OpenText: A Cyber Graphic Points to Its Future
December 9, 2020
When I think of OpenText, here’s what flashes through my find:
- BRS (Livelink)
- Fulcrum
- Hummingbird
- InQuery
- nQuire
- Recommind
- SGML search.
My recollection is that there may be a Web search engine, a search system for law firm email, and a database from Information Dimensions. I cannot recall, but the message seems clear:
OpenText is a company deeply involved in search and retrieval.
When I read “Mark J. Barrenechea Keynote: The Future of Cyber Resilience”, I realized that I am thinking about the “old” OpenText. What do I mean “old.” That “old” OpenText was an enterprise search vendor wrapped in search-based applications like eDiscovery and content management.
Not any more.
Here’s the new OpenText:
Yep, the Rona, cyber security, health, and “agility, flexibility, and trust.” Who knew? Ice skaters call this a counter turn.
Stephen E Arnold, December 9, 2020