Saint Michael's Medical Center Modernizes Insurance and Billing Applications with Open Text Solutions

Open Text's HostExplorer Enables Medical Center to Cost Effectively and Seamlessly Migrate Mainframe Access from SNA to IP 


WATERLOO, ON, July 15  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Open Text(TM) Corporation (NASDAQ:OTEXNASDAQ:TSX:NASDAQ:OTC), a global leader in Enterprise Content Management (ECM), today announced that Saint Michael's Medical Center, a regional tertiary care, teaching, and research center in Newark, New Jersey, has successfully implemented Open Text's Connectivity solution, HostExplorer(R), to replace its existing terminal emulator. A member of the Open Text Connectivity family of products, HostExplorer helps to provide organizations with an easy way of protecting their investment in legacy data, while letting them benefit from the latest in desktop and web-based technologies.

Saint Michael's Medical Center has a reputation for combining state-of-the-art technology, the latest diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, cutting-edge research, and a network of highly qualified physicians, nurses, and allied health professionals, as well as for providing top-quality health-care services delivered with compassionate care. As a result, there is a tremendous need to keep its people, systems, and data connected to ensure 24/7 information flow in a time-sensitive environment. With HostExplorer, Saint Michael's was able to successfully replace its existing terminal emulation solution with lower acquisition costs, due to a flexible maintenance contract, and a fast learning curve that eliminated the need to retrain the entire organization.

"One of the great things about HostExplorer is its configurability. Upon installation, our IT department had difficulty addressing the administration of our previous system because they had to manage the profile and settings for every computer," said Herminio Navia, Director Clinical Applications, Information Technology and Services at Saint Michael's Medical Center. "Open Text's HostExplorer offering is an out-of-the-box solution that functions with minimal configuration and is much easier to deploy."

"More than ever, organizations have to acquire and retain solutions that have versatility, longevity and a solid reputation. It is for this reason that more organizations are reviewing their terminal emulator choices, opting to migrate their mainframe connectivity from SNA networks to IP networks," said Eugene Cherny, General Manager of Open Text's Connectivity solutions. "With HostExplorer, Saint Michael's Medical Center now has a modern solution that runs seamlessly in the background, while staff members continue their day-to-day tasks without any disruption at their workstations. Business carries on as usual in a critical sector of the medical industry where saving lives is paramount."

A secure web-to-host and PC-to-host solution, HostExplorer facilitates access to business critical information stored on legacy systems, such as Mainframes and AS/400. It offers a low-risk deployment strategy and a seamless integration path to companies that are considering moving away from their current emulation solutions.

Open Text's leading connectivity solutions connect people, data and applications in mission-critical environments through a complete line of remote application access and data integration solutions. With 90 percent of Global 2000 companies relying on its award-winning solutions for over 20 years, Open Text understands the financial and operational challenges that most organizations face, whether it is multiple systems, disparate data sources or geographically dispersed teams.

For more information about Open Text's connectivity solutions, go to: http://www.opentext.com/connectivity

For the full success story on Saint Michael's Medical Center, visit: http://www.opentext.com/saintmichaels_ss

About Open Text

Open Text, an enterprise software company and leader in enterprise content management, helps organizations manage and gain the true value of their business content. Open Text brings two decades of expertise supporting 50 million users in 114 countries. Working with our customers and partners, we bring together leading Content Experts(TM) to help organizations capture and preserve corporate memory, increase brand equity, automate processes, mitigate risk, manage compliance and improve competitiveness. For more information, visit http://www.opentext.com/.

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