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OpenText Expands Latin American Presence with New Offerings and Locations in Brazil
WATERLOO, Ontario , April 18, 2014 /CNW/ - OpenText™ (NASDAQ: OTEX, TSX: OT...
About this update from Open Text Corporation
[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nWATERLOO, Ontario, April 18, 2014 /CNW/ - OpenText™ (NASDAQ: OTEX, TSX: OTC), the global leader in Enterprise Information Management (EIM), today announced its new office in Sao Paulo, Brazil to support its Latin America business operations. Located in one of Sao Paulo's key business areas, the office will serve as OpenText's South American hub. Additionally, the company has increased its workforce and opened a new satellite office in the capital city of Brasilia to further expand its footprint in the region. \n\"Latin America is a vibrant market and the office expansion in Brazil is a sign of OpenText's commitment to the region,\" said OpenText President and CEO Mark J. Barrenechea. \"With a diversifying technology landscape and increasing Internet penetration, the country is in the midst of a technology boom which creates huge opportunity for businesses. By strengthening our presence in Latin America, we are now able to provide local organizations with solutions tailored to their specific needs to help them capitalize on their enterprise information.\" \nAmong the region's key customers is Rexam, one of the world's leading manufacturers of beverage cans and a market segment leader in South America – with 67 plants in 24 countries, 13 of them in South America. The company has implemented OpenText's EIM solution to eliminate large amounts of paperwork and automate the processes within its Human Resources department. \n\"We were looking for the company with the best results and selected OpenText for what it already represents in the IT market,\" states Andre Caneca, IT Business Relationship Manager at Rexam South America, in an OpenText customer success story.\nSince establishing its first location in the area in 2000, OpenText has grown its staff, locations and has an expanded product portfolio for the region that includes:\n\nEnterprise Information Management—OpenText offers an integrated set of product suites that deliver a unified developer platform, an engaging and consistent user experience and deep integration across suites to enable CIOs to partner with all lines of business. \nB2B Managed Services—A comprehensive B2B integration solution, OpenText's Managed Services solution provides companies with highly-skilled B2B specialists who assume the day-to-day operations for the customer, in...