Mr. Mark Barrenechea reports

OPENTEXT RECEIVES LATEST RECORDS MANAGEMENT DOD 5015.2 CERTIFICATIONS

Open Text Corp.'s records management software has obtained Department of Defense 5015.2 -- Chapter 4 Freedom of Information and Privacy Act (FOIA/PA) certification, a global benchmark for U.S. federal agencies, and de facto standard for public and private sector organizations worldwide.

Certification under the DoD 5015.2 -- Chapter 4 FOIA/PA requirements is of particular importance to the U.S. federal government following signing of the presidential memorandum for the managing government records directive, which requires:

• All permanent records must be managed in electronic format by 2019;
• E-mail must be managed in electronic format in a records management system by 2016;
• Increasing visibility of privacy and compliance requirements such as FOIA/PA.

In addition to FOIA/PA certification, Open Text has renewed its baseline certification to DoD 5015.02 -- STD and Chapter 3 classification certification for Open Text records management, and baseline certifications for Open Text suite for SAP, and Open Text application governance and archiving for Microsoft SharePoint solutions.

"Information governance is of critical importance to both public and private sector organizations," said Muhi Majzoub, senior vice-president of engineering at Open Text. "We are committed to ensuring that our software achieves important certification in North America and other markets around the world to help our customer meet or exceed their regulatory requirements. Achieving key certification gives our customers worldwide the confidence and regulatory assurance that Open Text can support their information and records management needs."

The DoD 5015.2 certification process serves as a way to demonstrate that records management software meets mandatory functional requirements for use in the U.S. federal government. In addition to the U.S. government, the certification is widely regarded as the benchmark for records management software across many other industries. The additional Chapter 4 requirements are designed to ensure that the security of official records, shared throughout many departments within multiple federal agencies, remains high.

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