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Mark J. Barrenechea
Mark J. Barrenechea joined OpenText as President and Chief Executive Officer in January 2012, and also serves as a member of the Board of Directors. In January 2016, Mark took on the role of Chief Technology Officer and was appointed Vice Chair in September 2017.
Welcome to Fiscal 2025 and the Launch of OpenText 3.0
Dear OpenText Stakeholders: Welcome to Fiscal 2025! It is an exciting time to be a technology company as information automation and AI continue to drive…
The Impact on Business
The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) is servicing new market needs while simultaneously disturbing existing products and services. New business models and value chains are emerging,…
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Ingenious: How Canadian Innovation Made the World a Better Place
What do the electric light bulb, peanut butter, the zipper, basketball, the Declaration of Human Rights, Saturday Night Live, the OpenText Index, recycling, Superman, and…
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The Fourth Industrial Revolution
What makes the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) different from the Third Industrial Revolution (3IR)? Well, everything. It is marked by exponential thinking where linear solutions…
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Revolutions. Industrial or otherwise.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution changes everything. Although it has many names—Industry 4.0, Digitalization, the Singularity, the Internet of Things (IoT), Connected World, Smart Home, Cognitive,…
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Is the Microphone Working?
Testing, one, two, three. Testing, one, two three. Can you hear me? Is the microphone working? Testing (tapping on the mic a few times). As…
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Introducing The Golden Age of Innovation
By all accounts, we are entering the Golden Age of Innovation, which many are calling the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Some of the early innovations of…
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International Women’s Day – Be Bold for Change
Progress is the result of human action. The proof is in our history of innovation—from eradicating disease to exploring space to connecting the world with…
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OpenText Strengthens EIM Portfolio with Completion of ECD Acquisition
In September, OpenText entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Dell EMC’s Enterprise Content Division (ECD), including Documentum. I am delighted to announce that as…
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Top Tech Trends for 2017
[box type=”shadow” align=”” class=”” width=””] “Any company designed for success in the 20th century is doomed to failure in the 21st.” – David S. Rose,…
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Election Tracker ’16: The Monday U.S. Presidential Debate
Last Monday’s Presidential Debate was a history of firsts: it was the first time Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump appeared on stage together for a…
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Business Network: Extreme Connectivity
Organizations that incorporate extreme connectivity into their business strategy are able to support accelerated business processes with anyone, anywhere, in any format, securely. Information exchange…
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The Future of Information: OpenText Release 16 Introduces Cognitive Systems
We’re infusing our EIM platform with cognitive technologies to provide our customers with deeper levels of insight and understanding into their enterprise information. We’ve accomplished…
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