WATERLOO, Ontario, May 17, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --OpenText(TM) (NASDAQ: OTEX, TSX: OTC), a global leader in Enterprise Information Management (EIM), today announced that it has received the 2016 SAP® Pinnacle Award for Application Innovation Partner of the Year, which recognizes its outstanding contributions as an SAP partner. SAP presents these awards annually to the top partners that have excelled in developing and growing their partnership with SAP and helping customers run better. Winners and finalists in 19 categories were chosen based on recommendations from the SAP field, customer feedback and performance indicators in the following umbrella categories: Build, Service, and Sell with each category including a Customers' Choice award, which recognizes a customer-nominated SAP partner.

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"This is the 9(th) consecutive year that OpenText has received a Pinnacle award, a record of which we are enormously proud," said Adam Howatson, CMO at OpenText. "As companies establish new technology platforms like SAP S/4HANA, Fiori, SAP Hybris, SAP SuccessFactors or SAP Ariba solutions, they need strategies to manage old and new data and digital content. Our mutual customers benefit from our ongoing roadmap alignment and co-innovation with SAP to ensure a smooth transition to the digital world."

Through the OpenText and SAP partnership, customers have made dramatic improvements across a wide range of areas that positively impact relationships with their customers, employees, partners, suppliers and regulatory agencies. SAP Solution Extensions are part of the OpenText EIM strategy, enabling organizations to discover and manage information to spur growth and innovation and decrease time to competitive advantage.

Kevin Ichhpurani, executive vice president of SAP Strategic Business Development & Global Ecosystem added, "The SAP Pinnacle Award winners represent the very best in our partner community, and we congratulate OpenText for a well-deserved 2016 SAP Pinnacle Award."

SAP Pinnacle Awards shine a spotlight on SAP's partners' remarkable contributions, acknowledging their dedication to teamwork, innovative approach and capacity to challenge what is possible to help customers achieve their goals. Award winners will be formally recognized at the SAP Global Partner Summit being held on May 16, in conjunction with SAPPHIRE® NOW, SAP's international customer conference being held in Orlando, Fla., May 17-19.

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