Open Text Products Receive Additional SAP Certifications
Both Open Text Document Access 9.6.2 for SAP Solutions (sold by SAP as SAP Document Access by Open Text) and Open Text Extended ECM 9.7.1 for SAP Solutions have recently been certified by SAP for integration with SAP NetWeaver 7.0 via the SAP integration scenario, “ABAP add-on for SAP NetWeaver.”
View the certificate for Open Text Document Access and the certificate for Open Text Extended ECM.
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PayStream Advisors Release Imaging and Workflow Automation Report about Open Text Solutions
PayStream Advisors is a technology research and consulting firm that assists clients with evaluations of accounts payable solutions. As part of their recent Imaging and Workflow Automation (IWA) report, they generated a profile of Open Text with a focus on our Accounts Payable (AP) extensions for SAP and Oracle software.
In their profile of the SAP Invoice Management by Open Text solution, PayStream Advisors stated that they were, “really impressed with ‘knowledge base,’ which comes bundled with the ICC (Invoice Capture Center) tool”.
While the article is focused on AP solutions, PayStream Advisors also stated, “Open Text is a global leader in the Enterprise Content Management (ECM) space, offering a comprehensive suite of solutions that enable its clients to manage and leverage their business content.” This comment highlights the fact that the Open Text’s AP solutions are much more than just a point solution, but are instead part of a strategic content management solution that spans the enterprise.
Click here to read PayStream Advisors’ full IWA profile of Open Text.
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PayStream Advisors Release New Whitepaper on SAP Invoice Management by Open Text
PayStream Advisors has released a new whitepaper about SAP Invoice Management by Open Text.
In the whitepaper, PayStream Advisors states, “One solution provider in particular, SAP, is attracting attention based on the ability of its solution, SAP Invoice Management by Open Text, to provide an end-to-end solution for invoice receipt and approval.”
Click here to read the complete whitepaper.
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Open Text Becomes a Sponsor of International Accounts Payable Professionals
Open Text has become a sponsor of the not-for-profit International Accounts Payable Professionals (IAPP) association.
Open Text has long been a provider of world-class Accounts Payable (AP) solutions for all businesses, including those running on SAP or Oracle AP software. Business improvement in the back-office AP department is a continuous journey. As part of our initiative to provide our customers with solutions to real-world problems, we have invested in IAPP, which is committed to developing and refining AP best practices. By supporting IAPP in its steadfast commitment to improving the corporate back office, we hope to contribute to its support of the AP professional community as well as leverage their research in the design of future versions of our AP solutions.
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Join Us at Open Text Content World from Oct. 25 to 30
At our annual Open Text Content World conference in Orlando, Florida from October 25 to 30, we will be offering a number of workshops, courses, and breakout sessions of interest to our Open Text ECM Suite for SAP Solutions customers.
SAP-related workshops and courses at Content World include:
- Open Text Archive Server Administration – Oct. 25-27 (3-day workshop). This workshop will be of interest to customers of Open Text Data Archiving, Open Text Archiving, Open Text Document Access, and Open Text Extended ECM for SAP Solutions.
SAP-related breakout sessions at Content World include:
Register today to qualify for Early Bird savings!
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Webinar Recording: “How US Cellular Uses SAP Invoice Management by Open Text”
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In a webinar on September 17, U.S. Cellular described how they utilize the SAP Invoice Management application by Open Text to efficiently process over 200,000 invoices annually. Adam Dubicki, CTP, CPTX, EA manager, accounts payable at U.S. Cellular, provided insight into how the company has managed its accounts-payable process with SAP Invoice Management by Open Text for the past five years.
Click here to view a recording of the webinar (registration required).
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Webinar Recording: “Change and the Future of a Modern Personnel Department”
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On Sept. 24, Open Text conducted a webinar that described how you can streamline your HR processes and add strategic value to your organization.
The webinar described how modern personnel departments are |
transforming from a purely administrative role to a value-added
strategic enterprise function. How a personnel department manages its expanding volume of work can be largely impacted by mergers and acquisitions (M&A), outsourcing, off-shoring, centralization or decentralization, expansion and layoffs. In these challenging times, simplifying processes, minimizing errors and reducing operating costs are key to creating an efficient and effective personnel department.
Click here to view a recording of the webinar (registration required).
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Join the Open Text SAP User Group and Open Text SAP eCommunity
Open Text’s employees, customers and partners who work with our SAP-related products form a community of common interest. Open Text believes that it is important to provide a forum for this community to receive the latest news in a timely manner and to share expertise, best practices, tips and tricks, and more.
To facilitate the sharing of information, Open Text created the Open Text SAP User Group and the associated Open Text SAP eCommunity.
The Open Text SAP User Group includes the following special interest groups:
- ECM for SAP special interest group (for customers of our Archiving, Document Access, Customer Information Management, Employee Information Management, Supplier Information Management, and Extended ECM products)
- Invoice Management special interest group (for customers of our accounts payable products)
The SAP eCommunity is the online home of the Open Text SAP User Group. By becoming a member of the SAP eCommunity, you become a member of the Open Text SAP User Group. In addition, when you become a member of the SAP eCommunity, you gain access to the following:
- Notification of the availability of new product releases and patches
- Open Text’s SAP-related news
- Access to high-value content such as recorded webinars or content from events such as SAPPHIRE, ASUG, Open Text Content World, and Open Text SAP User Group webinars
- Best practices, tips and tricks posted by community members
- The ability to share your own expertise with the rest of the community
To learn more about the Open Text SAP User Group, our SAP eCommunity and how to join both, please click here. After you join the SAP eCommunity, you will be able to read blogs, participate in discussion forums, and view valuable content.
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Open Text Portal Integration Kit 2.0.3 Is Released
Open Text Portal Integration Kit (formerly Livelink ECM – Portal Integration Kit) (PIK) 2.0.3 is now available.
PIK is a set of out-of-the-box portlets to integrate products based on Open Text Content Server (formerly Livelink ECM – Enterprise Server), such as Open Text Document Management and Open Text Content Lifecycle Management, into leading Java-based portal frameworks. PIK supports the Java portlet API standards (JSR-168) and iView. Portlets for IBM WebSphere Portal Server, Oracle Application Server Portal, BEA WebLogic Portal, BEA Portal AquaLogic (formerly Plumtree), JBoss Portal, and SAP NetWeaver Portal (PIK has been certified as “Powered by SAP NetWeaver” for J2EE and Business Package integration scenarios) are supported.
Portal Integration Kit is easy to install; individual portlets expose Content Server's powerful functionality in a customer-defined view. Portal Integration Kit also provides a development framework for creating new portlets for Content Server modules and products, allowing you to enhance your business-specific, portal-based solutions.
Release 2.0.3 includes the following new feature:
- The Show List Navigation portlet has been enhanced to include a Open Text Content Server style function menu. Adjustments were also made to improve the UI look and feel.
For more information, read the release notes on the Open Text Knowledge Center (log-in required). Customers who are currently paying maintenance for PIK can download this new version from this folder on the Knowledge Center.
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Join Open Text at the following events in October:
Join Us at the German SAP User Group (DSAG) Annual Congress in Bremen, Germany from Sept. 29 to Oct. 1 - READ MORE »
Learn More about SAP Invoice Management by Open Text at Events in October - READ MORE »
Join Us at the SAP Retail Forum in Las Vegas from Oct. 13 to 14 - READ MORE »
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