FlexNet Manager Content Blog — A Parashar (Flexera Software)
ARL Content Change: Product Name Updates for OpenText Products
Content Library : ARL
Severity : Level 3 – Product name update
Impacted Publisher/Product : OpenText – Exstream, Exstream Communications Builder, Exstream Prime Protect, Exstream Accelerators
Expected Implementation : ARL release scheduled for November 16, 2026
SUMMARY OF CHANGE
Flexera is updating the Application Recognition Library (ARL) product names for selected OpenText offerings to align with OpenText’s current product naming. The changes are limited to the affected product names; recognition and related ARL relationships will be retained.
DETAILS OF CHANGE
OpenText states that it is moving to a more cohesive approach using straightforward product names and provides a product-renaming decoder that maps previous names to corresponding new names. The affected ARL entries will be updated as follows:
OpenText evidence used for the update:
- The official OpenText rebranding page maps Exstream to OpenText Communications and OpenText Core Communications.
- An OpenText developer forum page places Communications Builder and Communications Server 16.6.2 under the Communications (Exstream) category.
- The Guidewire Marketplace reference identifies the offering as OpenText Communications Accelerator for PolicyCenter.
Scope note: This CCN records the requested ARL product-name updates. The first mapping is explicitly present in OpenText’s rebranding decoder. The remaining product names are supported by current products, forum, and marketplace references supplied for this change.
WHAT IS NOT CHANGING
This is a product-name update only. The change is not intended to alter:
- Product and application recognition results
- Inventory collection
- Software discovery
- Existing installations or deployments
- Evidence linking
- Existing application metadata, except for the affected product names
- Existing product relationships
Systems that currently recognize the affected applications will continue to recognize them following the product name update.
CUSTOMER IMPACT
After the update, customers will see the affected OpenText products under their updated product names in the ARL. Customers may observe the new names in:
- Custom reports and dashboards
- ARL exports
- Integrations that consume ARL product information
- Automated workflows that use product names as filters or conditions
RECOMMENDED CUSTOMER ACTION
Customers should review custom reports, dashboards, ARL exports, integrations, and automated workflows that use ARL product names. Where applicable, references to the previous names should be updated to align with the revised ARL product names. No deployment or inventory changes are required solely because of this ARL update.
RELEASE INFORMATION
These changes are scheduled to be included in the ARL release on November 16, 2026. The attached file contains the list of affected products and applications included in this update.
ATTACHMENTS AND REFERENCES
Excel spreadsheet Product name changes of OpenText – Exstream to Communications
