OpenText named a Leader in Forrester Wave Content Platforms for Q1 2023
Digital Edge Bureau 29 Mar, 2023 0 comment(s)Canada-headquartered OpenText, world’s leading player in the realms of enterprise information management (EIM) and cyber security, has been named a Leader in The Forrester Wave: Content Platforms, Q1 2023. The company has received the highest possible scores in the criteria of market approach, integrations and interoperability, lifecycle management, search, document management, collaborative workspaces, digital process automation, eSignature, and supporting product and services.
According to the Forrester report the cloud-first, flexible platforms now dominate the mature enterprise content management (ECM) market. Technical buyers continue to invest in these platforms to deliver apps to their lines of business to manage documents, automate content-rich processes, and enable information workers to collaborate with both internal and external stakeholders. The report further says that business and technology leaders want to extract more value out of their content repositories.
“We’re honored that OpenText has been recognized as a Leader in The Forrester Wave: Content Platforms as it reflects the strengths of our current portfolio, ability to seamlessly embed content services into core business processes, and our cloud-first innovation strategy,” said Muhi Majzoub, EVP & Chief Product Officer at OpenText. “OpenText content services technology is integral to any company’s information management strategy – enabling organizations to facilitate seamless flows of properly governed information to enrich anywhere work and the operational experience,” elaborated Majzoub.
Regarding OpenText, The Forrester report notes that extended roadmap of ECM includes deeper integration with the Magellan AI suite and enhanced support for Microsoft Graph APIs and Teams as well as broader integrations for Google Workspace. It also says a solid vertical strategy drives its market approach, and a noteworthy simplification of its product bundles and pricing will appeal to customers.
With enterprise content management and content services solutions evolving rapidly, many organizations are looking to streamline and simplify their content systems. To keep up with the demands of modern work, it has become essential that content platforms adapt to diverse industry and business requirements. With OpenText Content Cloud, organizations can master modern work by embedding content services in the processes that fuel their business to deliver frictionless operational experiences.
The Forrester report further views that organizations seeking richly featured content platforms with solid integrations for essential productivity and enterprise applications from a vendor that can meet them where they are in their cloud journey should consider. It also notes that deeper integration into enterprise applications, such as Salesforce and SAP, allows OpenText to embed its content and process backbone into essential business workflows.