OpenText Brings Business Process Solutions to Windows Azure
OpenText and Microsoft Expand Global Alliance to Widen Support for Cloud
Computing Initiatives Including Hybrid Offerings and BPM
WATERLOO, ON, Jan. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – OpenText (NASDAQ: OTEX, TSX: OTC)
today announced the expansion of its global alliance agreement with
Microsoft Corp. to include wider support for Microsoft cloud computing
initiatives. As part of the agreement, OpenText’s newly formed Business Process Solutions (BPS) Group will be delivering a set of
process management and case management solutions on the Windows Azure
cloud computing platform.
OpenText was among the first enterprise software vendors to add support
for Windows Azure with records management and archiving solutions announced over three years ago. More recently, the OpenText M3 modeling suite achieved Windows Azure competency last year. Now, the tighter alignment between
the two companies will give customers more flexibility in the way
OpenText applications are deployed: fully in the cloud, on-premise or a
hybrid of cloud and on-premise.
This latest agreement extends the current OpenText-Microsoft agreement
to encompass OpenText BPM and Microsoft cloud technologies. It
represents a four-year commitment of technology and customer-facing
resources and fits within OpenText’s broader strategy to offer
customers a full range of cloud-based solutions along with flexible
deployment options.
“We are excited to see Windows Azure incorporated into OpenText’s
Business Process Solutions,” said Walid Abu-Hadba, Corporate Vice
President, Developer and Platform Evangelism, Microsoft Corp.
“Together, Microsoft and OpenText are committed to helping businesses
drive process efficiency and scalable service solutions. This
announcement underscores the shared commitment of Microsoft and
OpenText to the continuing innovation that the cloud has to offer.”
To bring the cloud to life, OpenText and Microsoft will work together to
develop industry-specific applications tailored to business and user
requirements in industries, such as financial services, oil and gas,
utilities and public sector. Going beyond just moving existing
applications to the cloud, the companies will also be collaborating on
new scenarios that take full advantage of the elasticity, availability
and connectedness of cloud-based computing.
“This is another example of how OpenText and Microsoft are continuously
tightening and strengthening our relationship for the benefit of our
joint customers,” said James Latham, Chief Marketing Officer for
OpenText. “The Windows Azure cloud opens up a number of interesting new
application possibilities while also giving customers more deployment
options that will lead to greater efficiency, simplified deployments
and lower operating costs.”
OpenText and Microsoft
With many organizations using SharePoint, Office, SQL Server, Visio,
Lync, Dynamics and the Windows Azure cloud as part of their core
infrastructure, there is a strong need for complementary solutions that
extend, enhance and build upon the Microsoft platform. OpenText has
stepped up to meet this need with solutions for archival, governance,
document capture, faxing, extended records management, business process
management, case management, and more as detailed in Better Together Central. An example of how OpenText BPM applications extend SharePoint can be
seen in this demo video.
OpenText’s strategic emphasis on developing solutions for the Microsoft
platform has led to a strategic, collaborative relationship with
Microsoft. Over the past several years, OpenText has won multiple Microsoft partner awards including the 2011 ISV/Software Industry
Partner of the Year. Open Text is a Microsoft Gold Certified partner.
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About OpenText
OpenText, a global ECM leader, helps organizations manage and gain the
true value of their business content. OpenText brings two decades of
expertise supporting 100 million users in 114 countries. Working with
our customers and partners, we bring together leading Content Experts(TM)
to help organizations capture and preserve corporate memory, increase
brand equity, automate processes, mitigate risk, manage compliance and
improve competitiveness. For more information, visit www.opentext.com.
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