprise Content Management, Q4 2011 report.
'''2010'''
*Total revenue for fiscal year 2010 - $912.0 million.
*Acquires Nstein Technologies, adding content analytics/ semantically-based search engine capabilities to its portfolio.
*Announces $225 million R&D investment over the next five years on product innovations and related job creation at its Waterloo, Richmond Hill and Ottawa locations.
*Releases OpenText Everywhere, inaugurating a new era of mobile content applications in which OpenText partners and customers can create, develop, and deliver mobiles applications with OpenText's Mobile Applications and Services.
*Delivers the confidential and highly secure social networking application for the G-8 and G-20 Summits, allowing leaders and global policy makers to collaborate over secure social networking software for the first time in the history of the Summit.
*Acquires StreamServe, Inc., a provider of business communications solutions, adding enhanced document output and customer communication management software to the product portfolio.
'''2009'''
*Total revenue for fiscal year 2009 - $785.7 million USD.
*Ranked the largest Canadian software company in the Branham300, the well-known annual ranking of top information and communication technology (ICT) companies operating in Canada.
*Acquires Vizible Corporation, the makers of a digital media interface solution, allowing for the 3-Dimensional navigation of digital media, paving the way for virtual interactive and collaborative immersive environments and next-generation ECM platforms.
*Analyst firm Forrester Research names Open Text a leader in The Forrester Wave: Records Management, Q2 2009.
*Acquires Vignette Corporation, another ECM software company, introducing secure social media into the ECM platform, along with consumer-based features into enterprise software.
*Fortune Magazine Ranks Open Text 15th among world's Fastest-Growing Companies—the company ranks 6th in the world among Tech Companies.
'''2008'''
*Total revenue for fiscal year 2008 - $725.5 million
*Unveils Enterprise 2.0 strategy designed to help customers transform their organizations with powerful social computing tools and Web 2.0 technologies
*Partners with the University of Waterloo to create the Stratford Institute, a leading institute for Web 2.0 and digital media studies
*Forrester Research names Artesia Digital Asset Management (DAM) solution the Standalone Leader in marketing asset management software
*Acquires eMotion LLC, a division of the Corbis Corporation that specializes in solutions for marketing departments and advertising agencies to compliment Artesia DAM
*Acquires Spicer Corporation, specialists in file format viewer solutions for desktop applications, integrated business process management (BPM) systems, and reprographics
'''2007'''
*Total revenue for fiscal year 2007 - $595.7 million
*Becomes first U.S. Department of Defense-Certified Records Management Solution for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server
*Named a leader in Records Management and Enterprise Content Management by Forrester Research
*Positioned in the Leaders Quadrant in the Enterprise Content Management Magic Quadrant by Gartner
*SAP relationship strengthens: SAP resells OpenText solutions under the names “SAP Archiving by OpenText” and “SAP Document Access by OpenText”; introduction of Livelink ECM™ - Records Management for use with SAP® applications
===2003-2006: The ECM Solutions Leader===
'''2006'''
*Celebrates 15th anniversary.
*Selected by Oracle® as the only go-to-market ECM solutions partner for Oracle Content Services.
*Named as Microsoft's global ECM solutions partner and Global ISV Partner of the Year.
*Acquires Hummingbird Ltd.
*Earns the highest possible rating ('strong positive") in Gartner's MarketScope for Records Management.
*Releases SAP xApps Certified Application for Contract Management.
*Launches market-leading Artesia DAM solution on Microsoft SQL Server 2005.
*Forms alliance with international systems integrator Accenture.
*Extends global agreement with Hewlett-Packard to help customers improve business processes and compliance.
*Signs global alliance with Atos Origin to offer ECM solutions
*Recognized by Forrester Research for Business-Content-Centric Application Leadership.
*OpenText is the market leader in ECM globally, according to Gartner.
*Customers include World Anti-Doping Agency, Husky Energy, Kichler Lighting, FremantleMedia, and National Collegiate Athletic Association.
'''2005'''
*OpenText introduces a complete ECM ecosystem using Livelink ECM as the intelligent bridge between Microsoft (including SharePoint and Office 12) and SAP solutions, including Powered by SAP Netweaver®.
*OpenText reaches almost half a billion in revenue ($414.8 million US) for fiscal 2005.
*Improves its Service-Oriented Architecture; ECM components become business solutions faster, more easily.
*OpenText moves corporate and training facilities into a new, high-tech, state-of-the-art building in Waterloo.
*OpenText publishes second and third book of trilogy collection: ECM: What you need to know - Solutions and ECM: What you need to know - Methods.
*Customers include Distell Group Limited, LANXESS Corporation, Sasol, Ltd., MerseyBIO, Sony Global Treasury Services, Abbey, San Diego Blood Bank, LVA Rheinprovinz, Major League Baseball Advanced Media, Norddeutsche Landesbank (NORD/LB), Transport Research Laboratory, and Vintage Petroleum.
'''2004'''
*Acquires Munich-based IXOS, software vendor with 15 years' experience integrating with SAP solutions. IXOS archiving solutions consolidated with Livelink records management and collaboration solutions (content from SAP, Lotus Notes, Microsoft SharePoint® and Outlook®).
*OpenText forms the Artesia Digital Media Group after acquiring Artesia Technologies, leading specialists in digital asset management for the media and entertainment industry.
*Introduces Life Sciences solutions extending Microsoft technology for compliant management of electronic records and documents.
*Acquires Vista Plus Suite (report capture and distribution) from Quest Software.
*Named leader in Gartner 2005 Magic Quadrant for IDARS.
*Forms European alliance with Siemens Business Services, combining their IT services with Livelink ECM.
*OpenText publishes first book of trilogy collection: ECM: What you need to know - Technology
*Customers include Sandia National Labs, Suncor Energy Services Inc., US Office of Naval Research, British Council, SI Corporation, IDEXX Laboratories, MicroPatent® LLC, American Welding Society, Audi, and BioMarin Pharmaceuticals.
'''2003'''
*OpenText acquires Gauss, Europe's leading developer of WCM and high-throughput business process management solutions.
*Acquires Eloquent, makers of "sales readiness" solution, LaunchForce, which integrates with OpenText's collaboration, KM and content management technologies.
*Acquires Corechange, makers of e-access framework software for deploying any kind of portal infrastructure software.
*OpenText's government industry solutions are expanded by the acquisitions of SER eGovernment Deutschland and SER Solutions Software.
*Corporate governance and regulatory compliance solutions (Livelink) released.
*Joint project between OpenText and leading systems integrator, BearingPoint, to deploy worldwide training portal for 42,000 medics for the US Army.
*Strategic partnerships with Adobe and Ricoh.
*Revenues of $178 million US for fiscal 2003 — up $23 million over the previous year.
*20 million seats across 13,000 deployments in 114 countries and 12 languages.
*ECM solutions for Oracle introduced.
*Customers include Air Liquide, ArvinMeritor, CARE International, Giant Eagle, Health Canada, and Turner Construction.
===1999-2002: The World Stage===
'''2002'''
*Acquires messaging-based collaboration software firm, Centrinity, with eight million users of its flagship, FirstClass.
*SAP® and OpenText announce joint marketing on collaboration and knowledge management.
*Siemens, Deloitte Consulting, Genzyme, Audi, Northrop Grumman, Ion Global, and Britannia Airways select Livelink for global collaboration and content management.
*Content management introduced for Livelink; shipping starts for Livelink 9.1.
*Records Management 2.0 introduced: managing physical records and electronic records in Livelink.
*Livelink MeetingZone 2.0 offers more flexible online team meetings.
*Gartner positions OpenText in "Leader Quadrant" of its Team Collaboration Support Magic Quadrant.
'''2001'''
*Document integration into Siebel (now Oracle).
*$147 million in revenue and more than 1,000 employees at 31 offices.
*Launch of Livelink Wireless - the first wireless technology for collaboration and knowledge management applications - and Livelink MeetingZone, a real-time collaboration tool.
*Availability of Livelink Records Management - the first comprehensive, completely Web-based document and records management solution for the enterprise.
*Livelink recognized by IDC as a global leader in team collaborative applications, capturing 47 per cent share of the market.
*OpenText wins "Innovation Award for Excellence in Technology" at Midsize Enterprise Summit, hosted by Gartner.
*Customers include Clarica, the US Army Reserve, Cable and Wireless, The Royal Bank of Scotland, and The Hotelplan Suisse Group.
'''2000'''
*Acquires Bluebird, specialists in Supply Chain Management and Customer Relationship Management solutions for PeopleSoft applications.
*Acquires LeadingSide's e-business solutions for publishing, corporate portals and intranets and KM.
*New business-to-business division (later becomes the Hosted and Managed Solutions division).
*Strategic relationship with Research in Motion to connect Blackberry with Livelink.
*Livelink deployments at CARE Canada, the United States Navy, the US Air Force, Swissair, and Ericsson Telecom Mexico.
*Deloitte & Touche ranks OpenText as eighth in "Canadian Technology Fast 50 Program" for its near-4,000 percent revenue growth over last five years; and named 14th fastest-growing company in Canada in Profit Magazine's top 100 ranking.
'''1999'''
*OpenText's Ottawa office expands through the acquisitions of Microstar Software (standards-based solutions based on SGML and XML) and PS Software Solutions (an original records management company).
*Livelink helps power mySAP.com® collaborative communities.
*OpenText receives US Department of Defense 5015.2 certification.
*First translated versions of Livelink hit the market; OpenText opens offices throughout Europe. (Japanese version of Livelink makes inroads into Far East).
*Launch of Livelink iRIMS, a Web solution for records management.
*JD Edwards and OpenText announce technology alliance.
*OpenText wins Microsoft's Industry Solution Award for Best Content and Document Management Solution.
*Customers include Sprint, Lucent Technologies and Hewlett Packard.
===1995-1998: Harnessing the Power of the Internet===
'''1998'''
*Acquires Information Dimensions, which adds offices in London, Paris, Frankfurt and Ohio.
*Acquires software/services firm, Lava Systems, to extend OpenText's reach in financial markets; satellite office in Australia.
*Molson Breweries, TMA, Nortel Networks, and BPB Gypsum deploy Livelink.
*IDC names OpenText the market leader by revenue (42.1 percent) in enterprise-centric Electronic Document Management.
'''1997'''
*Acquires OnTime—the first enterprise-wide, real time group scheduling product using client/server architecture; creates OpenText office in Detroit (Livonia).
*Motorola deploys Livelink as its enterprise infrastructure.
*Affinity Solution Provider program launches: helping third-party software developers maximize corporate intranets.
*IDC report declares OpenText the market leader (64 percent share) for Web-enabled electronic Document Management.
*The Delphi Consulting Group recognizes Livelink as the fastest-growing product (revenue up by 248 percent) of its kind.
'''1996'''
*Initial public offering of 4.6 million shares raises $61 million US net of offering costs.{{fact|date=January 2014}}
*OpenText acquires NIRV, one of the world's first ISPs, which becomes the new OpenText Network Services team.
*Employs almost 300 people, up from 20 in mere months; 18 sales representatives out of 15 cities.
*Alliance with Siemens Nixdorf.
*Product license agreement with Netscape.
*Customers include Canon, International Organization for Standardization (ISO), Schein Pharmaceutical, Chiron Corporation, and BellSouth.net Inc.
'''1995'''
*Acquires Chicago-based Odesta and its key collaborative technology, Livelink.
*OpenText ships its first Web-based product, Latitude Web Server (later renamed Livelink Web Server), which lets Yahoo! search every word on every Web page.{{fact|date=January 2014}}
*Co-develops ArchiveLink and the first standard ArchiveLink product for SAP.
*Microsoft [[File Explorer]] integration announced.
*Oracle integrates OpenText search technology.
*Customers include Booz Allen & Hamilton, Union Bank of Switzerland, Mutual Life Assurance Co. of Canada, Grolier Publishing, and Peugeot Inc.{{fact|date=January 2014}}
===1991-1994: The Pre-Web Years===
'''1994'''
*Release of the OpenText 4 search engine.
*Customers include Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Oregon, the Ontario Legislative Assembly (Hansard), Caterpillar, General Dynamics and Grolier Publishing.
*Tom Jenkins joins the company as COO—later to become President, CEO, and Executive Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer
'''1993'''
*First Windows-based applications to UBS delivered in Switzerland.
*Expands U.S. presence through alliance with Infodata Systems and its environmental database, EarthLaw.
'''1992'''
*Delivers CD-ROM for the Canadian Pharmaceutical Association.
*Nissho Iwai becomes an OpenText distributor in Japan.
*Release of PAT 3, Lector and PatMotif.
'''1991'''
*The company's full-text indexing and string-search technology evolves out of innovative Oxford English Dictionary (OED) project at the University of Waterloo
*OED project results in a search engine that supports SGML, and searches user-defined document structures without loss of performance
*OpenText incorporates in June 1991; starts shipping product in September
*Customers include Oxford University Press, the Canadian Pharmaceutical Association, and University libraries
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