WATERLOO - Open Text(TM) Corporation has commemorated the successful conclusion of its annual user conference Content World by announcing the recipients of its customer and partner awards. The week-long conference, which concluded on Oct. 30 in Orlando, Fla., hosted more than a thousand customers and partners and featured 125+ sessions focused on ECM customer case studies, best practices, emerging trends and technical expertise.

"During this challenging economic environment, companies rely on ECM technology to reap maximum benefits and shape strategic growth," said John Shackleton, President and Chief Executive Officer, Open Text. "I commend our customers and partners alike for their visionary use of our ECM Suite and the innovative routes they took to attain valuable business accomplishments."

2009 GlobalStar Enterprise Award

Based on the business attributes of the Open Text ECM Suite, the GlobalStar Enterprise Award winners are customers that demonstrate success in controlling risks and costs, empowering people and stimulating agility and innovation. Winners are determined based on scope, business value, end user benefits, innovation, functionality and business problem solving ability. This year's winners and runners up brought defined business value to their internal and external customers, improved processes and communications and demonstrated an innovative and creative approach in their implementations. The 2009 GlobalStar Enterprise Award recipients include:

- Overall Winner, Strategic Success: The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

- Global Star Enterprise Awards: - Agility: TXU Energy

- Control: Central Vermont Public Service - Empower: Motorola

- Runners-up in this category include PTT Chemical Public Company (Agility) and Husky Energy (Control).

- Ground-Breaking Award: Marathon Oil

- Runner up: South African Government: Western Cape Provincial Department of Transport and Public Works

- ECM Best Practices for Marketing and Media Management: Electronic Arts (EA)

- ECM Best Practices for Vendor Invoice Management: Delhaize Group

These companies join the prestigious ranks of previous GlobalStar Enterprise Award winners such as BT, Genzyme, Halliburton, Hasbro, Northrop Grumman, and Siemens.