Open Text Introduces New E-Forms Capabilities for Livelink Using Cardiff Technology.Business Editors CHICAGO & SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 6, 2002 Solution Adds Features for Creating Forms Based on Cardiff LiquidOffice(TM) Data Collection Edition Open Text(TM) Corporation (Nasdaq:OTEX OTEX Open Text Corporation (stock symbol) OTEX Orientation Technico-Economique de l’Exploitation )(TSX TSX Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE before April, 2002) TSX Transfer from Stack Pointer to Index TSX True Space Extension :OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). ), provider of Livelink(R), the leading collaboration and knowledge management software for the global enterprise, and Cardiff Software(TM), a leading global provider of business process-automation solutions, today introduced a new e-forms solution called Livelink eForms Management, which will make it easier for users to design and utilize complex forms in Livelink. The solution is based on the Data Collection Edition of LiquidOffice(TM) from Open Text Affinity Partner Cardiff Software, Inc. Open Text and Cardiff are demonstrating the solution to Open Text's global install base of users from a variety of industries, who are attending Live LinkUp link·up n. 1. The act of linking or connecting: a linkup of two orbiting spacecraft. 2. Something that serves to link or join; a connection. 3. 2002, Open Text's annual user conference held this week in Chicago. Livelink eForms Management is a fully integrated, easy-to-deploy solution that meets the critical need in large companies, especially those in regulated industries, for the uniform development and use of detailed forms. The new offering extends the forms capabilities of Livelink, which are integrated with Livelink's document and knowledge management features. Customers benefit from being able to create detailed electronic forms in Livelink, use Livelink's workflows to automate the use of those forms and maintain forms with other documents and content in Livelink as part of a company's knowledge repository. With Livelink eForms Management, users do not need detailed knowledge of HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. and Javascript to create a form, which is sometimes the case with competing solutions, and does not require the writing of custom code to connect to non-Livelink databases to populate To plug in chips or components into a printed circuit board. A fully populated board is one that contains all the devices it can hold. fields in a form. Livelink eForms Management includes: -- The LiquidOffice Form designer used to create PDF, HTML, or XML form templates. -- Easy creation of forms with field-validation and database lookup to pre-populate fields from a non-Livelink database. -- Form management in Livelink with many ways to deploy forms-based applications. -- Form filling in a Web browser, while field data is submitted to Livelink and/or external databases. -- Forms integrated with Livelink's workflow to simplify the automation of forms-based business processes. "Managing electronic forms has become increasingly important to the large organizations we serve, because of the growing number of laws regulating the development and processing of electronic documents," said Bill Forquer, senior vice president of business development at Open Text. "With Cardiff's LiquidOffice, we can offer an integrated, Web-based forms solution for Livelink that helps them meet regulatory mandates. Users have the flexibility to design complex e-forms with hundreds of fields, and leverage Livelink to manage those forms over the long term." "Livelink is a recognized leader in collaboration and knowledge management software for global enterprises," said Mark Seamans, Chief Technology Officer of Cardiff Software. "The integration of LiquidOffice Data Collection Edition gives Livelink customers a powerful solution for automating forms-driven business processes." LiquidOffice Data Collection Edition is a superior online data collection solution that is designed to bring maximum value to Cardiff OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and partners. Incorporating the core data collection feature-set of LiquidOffice, Data Collection Edition is based on the same open standards Specifications for hardware and software that are developed by a standards organization or a consortium involved in supporting a standard. Available to the public for developing compliant products, open standards imply "open systems;" that an existing component in a system can be replaced that enable it to easily integrate with a variety of industry specific solutions and complementary back-office applications. Cardiff offers a suite of integrated products consisting of TELEform(R), LiquidOffice and LiquidPDF(TM) that support all phases of forms and document transactions - including paper document and form capture, eForm management, and PDF (Portable Document Format) The de facto standard for document publishing from Adobe. On the Web, there are countless brochures, data sheets, white papers and technical manuals in the PDF format. document assembly and delivery. Open Text will continue to support Livelink PDF Forms Professional, its current forms product also based on Cardiff's technology, and offer an optional upgrade path to Livelink eForms Management. 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 See calendaring. and information retrieval information retrieval Recovery of information, especially in a database stored in a computer. Two main approaches are matching words in the query against the database index (keyword searching) and traversing the database using hypertext or hypermedia links. 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 The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. . For more information, visit www.opentext.com/livelink/ About Cardiff Software Inc. Put Information to Work - Cardiff Software is a leading global provider of business process-automation solutions. Cardiff helps organizations gain tremendous advantages by automating their core business processes. The Cardiff family of integrated software Separate software components or applications that have been combined into one package. See integrated software package. solutions empowers organizations to capture, process and automate strategically relevant business processes and information for employees, partners and customers, thereby raising employee productivity, improving customer service and increasing revenue. In business since 1991, Cardiff has a global distribution network spanning every continent and more than 20,000 customers worldwide. Cardiff customers are Global 2000 organizations in the financial/banking services, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, healthcare, education and government industries. For more information on Cardiff, visit www.cardiff.com. 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 six million seats across 4,500 corporations in 31 countries and 12 languages throughout the world. As a publicly traded company publicly traded company A company whose shares of common stock are held by the public and are available for purchase by investors. The shares of publicly traded firms are bought and sold on the organized exchanges or in the over-the-counter market. , Open Text manages and maximizes its resources and relationships to ensure the success of great minds working together. For more information, visit www.opentext.com This news release may contain forward-looking statements relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc the deployment of Livelink and Livelink MeetingZone 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 Final Prospectus A legal document stating the price of a newly issued security, the delivery date, and other facts that are important for investors. Notes: The final prospectus must be given to every investor who purchases a new issue of registered securities. for the Company's initial public offering of common stock in January 1996, Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the years ended June 30, 1998, June 30, 1999, June 30, 2000, and June 30, 2001, and Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. for the quarters ended September 30, 2001, December 31, 2001 and March 31, 2002. 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. Copyright (c) 2002 by Open Text Corporation. LIVELINK, LIVELINK MEETINGZONE, and OPEN TEXT are trademarks or registered trademarks of Open Text Corporation in the United States of America UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. The name of this country. The United States, now thirty-one in number, are Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, , Canada, the European Union European Union (EU), name given since the ratification (Nov., 1993) of the Treaty of European Union, or Maastricht Treaty, to the European Community and/or other countries. This list of trademarks is not exhaustive. Other trademarks, registered trademarks, product names, company names, brands and service names mentioned herein are property of Open Text Corporation or other respective owners. |
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