OpenText Introduces Platform for Custom Information Management Solutions

Information management system collect and manage data that is stored in a variety of formats and makes it accessible to the people who need it. A lack of information management is one of the biggest challenges in business today, as the amount of information required to do business increases, and disorganization – particularly of unstructured content --  can render employees more prone to errors and oversights.

OpenText provides a platform for developers to create custom solutions to manage information, building a community of innovators that can create better enterprise applications. OpenText software applications manage content or unstructured data for large companies, government agencies, and professional service firms.

The Waterloo, Ontario-based company recently announced its OpenText Developer Cloud, a new cloud platform for application development based on OpenText information management services.

"The OpenText Developer Cloud provides access to world class APIs and tools, allowing developers to build information management solutions for today's biggest challenges," said OpenText Chief Product Officer Muhi Majzoub. "This is a new way to use OpenText services to build something unique."

The new platform provides users with a wide variety of capabilities, including:

•         Capture and digitize. Allows for automated processes that greatly reduces or eliminates data entry errors.
•         Store and manage. Allows for content services managing application critical information.
•         Analyze and report. Allows for interactive analytics functionality to be seamlessly embedded into solutions
•         Process and automate. Allows for the transition from manual business processes to be automated and driven by critical data points.
•         Search and discover. Allows for improved insight into customers' data landscape which can be used to freeze assets or dispose of liability.
•         Integrate and access. Allows for reliable access between apps and data sources.
•         View and communicate. Allows for customized creation and publication of content tailored to the targeted audience
•         Protect and secure. Allows for information and end-point security to ensure ultimate privacy, compliance, and governance controls.