Oakton announces partnership with OpenText to address new vertical industry and government customers in Australia

Business consulting company Oakton (ASX: OKN) today announced it has entered into a Partner Agreement with OpenText Australia and New Zealand. Oakton will provide OpenText architecture and consulting services targeted to enterprise clients and government agencies that are looking to introduce new OpenText capabilities, or to develop their existing OpenText investments and infrastructure.

Oakton's consulting services will focus on OpenText's key enterprise information management areas (EIM) spanning the following:

• Business Insight

• Process Velocity

• Business Impact

• Information Governance

• Information Security.

This new Partner relationship between Oakton and OpenText will complement the existing partnerships both organisations hold with SAP and Microsoft.

Neil Wilson, CEO, Oakton said, "This is an important partnership that will provide considerable benefit and opportunity to OpenText's large commercial and public sector customers. Oakton is aligned with OpenText's growth initiatives and we expect to grow OpenText's customer base in vertical industries, by supporting existing customers as well as working with new customers."

Graham Pullen, Senior Vice President, OpenText ANZ said, "It's great to have Oakton on board as an OpenText Partner. Oakton's extensive experience and reputation for delivering business-focused IT outcomes, along with its knowledge of the OpenText Enterprise Information Management suite, means Oakton will provide a compelling value proposition in the market.

"I have no doubt Oakton will be a real asset to the OpenText partner ecosystem and I'm really looking forward to working closely with them," said Mr. Pullen.

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About Oakton

Oakton is one of Australia's leading technology and business consulting services companies and is listed on the Australian Stock Exchange [ASX: OKN]. Oakton helps some of Australia's largest organisations across a range of industry sectors meet their technology and business needs through its flexible, cost-effective and results-driven approach to service delivery. With over 1,100 employees, Oakton has offices in Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra, Brisbane, Perth and Hyderabad (India). To learn more about Oakton please visit www.oakton.com.au.

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