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OpenText Announces Free Enterprise File Synchronization and Sharing for Content Management Customers
WATERLOO, Ontario , July 8, 2014 /CNW/ -- OpenText™ (NASDAQ: OTEX, TSX:...
About this update from Open Text Corporation
[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWATERLOO, Ontario, July 8, 2014 /CNW/ -- OpenText™ (NASDAQ: OTEX, TSX: OTC), a global leader in Enterprise Information Management (EIM), today announced free enterprise file sharing and synchronization for OpenText Content Suite 10.5, a single information governance backbone for the enterprise. Content Suite 10.5 Platform customers will qualify for an unlimited number of OpenText Tempo™ Box users to enable secure and compliant file sharing across the entire organization as well as with partners and customers.\n\n\nEmployees using free, consumer-grade file sharing tools to exchange information, create data confidentiality and security risks, a lack of integration with their ECM repositories, data sovereignty and ownership concerns and legal and compliance risks. While a recent study from The Association for Information and Image Management (AIIM) found that 56% of organizations have banned consumer-grade file-share and sync services, it also found 71% of employees lack support from IT for external collaboration. OpenText Tempo Box offers an enterprise-grade, easy-to use, secure file sync and share solution for these organizations at no cost.\n\n\"Companies need a simple, integrated solution for employees that offers a level of governance to ensure corporate data is well protected,\" said Muhi Majzoub, senior vice president of engineering, OpenText. \"While there are low-cost consumer options available, none offer the security and data control benefits of an enterprise solution. With Tempo Box, employees have the file sharing solution they want and companies have confidence that the enterprise remains protected with consistent governance.\"\n\nTempo Box will be available as part of the Content Suite 10.5 Platform, core of the OpenText Content Suite. Customers can access, share and synchronize enterprise information, while leveraging the latest smartphones and tablets. As previously announced, Tempo Box has also been made available to customers of OpenText Extended ECM for SAP 10.5. It will also be available for OpenText Extended ECM for Oracle 10.5.\n\nBacked by OpenText ECM, Tempo Box's secure management for the enterprise allows organizations to:\n\n\nRemotely wipe mobile devices of any proprietary company data when necessary \nSet and manage access permissions, retention policies and file s...