Baptist Health Systems of South Florida Selects Vignette Enterprise Application Portal to Power Web Applications.

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AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 6, 2001

Vignette Applications Will Provide Web Site Visitors With

Personalized, Interactive Web Experience

Vignette Corp. (Nasdaq:VIGN), the leading provider of integrated content management applications, today announced that Baptist Health Systems of South Florida has selected the Vignette(R) Enterprise Application Portal (VEAP) to power its main Web site, http://www.baptisthealth.net.

Baptist, South Florida's largest not-for-profit healthcare organization, will use VEAP to redesign its flagship Web site as part of its e-health strategy of linking patients, hospitals, physicians, payers, pharmacies, suppliers and laboratories via the Internet to improve the delivery of patient care services and access to healthcare information.

"The implementation of VEAP will allow us to enhance our Web presence, initially through improved navigation and search capabilities. In the near future, interactive applications such as patient scheduling and registration, class registration, and physician referral will enable us to build lasting relationships with patients, physicians, employees and guests," said Mimi Taylor, corporate vice president of information technology at Baptist. "Our core development focus is to provide functionality that increases productivity, reduces time for deployment, accelerates time to market and enhances the client experience."

With VEAP, Baptist will leverage Vignette's expertise in the areas of content management, integration and analysis to deploy an enterprise-level portal that will enable Baptist to increase awareness on healthcare issues by providing each visitor with highly relevant information delivered to any device. For example, users will have access to an enhanced calendar, where they will be able to register for classes and see detailed information on upcoming events and seminars.

"Baptist Health Systems is harnessing the power of technology to improve patient care for the thousands of patients it serves every day," said Dan J. Lautenbach, senior vice president of Global Sales and Operations at Vignette. "As a customer that has been realizing the value of Vignette applications for years, Baptist is continuing to grow with Vignette to provide patients with the information they need and the tools they want."

In addition to VEAP, Baptist has selected the Vignette(R) Content Management Server (VCMS), the Vignette(R) Lifecycle Personalization Server (VLPS), the Vignette(R) Multichannel Communication Server (VMCS) and the Vignette(R) Advanced Deployment Server (VADS). VCMS and VLPS improve the online experience of site visitors, while VMCS allows the delivery of personalized content to many types of devices. VADS aids in the development of new sites, including planned extranet and employee intranet launches.

With the planned migration of intranet content to the VEAP framework, Baptist plans to take advantage of collaboration and knowledge management tools provided by VEAP. Vignette applications for content management and personalization integrate seamlessly with Baptist's application server, BEA WebLogic(R).

VEAP leverages Vignette's best practices in developing more than 1,000 portal sites for leading global organizations. The packaged portal application also includes Vignette's industry-leading content management, personalization, integration and analysis capabilities. By combining its integrated content management applications with VEAP, Vignette enables organizations to deploy portals with the most timely, relevant content for their customers, employees and partners.

Baptist Health Systems of South Florida is the largest not-for-profit healthcare organization in the region. Affiliates of the System include Baptist Hospital, Baptist Children's Hospital, South Miami Hospital, Homestead Hospital, Mariners Hospital and Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute. Baptist Health Systems also offers a variety of healthcare services, such as outpatient diagnostic and treatment facilities and home healthcare. On the Web: http://www.baptisthealth.net/.

About Vignette Corp.

Vignette is the leading provider of integrated content management applications used by the most successful organizations in the world to interact online with their customers, employees and partners. By combining content management with integration and analysis applications, Vignette enables organizations to deliver personalized information wherever it is needed, integrate online and enterprise systems, and provide real-time analysis of the customer experience. Vignette powers more than 1,300 leading organizations and is headquartered in Austin, Texas. Vignette has offices located throughout the Americas, Europe, Asia and in Australia, and can be found on the Web at http://www.vignette.com/.

Forward-Looking Statements 

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