CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
13 December 2007
Company News
Open Text Commits to MoReq2, Europe's New Records Management Software Standards Set for 2008
Open TextT said that it is committed to delivering new solutions that meet Europe's new records management software standards, called MoReq2, next year when the new standards will be adopted. The company is playing a role helping to shape MoReq2 in industry forums, sharing expertise as a global leader in records management with proven experience delivering solutions that meet the world's leading records management standards.
While still being developed, MoReq2 will be a giant step forward in unifying records management software standards and practices across Europe. Once finalized, MoReq2 will give governments and corporations a single approach to managing their most important records, a daunting task for large organizations struggling with ever increasing stores of electronic information. For European corporations operating in multiple European countries, MoReq2 is particularly valuable because it will provide a single set of rules to follow for all of Europe.
Open Text's records management experts recently participated in the industry's most recent DLM-Forum meeting in Lisbon, Portugal, where experts in government archives and software vendors discussed the latest issues in furthering the development of MoReq2. Participants debated the best ways of implementing MoReq2, including a proposed testing regime and the governance framework for translation and localisation for each national jurisdiction. Vendors are expected to begin MoReq2 testing and certification next year.
Peter Lipps, Vice President & General Manager, Enterprise Records Management Business at Open Text, commented: "A unifying set of records management standards for all of Europe will have a powerful impact on the value customers can gain from their solutions. We will continue to play a significant role in the development of MoReq2, adding insights gained from developing and delivering records management software in the world's largest organizations - software that already meets multiple global records management standards. The MoReq2 standards are being based, in part, on existing standards in countries such as the UK, where we're already leaders in developing best practices and delivering solutions that meet the requirements."
The original MoReq standards, created at the DLM-Forum in 2000, gained widespread recognition as a quality standard for electronic records management systems. Setting the functional requirements for the management of electronic records, MoReq is internationally recognized as a model for preparing an invitation to tender, or as a basis for auditing an existing records management system.
With the evolution of information technology and the increasing sophistication of electronic records, MoReq needed to be updated. Plans for a MoReq2 were presented at the DLM-Forum in 2005 and the European Commission agreed at that time to begin discussions for its future development, and to publish a definitive update.
"Be it private or public sector, records are frequently created in one format, archived in another and documented in a third. Information is maintained in multiple systems and those systems and record formats are always evolving. MoReq2 will give us the standardized approach we need to apply records management to content, no matter the format or where it's stored," Lipps added.
Open Text has been on the forefront of meeting international standards for records management. Open Text furthered its position this year with a range of new solutions that allow companies to extend records management practices across content types stored in multiple systems, this includes solutions that manage records in SAP and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. Open Text's records management solutions are certified as compliant with the latest standards in the U.S., United Kingdom, Germany, Australia and other markets.
For more information on Open Text's records management solutions, go to: http://www.opentext.com/2/sol-products/sol-pro-compliance-governance/pro-ll-records-management-compliance.htm
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