Resonate, Vignette to Partner for Strategic OEM Relationship; Vignette To Embed Resonate Technology into its StoryServer Product Line.

Business/Technology Editors

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 24, 2000

Resonate, Inc. today announced a strategic OEM relationship with Vignette Corporation (Nasdaq:VIGN) that allows for the embedding of Resonate technology into Vignette's StoryServer(R) software product line.

The relationship between the two companies will enhance the ability of Vignette's e-business customers to manage large amounts of traffic during periods of high-demand.

&uot;One attribute of a successful e-business is the ability to meet customers' needs, even in periods of intense activity,&uot; said Bill Daniel, senior vice president of products at Vignette. &uot;We chose to embed Resonate technology into our e-business applications because of its proven ability to minimize downtime across the entire IP-based application environment.&uot;

According to Forrester Research, business-to-business e-commerce should reach $1.3 trillion by 2003. Traditional and Internet-based businesses looking to take advantage of this financial windfall are rapidly implementing technologies, such as Vignette's, that will enable them to meet the demands made by their customers.

&uot;Building on Vignette's leadership in providing e-business applications, Resonate's distributed software solution will ensure those applications are available in a seamless and reliable manner,&uot; said Stan Chin, vice president of business development at Resonate. &uot;Together, we will help build long-term e-business solutions that provide customers a competitive advantage in their industry.&uot;

About Vignette Corporation

Vignette Corporation (Nasdaq:VIGN) is the leading supplier of e-business applications for building online businesses. Vignette enables Internet businesses to reach more prospects, attract and retain new customers, increase overall customer satisfaction and raise the total purchase per visit. Vignette powers more than 400 of the leading dot.com and Fortune 500 e-businesses, including AT&, BMW, CBS Broadcasting, c/net, Daimler/Chrysler, Drug Emporium, FedEx, Kinko's, Simon &Schuster, Sprint, Tandy Corporation, United Airlines and Waste Management. Vignette e-business applications transparently automate the customer's side of the interaction, taking away all the anxiety and work involved in being a customer. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Vignette Corporation has offices located throughout Europe and in Australia and can be found on the Web at http://www.vignette.com.

The Resonate Product Family

Resonate's product family consists of Resonate Commander(TM), Resonate Central Dispatch(R), and Resonate Global Dispatch(TM). Central Dispatch and Global Dispatch optimize site availability and performance of local and multi-site server resources by enabling multiple Internet servers to act as a single, reliable, and easily-managed system. Commander provides rapid problem diagnosis, tuning, and automated control to meet mission-critical service level objectives. Commander, Central Dispatch and Global Dispatch can be used separately or as a complete end-to-end solution that uniquely integrates traffic and systems management capabilities for real-time service monitoring and control.

About Resonate

Resonate delivers Internet Services Management (iSM) business solutions that ensure high availability, performance and control of e-business applications. Hundreds of customers worldwide such as Amoco (NYSE:BPA), BankBoston (NYSE:BKB), Charles Schwab (NYSE:SCH), DoubleClick (NASDAQ:DCLK), E*TRADE (NASDAQ:EGRP), Federal Express (NYSE:FDX), Johnson &Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Online (NYSE:MDW), NextCard (NASDAQ:NXCD), Office Max (NYSE:OMX) and others have come to rely on Resonate's patented, distributed software solutions for their mission-critical, e-business initiatives. Resonate's solutions are delivered via a direct sales organization as well as through a global network of distributors, value-added resellers and Internet service providers. A privately held corporation, headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, Resonate has received investments from Kleiner Perkins Caufield &Byers Java Fund, Chase Capital Partners (NYSE:CMV), Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), Flatiron Partners, Lehman Brothers (NYSE:LEH), TechFund and Charter Venture Capital.

For more information about how Resonate is &uot;Keeping E-Business Open for Business(TM)&uot; visit http://www.resonate.com.

Resonate is a registered trademark, the Resonate logo, Keeping E-Business Open for Business, Resonate Central Dispatch, Resonate Global Dispatch and Resonate Commander, are trademarks of Resonate, Inc All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Vignette, vignette.com, StoryServer, Vignette Development Center, VDC, Vignette Multi-Channel Server, VMCS, Vignette Syndication Server, and VSS are trademarks or registered trademarks of Vignette Corp. All other names are the trademarks of their respective companies.

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