Barclays Banks On Vignette; Vignette Applications to Power Online Banking for 2.8 Million Customers.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 27, 2002 Vignette Vignette A symbol or pictorial representation of the corporation on a stock certificate. Usually a complicated and artistic design, it is meant to make the counterfeiting of stock certificates as difficult as possible. Corp. (Nasdaq:VIGN VIGN Vignette Corporation (stock abbreviation, AMEX) ), the leading provider of content management, today announced that Barclays Bank PLC has selected Vignette(R) Content Management applications to enable Barclays to offer a more content-rich, personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. service to each of its 2.8 million plus retail online banking customers. This announcement is a further step for Barclays to gather and use information more efficiently about customers' online behavior to gain a more holistic view of each individual and deliver more relevant experience. By using Vignette's Content Management applications, Barclays expects to improve loyalty among its online customer community, driving revenue through promoting products and services that are directly applicable to the individual's circumstances and situations. "At Barclays, we are focused on humanizing the online banking experience for our users," said Ian Richardson Ian William Richardson CBE (7 April 1934 – 9 February 2007) was a Scottish actor best known for playing the machiavellian conservative politician Francis Urquhart in the House of Cards trilogy for the BBC. , Barclays e-Director. "With the Vignette solution in place, we have the tools we need to deliver the right content, to the right customer, at the right time. We chose the Vignette solution over competitive offerings because it was much more scalable and would allow us to continue to develop and grow our online offerings into the future." Barclays is committed to standardizing its Web infrastructure across departments within the organization. Vignette's applications will help to provide a standard content management layer on which to build the infrastructure. Vignette will also help to ensure a standard look and feel across the main Barclays Web sites, allowing it to grow its Web presence without interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other. issues. Vignette applications will also enable Barclays' personnel to update the Web sites themselves, without training in HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. or other technical languages. This means Barclays can respond to its customers with faster, more efficient offerings and marketing. Barclays will also be able to reduce time previously spent by IT staff repurposing content for Web use and IT support time. "Working with a world-renowned financial institution such as Barclays is a fantastic opportunity for Vignette," said Thomas E. Hogan, president and chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of Vignette. "We look forward to helping Barclays improve its service offering and create solutions that have a direct impact upon how it deals with customer relations in the virtual world." The site is located at http://www.ibank.barclays.co.uk/. About Vignette Corp. Vignette is the leading provider of content management solutions 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/. About Barclays PLC Barclays PLC is a global financial services provider operating in Europe, the United States, the Middle East, Latin America, Australia, Asia and Africa. It is a holding company that is listed in London and New York. It operates through its subsidiary Barclays Bank PLC. Barclays has tremendous global strength and a reputation for being first with innovative products and services. As of 30 June 2000, Barclays Group staff numbers worldwide were 70,300, of which 52,300 were in the U.K. Today, Barclays has five business groupings that are managed as international businesses, reflecting changing customer needs and the developments taking place in global financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. . These business groupings are Retail Financial Services; Barclaycard; Corporate Banking; Barclays Capital Barclays Capital is the investment banking division of Barclays plc. It is a primary dealer in U.S. Treasury securities and various European Government bonds. Barclays Capital is led by CEO Robert (Bob) Diamond, an American who had been vice-chairman of Credit Suisse First ; and Barclays Global Investors Barclays Global Investors is a subsidiary of British-based Barclays Bank which is in the investment management industry. It is the largest corporate money manager in the world, with over £936 billion (US$1.77 trillion) under management as of March 2006[1]. . Forward-Looking Statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. The statements contained in this press release that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements including statements regarding the Company's expectations, beliefs, hopes, intentions or strategies regarding the future. Forward-looking statements include statements regarding Barclays' success with Vignette software, and future sales, market growth and competition. All forward-looking statements included in this press release are based upon information available to the Company as of the date hereof, and the Company assumes no obligation to update any such forward-looking statement. Actual results could differ materially from the Company's current expectations. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, Future Losses, Limited Operating History, Fluctuation Fluctuation A price or interest rate change. of Quarterly Revenues and Operating Results, Competition, Dependence on a Small Number of Large Orders, Lengthy Sales Cycle and Product Implementation, Acquisition Integration, Market Awareness of Our Product, Rapid Changes in E-Relationships Technology and New Products, and other factors and risks discussed in the Company's 10K, as amended and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any reports filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Vignette is a registered trademark of Vignette Corp. in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and foreign countries. All other names are the trademarks of their respective companies. |
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