J.D. Edwards And Open Text Announce Technology Alliance For Knowledge Management

Integration between Livelink Enterprise Activator and J.D. Edwards OneWorld and WorldSoftware Enables Greater Information Sharing and Collaboration throughout the Enterprise

DENVER and WATERLOO – 1999-9-9 – Enterprise business software provider J.D. Edwards & Company (NASDAQ: JDEC) and Open Text™ Corp. (NASDAQ: OTEX, TSE: OTC), a leading provider of collaborative knowledge management and corporate portal software, today announced a technology alliance that enables J.D. Edwards OneWorld™ and WorldSoftware™ customers to integrate with Livelink® using Livelink Enterprise Activator™. This solution allows J.D. Edwards' customers to integrate unstructured knowledge and external information into core business processes, providing access to an unprecedented level of enterprise information, which translates into better and faster decision making.

Using the Livelink Enterprise Activator to search and retrieve information directly from the OneWorld and WorldSoftware systems, J.D. Edwards customers will be able to catalog and retrieve unstructured information types that are not typically available within enterprise business software. This integration will also enable Livelink users to participate in business processes that may originate from outside of the enterprise system. By providing users with access to corporate knowledge and unstructured information, management teams are able to make more informed decisions and more deftly respond to changing market conditions. Additionally, skills can be more easily and efficiently transferred between employees, which allows companies to get a greater return on their investment in employee training and development programs.

"The Livelink Enterprise Activator extends the power of Livelink's collaborative knowledge management solution into enterprise applications," said Dan Latendre, vice president of product marketing at Open Text Corp. "Livelink Enterprise Activator complements and enhances J.D. Edwards' OneWorld and WorldSoftware technology, providing enterprise business system workers with access to the business critical content they need, on their desktop, when they need it."

"Since most organizations have invested millions of dollars into these core business applications and reengineered their business processes around them, enterprise systems have become more than just software applications-they've become de facto organizational platforms for application development and integration," said Ian Campbell, vice president at International Data Corp. "In a typical corporation, which has a fully installed enterprise software system, only a small percentage of knowledge workers in the enterprise has direct access to the system. The Livelink Enterprise Activator enables true enterprise-wide collaboration by allowing integration between the enterprise software system, its users and the rest of the knowledge workers in the enterprise."

"To remain competitive in today's market, companies must always be innovative," said Fred Studer, director of product marketing at J.D. Edwards. "Through our alliance with Open Text, we're providing our customers with the ability to leverage employee knowledge and more effectively share enterprise information and ultimately empower employees to put their ideas into action."

About J.D. Edwards

J.D. Edwards provides Idea to Action™ software for managing the enterprise and supply chain. The Company's integrated applications give customers control over their front office, manufacturing, logistics/distribution, human resources and finance processes for the consumer products, industrial and services industries. J.D. Edwards enables Idea to Action with ActivEra™, a collection of tools and technologies that extend the J.D. Edwards SCOREX and AIMX supply chain solutions and, OneWorld™ and WorldSoftware™ enterprise business software. ActivEra allows customers to change their enterprise software quickly and easily during and after implementation. The Company's solutions operate in multiple computing environments, including Windows NT®, UNIX® and OS/400®, and are Java™ and HTML enabled. Founded in 1977, J.D. Edwards is headquartered in Denver and posted fiscal 1998 revenues of $934 million. Additional information can be obtained by contacting the Company at 1-800-727-5333 or via the Internet at www.JDedwards.com.

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Sarah Singleton
J.D. Edwards
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