OpenText

Not to be confused with open text or OpenDocument.
OpenText Corporation
Public
Traded as TSX: OTC
NASDAQ: OTEX
Industry Computer software
Founded 1991 (1991)
Founder Tim Bray, Gaston Gonnet, Frank Tompa
Headquarters Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Key people
 Mark Barrenechea, CEO
Tom Jenkins, Chairman
Products Enterprise content management (ECM), business process management (BPM), customer experience management (CEM), information exchange, and analytics software
Revenue Increase US$ $1.936 billion (FY 2015[1])
Number of employees
 8,900 (June 30, 2016)
Website www.opentext.com
OpenText Richmond Hill Office

OpenText Corporation is a Canadian company that develops and sells enterprise information management (EIM) software.[2]

OpenText is headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada,[3] is Canada's largest software company as of 2014[4] and recognized as one of Canada's Top 100 Employers 2016 by Mediacorp Canada Inc.[5]

OpenText software applications manage content or unstructured data for large companies, government agencies, and professional service firms. OpenText aims its products at addressing information management requirements, including management of large volumes of content, compliance with regulatory requirements, and mobile and online experience management.

OpenText employs 8,900 people worldwide[6] and is a publicly traded company, listed on the NASDAQ (OTEX) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (OTC).

History

OpenText was founded in 1991 as a small four-person consulting operation. The company spun off from a University of Waterloo project that developed technology to index the Oxford English Dictionary. Early participants in the project included two computer science professors, Dr. Frank Tompa and Dr. Gaston Gonnet, an undergrad Computer Science co-op student, Michael Knowles, and their Faculty of Arts colleague, John Stubbs.

Key people involved later include Tom Jenkins (P Thomas Jenkins, known as Tom), who joined the company as COO in 1994 and Tim Bray. Tom Jenkins later became President and Chief Executive Officer,[7] and has been Executive Chairman since 2013. John Shackleton served as President from 1998–2011, and as CEO from 2005 - 2011. Mark Barrenechea has been President and CEO of OpenText since 2012.[8] Mark Barrenechea was named Canadian Business CEO of the year in 2015 [9]

OpenText is a supporter of the University of Waterloo Stratford Campus, contributing both funds and in-kind services to the school.[10]

On September 12, 2016, Opentext, acquired DELL EMC's ECD division including; Documentum, an enterprise content management suite for $1.6B USD.

Acquisitions

The growth of OpenText has largely been through acquisitions:

2016
  • DellEMC's Enterprise Content Management Division. Including Documentum [11]
  • HP Customer Communication Management suite. Including HP Exstream.[12]
  • Recommind
  • HP Web Experience Management[13]

2015

2014

2013

  • Cordys
  • ICCM

2012

  • Easylink

2011

  • MESSAGEmanager Solutions
  • Metastorm
  • weComm
  • Global360
  • Operitel

2010

2009

2008

  • eMotion LLC
  • Spicer Corporation
  • Captaris

2006

2005

  • Optura

2004

  • IXOS
  • Artesia

2003

2002

  • Centrinity

2000

  • Bluebird

Pre-2000

  • Microstar Software
  • PS Software Solutions
  • Information Dimensions
  • Lava Systems
  • OnTime[17]
  • NIRV
  • Odesta[17]
  • Intunix
  • thinktank technologies

References

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