Open Text Introduces Livelink for Learning Management Fully Integrated Web-based Training with Collaboration and Knowledge Management
Chicago, IL—March 20, 2002—Open Text™ Corporation
(Nasdaq: OTEX, TSE: OTC), worldwide leader in delivering collaboration and knowledge
management software, today announced the availability of Livelink® for Learning
Management™, a comprehensive, completely Web-based training management
system with support for real-time learning. Livelink for Learning Management
allows for the global management of all teaching and learning activities, enhancing
personal knowledge building through collaboration and team work.
Livelink for Learning Management is a powerful application that
goes beyond simple Web-based training by combining extensive training functionality
with real-time collaboration and the secure, centralized knowledge repository
and document management functionality of Livelink. Livelink for Learning Management
allows organizations to effectively manage the whole learning process, from
identifying training gaps, to organizing, maintaining and updating course content
and structure, onto establishing course schedules and automating registration
procedures, to taking tests and assessments and accelerating the delivery of
test results, to finally evaluating the impact of training on the organization.
According to a recent Gartner research report note entitled E-learning:
a Key Requirement for the Learning Enterprise by J. Lundy, published in December
2001, "an enterprise needs to track the knowledge base and development
needs of its employees. To this end, enterprises should deploy a learning management
system (LMS) as an administrative hub of an e-learning infrastructure and, more
importantly, as a management tool to track the progress of an overall knowledge
transfer campaign."
"Classic Web-based training is criticized for its loss of
the classroom atmosphere where ideas are shared freely and learning occurs from
teamwork activities," says Anik Ganguly, Open Text’s Executive Vice President
of Products. "Livelink for Learning Management is the unique solution in
the market because it supports real-time collaborative learning, in addition
to integrating training into the everyday processes. The added benefit of linking
directly to Livelink, the organization’s knowledge repository where knowledge
is continually renewed and updated, assures the student that course materials
are current and relevant."
Open Text provides Livelink training—Livelink e-Learning—to
its own customers using Livelink for Learning Management. Open Text’s Web-based
Livelink e-Learning delivers a comprehensive, cost-effective, and compelling
training program directly to the desktop. Open Text’s e-Learning program is
available either as a service hosted by Open Text or as a set of courses that
can be installed onto a customer’s production Livelink system. Livelink business
users from organizations around the world, such as Clarica and Edwards Air Force
Base, access Livelink e-Learning online courses.
With Livelink for Learning Management, users can:
- seamlessly integrate Web-based training with the knowledge repository of
Livelink;
- simultaneously train individuals across disparate locations and systems;
- confidently ensure immediate access to courses, materials, schedules, and
instructors via a Web browser;
- conveniently store course materials for future use;
- easily provide course flexibility to set course schedule, progress and pace;
- effortlessly assess training results, skills improvement and human resources
management;
- virtually eliminate costs for logistics and travel.
About Livelink:
Livelink is the leader in collaboration and knowledge management for the global
enterprise. Its richly-featured enterprise services include virtual team collaboration,
business process automation, enterprise group scheduling and information retrieval
services, all tightly integrated into a solution that is easily customized and
extended. Livelink is essential to the effective management and development
of communities of interest that span organizations and industries. For everything
from the creation of complex e-community relationships to the automation of
simple e-business processes, Livelink delivers true dynamic collaboration between
individuals, organizations and large trading communities. Livelink servers are
fully Web-based and open-architected to ensure rapid deployment and easy access
to its full functionality through a standard Web browser. For more information,
visit www.opentext.com/livelink/
About Open Text:
Since 1991, Open Text Corporation has delivered innovative software that brings
people together to share knowledge, achieve excellence, deliver innovation,
and enhance processes. Its legacy of innovation began with the successful deployment
of the world’s first search engine technology for the Internet. Today,
as the leading global supplier of collaboration and knowledge management software
for the enterprise, Open Text supports five million users across 4,500 corporations
in 31 countries and 12 languages throughout the world. As a publicly traded
company, Open Text manages and maximizes its resources and relationships to
ensure the success of great minds working together. For more information, visit
For more information, please contact:
Lisa Dekker
Public Relations
Open Text Corporation
1+519-888-7111 ext. 2473
519-888-0677
Margaret E. Dobbin
Director, Public Relations
Open Text Corporation
+1-519-888-7111 ext.2410
Release Disclaimer:
This news release may contain forward-looking statements relating to the deployment
of Livelink and Livelink for Learning Management by customers, and future performance
of Open Text Corporation. Forward-looking statements 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 final prospectus
for the Company’s initial public offering of common stock in January 1996, Form
10-K for the years ended June 30, 1998, June 30, 1999, June 30, 2000, and June
30, 2001, and Form 10-Q for the quarters ended September 30, 2001 and December
31, 2001. Forward-looking statements 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.
