SAP Expands Document Management Capabilities with Archiving and Document Access Solutions from Open Text

SAP Expands Document Management Capabilities with Archiving and Document Access Solutions from Open Text

SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) and Open Text™ Corporation (NASDAQ: OTEX, TSX: OTC) today announced a joint worldwide offering to help companies efficiently manage the growing amount of data and documents crucial to effective business operations. SAP is reselling solutions from Open Text, the largest independent provider of enterprise content management (ECM) software. Adding powerful capabilities for secure, long-term archiving, Open Text’s solutions complement the existing document management capabilities of SAP® applications. This solution helps customers increase business process efficiency, reduce risks and ensure compliance with government regulations.

Based on Open Text’s market-leading Livelink ECM solutions, SAP will resell applications marketed under the names “SAP Archiving by Open Text” and “SAP Document Access by Open Text.” Available today, the archiving and document access applications are targeted toward the financial services industry as well as public sector organizations, healthcare companies and other service organizations.

Two Decades of Partnership: This global reseller agreement builds on two decades of partnership between SAP and Open Text. Open Text’s Livelink ECM Suite for use with SAP applications is a mature and well-established offering deployed in more than 2,500 SAP customer sites around the world. “GATX is in the midst of implementing Open Text’s Livelink ECM, which was selected, in part, for its proven integration with SAP applications,” said Yvonne Scott, CIO, GATX Corporation.

“The solutions, now available directly from SAP, should help us to cost-effectively manage the growth of our data. The solutions from these two highly regarded companies are expected to maximize data security and integrity and improve system performance and availability while allowing us to address regulatory compliance. Once fully implemented, this will enable us to better focus our attention on other investments in our business.”

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