Feature Story

By Kat Rollin

October 2, 2007 -- The openness of the Internet makes it possible for everyone to participate, sharing and collaborating with each other in new and exciting ways to fuel the next idea or opportunity. However, emails, documents, and presentations sometimes go to the wrong place at the wrong time. Companies need to lock this information down and ensure it is only shared with the right people, at the right time, in order to minimize risk and comply with corporate and governmental regulations. But the exploding volume of enterprise content brings up important considerations such as access, control, and the lifecycle management of a piece of content.

Build a better content management system with Sun and Open Text's Livelink ECM solutions

Open Text is the market leader in providing Enterprise Content Management (ECM) solutions that bring together people, processes, and information in global organizations. Open Text's Livelink ECM software helps by providing the tools to create, manage, access, and securely archive all of your information. Livelink ECM connects people with the information they need to work better, the processes that make them more efficient, and the communities that share their interests and expertise.

Working together for over 15 years, Sun and Open Text share similar visions for providing open, scalable, and secure solutions to help people participate and collaborate, while meeting regulatory requirements for long-term data storage. Open Text leverages Sun's software, servers, storage, and services to help customers implement full lifecycle content management on a scalable, high performance, highly available, end-to-end platform.

The Power of Java

Open Text started developing with Java technology from its inception and uses Sun's Java developer tools to create their applications. Open Text applications perform a great deal of rendering, which is all accomplished with Java. In addition, Open Text uses Sun Java System Identity Manager in their own operations and now their customers are asking for identity management capabilities for complicated workflows in records management. As a result, Open Text is integrating the Sun's Java System Identity Manager into their products to provide secure access by authenticating and authorizing users of Livelink.

Extend the Functionality and Performance of Your SAP Systems

Jointly developed and certified by Sun and Open Text, the Data Archiving for SAP Solutions enables you access, manage, and securely archive all SAP related data, making it readily available to those who need it. The solution includes Livelink ECM — Data Archiving for SAP Solutions, the recognized leader in linking unstructured contents to SAP processes. Behind the covers, Sun's vast experience in tape and related encryption technology helps IT maximize server space and helps ensure the security of archived data.

Built with industry-standard formats, the scalable, secure Data Archiving for SAP Solutions encompasses the entire lifecycle of SAP business data, from the application to multi-tiered storage devices.

• Open Text's Livelink ECM - Data Archiving for SAP Solutions includes all of the capabilities of data archiving for SAP solutions while providing highly scalable and secure document archiving services for the complete range of SAP business data (e.g., transactional data, incoming/outgoing invoices, orders, delivery notes, contracts, HR employee documents, and more).


• Cost-effective storage tiering is available with the Sun Customer Ready Content Infrastructure System (CIS). CIS offers an affordable way to manage massive amounts of data by seamlessly matching its value and frequency of access to the cost of the storage tier on which it resides. It also helps meet regulatory obligations and protects business assets at the same time. This centralized, user-accessible repository grows as data grows — so you pay only for what you need.


• Sun Storage Archive Manager (SAM-FS) software enables IT to reduce the cost of storing vast data repositories by providing a powerful, easily managed, cost-effective way to access, retain, and protect business data throughout its entire lifecycle. This self-protecting file system offers continuous backup and fast recovery features to help enhance productivity and improve resource utilization.


• Sun StorageTek QFS shared file system software improves quality of service and utilization of SAN infrastructures. It enables IT to remotely and securely manage multiple SAM-FS servers, reducing management cost and complexity. With nearly raw device access to information and data consolidation for read/write file sharing, QFS helps to boost productivity and eliminate administrative overhead.


• The Sun StorageTek Crypto Key Management Station enables management of all encryption keys from a secure, centralized workstation. Create, manage, and destroy software-based keys that absolutely allow or deny access to encrypted data.


• Sun StorageTek Tape Libraries and Modular Library Systems - StorageTek tape libraries, tape virtualization, tape drives, tape media, and tape device software are world-class solutions that help you cost-effectively and securely manage and protect your data.

Formerly a systems engineer for Sun, Kat Rollin now reports on partner solutions for sun.com and develops marketing communications for the technology industry.