Chicago Board Of Trade Taps Vignette to Provide Investors With First Real-Time Access to Online Market Data.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers AUSTIN, TEXAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 25, 2000 World's Largest Futures Exchange Futures Exchange Traditionally, a term referring to a central marketplace where futures contracts and options on futures contracts are traded. More recently, with the growth in electronic trading, it is also used to describe the activity of futures trading itself. Launches E-Business Site With 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. Platform Vignette Corp. (Nasdaq:VIGN VIGN Vignette Corporation (stock abbreviation, AMEX) ) the leading provider of e-business applications, today announced that the Chicago Board of Trade Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) The second largest futures exchange in the US, and a pioneer in the development of financial futures and options. (CBOT See Chicago Board of Trade. CBOT See Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). ), the world's oldest and largest futures and options exchange, selected the Vignette(R) V/5 E-business Application Platform(tm) to provide investors with improved access to online information, services and real-time market data. The new site, www.cbot.com, marks the third e-business initiative launched by the CBOT powered by Vignette technology. The CBOT offers 61 different futures and options products for trade by investors worldwide, and estimates that more than 80,000 users from 40 countries log on to www.cbot.com every day. With its new site, the CBOT will provide live quote data on all CBOT products and additional information services See Information Systems. to a growing number of individual investors. The CBOT chose the Vignette V/5 E-Business Application Platform for content management, content delivery and personalization Custom tailoring information to the individual. On the Web, personalization means returning a page that has been customized for the user, taking into consideration that person's habits and preferences. . Vignette has worked with CBOT in the past by powering both its intranet site for employees and extranet site for members, and it also utilized Vignette's Ad Management and Calendar Solution Accelerator accelerator: see particle accelerator. (1) A key combination such as Alt-G or Ctrl-Shift H that is used to activate a task. (2) An incubator that expects to develop the company considerably faster than normal. See incubator. packages. "Vignette's e-business platform has helped the CBOT to become the first futures exchange to provide real-time market data via the Web, an incredibly valuable service that is helping us to expand investor access to our products and services," said Thomas Cargie, vice president of CBOT Market Data Services. "With Vignette's V/5 platform, the Chicago Board of Trade will continue to expand its e-business initiatives to provide members with the same level of service in the online world that they have come to expect from our exchange over the last 150 years." About Vignette Vignette Corporation (Nasdaq:VIGN) is the leading supplier of e-business applications. Vignette's products enable businesses to create and extend relationships with prospects and customers and ease high-volume transaction exchanges with suppliers and partners, all of which enhances customer satisfaction. Vignette powers more than 900 leading e-businesses. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Vignette Corporation has offices located throughout Europe, Asia and in Australia and can be found on the Web at http://www.vignette.com. 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 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 here·of adv. 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Vignette is a trademark, and V/5 is a registered trademark of Vignette Corp. All other names are the trademarks of their respective companies. |
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