OpenText is a Canadian enterprise software company based in Waterloo, Ontario, founded in 1991. It originated from a University of Waterloo research project that digitized the Oxford English Dictionary and developed early search engine technology. The company went public in 1996 and has expanded its capabilities through strategic acquisitions, including the maker of Livelink document management software. OpenText specializes in enterprise content management (ECM) software, offering the OpenText ECM Suite. This suite allows organizations to manage various types of digital content, such as documents, records, web content, and multimedia, while supporting business processes and collaboration. OpenText serves a diverse customer base, including many large corporations and government agencies across 114 countries, with its software used by approximately 100 million users worldwide. The company employs around 4,000 people and is publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange and NASDAQ.