Tribal announces Open Text partnership to offer

Tribal Group, one of the largest providers of consulting and professional support services in the UK, has signed a strategic partnership agreement with the leading provider of enterprise content management (ECM) technology, Open Text.

[ClickPress, Mon Jun 18 2007] This agreement signals Open Text’s growing commitment to the channel and the partnership allows Tribal to offer software and services around the delivery and implementation of Open Text’s ECM solutions, particularly:

· document and records management
· knowledge and information management
· business process management / workflow
· collaboration
· email management.

Tribal has specialised in information and document management for 15 years, working with clients including London Underground, Ernst and Young and the Home Office. Tribal provides project management, staff and technology solutions, as well as specialist advice and implementation around information governance issues including the Freedom of Information Act and Sarbanes Oxley.

Brandon Gore, managing director of information management at Tribal, commented: “Open Text’s Livelink ® is the leading collaboration and content management software for global organisations. The software is open and scaleable and will save Tribal clients money by providing them with a fast return on investment with a low cost of ownership. Furthermore, Livelink enables the user to have auditable trails of records, as well as creating efficiencies through streamlining processes.”

Brandon continued: “By offering Open Text’s unique and innovative software, it reinforces our position as one of the leading UK providers of Records and Information Management consultancy and professional support services.”

Tribal’s information management experts have a detailed understanding of the different legislation, regulations, guidelines and audit requirements that can apply to different markets as well as the wider enterprise content management (ECM) agenda.

Open Text’s ECM solution will help support Tribal’s ongoing commitment to its clients to ensure:

· a minimal risk to their business
· an increase in productivity and efficiency
· reduction on integration costs
· return on investment
· scalability
· establishment of best practice

Tribal is in a unique position of being both a customer and a partner of Open Text and already has significant skills in deploying Livelink solutions both internally and to its growing customer base.
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Notes to editors:

1. Tribal is one of the most successful companies supporting the public sector in the UK today. We are a leading provider of professional support services, offering a range of consultancy and delivered services. Our turnover is over £250 million and we employ over 2,000 people from a regional network of offices. Our services are grouped into the following areas: consulting, technology, resourcing, education, property and communications.

2. Our services are provided to over 2,500 public sector organisations, predominantly within education; health and social care; local government, housing and regeneration; and central government. We work with 80 per cent of secondary schools; 75 per cent of local authorities; 95 per cent of further education colleges; 90 per cent of strategic health authorities; and 75 per cent of NHS trusts.

For further information, please contact the Tribal Group communications team on 01285 886020 or by email: media@tribalgroup.co.uk

For further information, please contact:
Catherine Dhanjal, TheAnswer Ltd
01883 650434 or 0794 166 9925
Email: Catherine.dhanjal@theansweruk.com

About Open Text
Open Text™ is the world's largest independent provider of Enterprise Content Management software. The company's solutions manage information for all types of business, compliance and industry requirements in the world's largest companies, government agencies and professional service firms. Open Text supports approximately 46,000 customers and millions of users in 114 countries and 12 languages. For more information about Open Text, visit www.opentext.com.

TA-417 18 June 2007