Boy was Open Text getting desperate. In the beginning it was kind of cute. Press release after press release about how they were working with Microsoft SharePoint yet not one included an endorsement from Microsoft. But now finally a quote from Microsoft on a press release with Denver based SeeUnity. For the past year Open Text... Continue Reading →
Open Text ingests Captaris
Well it looks like Open Text has finally stepped into the scanning arena, bringing it to parity with other vendors. Scanning has been a long missing piece in the Open Text suite but the acquisition of Captaris for $131M will fill that bubble for them. That's half of what EMC paid for Captiva. But as Alan... Continue Reading →
A RedDot on Vignette
Ran across this speculation regarding rumors of a possible Open Text play to acquire Vignette. Marko discussed possible buyers that might pick up the the troubled WCM in this post. There is no doubt that Open Text has been in an acquisition mood of late though this one is bigger. (see also) While this will... Continue Reading →
Open Text buys into the DAM SaaS Market
Open Text expands into the Dgital Asset Management Software as a Service market with the acquisition of eMotion ,the Media Management division of Corbis corporation. OT is re-branding the unit under their banner as Artesia On Demand for Marketing. This continues an emerging pattern of targeted small acquisitions to "check the boxes" in the catalog.... Continue Reading →
Open Text and License Revenue
I am amazed at how (at least in public) old time "Documentum" people continue to be dismissive of Open Text. I've written here before that it seemed that OT's acquisition strategy and close ties to Microsoft seemed at odds with a takeover bid but In case you haven't noticed, Open Text is making money. A... Continue Reading →
Open Text Ripe for Takeover, Eh?
When a local paper starts to speculate on acquisitions, I’ve learned to take notice. You see those of us in the industry have our contacts usually with either an NDA or FrieNDA in place. But papers have theirs sources, some friend of a friend to a journalist. So the article over the weekend caught my... Continue Reading →
Open Text Winking or Surrendering to Microsoft?
Well if this week's announcement that Open Text will be offering case management on top of Microsoft SharePoint isn’t a wink across the bar to Microsoft then it must be a white flag of surrender. The support that they are offering the SharePoint platform has one major component missing that similar applications have, an integration... Continue Reading →
Open Text and the ECM Flea Market
I was going through press releases and ran across an announcement about the Open Text earnings release later this week. Something caught my eye in the text that may be more relevant now than ever. Since the acquisition of Hummingbird in 2006, they have been using the tag line "Largest Independent Provider of ECM Software."... Continue Reading →
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