Cricket Australia Selects Vignette Technology to Link National Cricket Community.Sports Editors/Business Editors/High-Tech Writers AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 6, 2003 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) ) today announced that Cricket Australia Cricket Australia, formerly (and still often referred to as) the Australian Cricket Board, is the governing body for professional and amateur cricket in Australia. It was originally formed in 1905 as the Australian Board of Control for International Cricket Matches. will launch a new intranet site for the sport in an effort to revolutionize rev·o·lu·tion·ize tr.v. rev·o·lu·tion·ized, rev·o·lu·tion·iz·ing, rev·o·lu·tion·iz·es 1. To bring about a radical change in: Television has revolutionized news coverage. 2. communication links within the Australian cricket community. The site will help create a virtual cricket community, allowing elite players, state association staff members and officials to communicate more effectively with each other, particularly while on the road. The aim is to extend the intranet solution to all cricket clubs within Australia over the next year. The site will provide a single point of contact that cricket's stakeholders Stakeholders All parties that have an interest, financial or otherwise, in a firm-stockholders, creditors, bondholders, employees, customers, management, the community, and the government. can access anywhere in the world at anytime. Developed using software by enterprise Web application company Vignette Corp., the intranet site will commence operation during the first half of the 2003-2004 cricket season. James Sutherland For the Canadian politician, see . For the "father of hockey", see . James Sutherland was a minor supporting character on the FX Networks television show, Nip/Tuck. He was played by Georg Stanford Brown. , chief executive officer of Cricket Australia, said the intranet is key in enabling the organization to achieve its strategic objectives in both the entertainment and game development aspects of its operations. "As the game of cricket continues to grow with more participants, coaches, volunteers and administrators involved across the country, the challenge is to ensure we are communicating key information as efficiently as possible as we work toward the same goals," Sutherland said. "The intranet presents an ideal platform to address that communication challenge. It's an easy and cost-effective way to provide a much better service to stakeholders within the cricket community. Through the intranet, cricket's stakeholders will be able to access the resources and information that they need to make them more productive." Developing a comprehensive and consistent intranet site is a crucial part of Cricket Australia's three-year strategic plan, which advocates leveraging technology to actively support the development of the game. The intranet site will enable Cricket Australia and state associations to deliver game development products and programs to the cricket community -- from elite to grass roots grass roots pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) 1. People or society at a local level rather than at the center of major political activity. Often used with the. 2. The groundwork or source of something. levels. Andrew Twaits, general manager of Legal and Business at Cricket Australia, said the intranet site would enable state and territory associations to communicate more efficiently with their own stakeholders. "While there will be generic content and a basic look and feel of the site that creates a brand connection to Australian cricket, each state and territory association can publish localized content and create their own sub-sites within a certified framework," Twaits said. "Cricket Australia and the member associations will retain control of the day-to-day administration and content updates. However, one of the key strengths of the Vignette(R) product is that with some basic training, select staff can publish material in various sections of the intranet without the assistance of specialist Web content consultants. This is one of the key features of the software developed by Vignette, which offered Cricket Australia the best intranet solution to meet our needs and requirements." The intranet site will be launched as a pilot in the initial stages, primarily focusing on serving Cricket Australia and state association staff members, players and officials. As the solution evolves, additional stakeholder stakeholder n. a person having in his/her possession (holding) money or property in which he/she has no interest, right or title, awaiting the outcome of a dispute between two or more claimants to the money or property. groups will be included. The long-term goal is to extend the solution on a local level so people interested in playing cricket can find their nearest club, learn about the club's activities and potentially join online. "We are acutely aware of the increasing burden being placed on volunteers involved in the grass-roots running of the game, and one of our highest priorities is to leverage the intranet to reduce the time and money involved in running a cricket club," Twaits said. About Cricket Australia Cricket Australia is one of Australia's pre-eminent pre·em·i·nent or pre-em·i·nent adj. Superior to or notable above all others; outstanding. See Synonyms at dominant, noted. [Middle English, from Latin prae sporting bodies and is a world leader in developing and administering the game. As the peak cricket body in Australia, it is responsible for the marketing, administration and commercial operations of interstate and international cricket International Cricket is a cricket game for the Nintendo Entertainment System that was only released in Australia in 1992. Developed by Melbourne House (as Beam Software) and published by Mattel, it was the only cricket game released for the NES. in the country. Cricket Australia comprises six member associations in Cricket New South Wales New South Wales, state (1991 pop. 5,164,549), 309,443 sq mi (801,457 sq km), SE Australia. It is bounded on the E by the Pacific Ocean. Sydney is the capital. The other principal urban centers are Newcastle, Wagga Wagga, Lismore, Wollongong, and Broken Hill. , Cricket Victoria Cricket Victoria (CV) is the governing body for the sport of cricket in theAustralian state of Victoria. It administers the 1,182 cricket clubs and 112,000 registered cricketers in Victoria, and 62,774 children involved in school-based competition. , Queensland Cricket, the South Australian Cricket Association, the Tasmanian Cricket Association The Tasmanian Cricket Association (TCA) is the administrative body for cricket in Tasmania, Australia, and they are based at Bellerive Oval. The TCA's primary purpose is to promote and develop the game of cricket in Tasmania, run junior and educational programmes and and the Western Australian Cricket Association, and has strong affiliations with the Australian Capital Territory Australian Capital Territory (1991 pop. 276,468), 939 sq mi (2,432 sq km), SE Australia, an enclave within New South Wales, containing Canberra, capital of Australia. It was called the Federal Capital Territory until 1938. Cricket Association and the Northern Territory Cricket Association. 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