Vignette Ships Full Suite of e-Business Applications With Support For J2EE.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 21, 2000 AT&T, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Life, Merrill Lynch Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (NYSE: MER TYO: 8675 ), through its subsidiaries and affiliates, provides capital markets services, investment banking and advisory services, wealth management, asset management, insurance, banking and related products and services on a global basis. and Rational Software Select Vignette's Industry Leading Open Application Platform Vignette Corp. (Nasdaq:VIGN VIGN Vignette Corporation (stock abbreviation, AMEX) ), the leading supplier of e-business applications, today announced that it is shipping a new version of the Vignette(R)V/5 E-Business Application Platform(tm) which provides support for the Java(tm)2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE (Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition) A platform from Sun for building distributed enterprise applications. J2EE services are performed in the middle tier between the user's machine and the enterprise's databases and legacy information systems. (tm)). With the new release, Vignette now provides the industry's most open, comprehensive suite of e-business applications, which have been selected by leading companies such as AT&T Corp., New York Life Insurance Company The New York Life Insurance Company (NYLIC) is the largest mutual life-insurance company in the United States, and one of the largest life insurers in the world.[3] , Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. and Rational Software Corp. Vignette's new version of V/5 is the only shipping suite of e-business applications for content management, personalization, analytics and wireless capabilities available to companies that have standardized on the J2EE platform. By providing support for the J2EE platform, Vignette is enabling its customers to further decrease the cost, risk and time associated with developing e-business Web sites. Vignette's new applications also provide customers with cross-platform capabilities and access to more than 2 million corporate information technology (IT) developers trained on Java technologies. "Vignette achieved a strategic milestone for its customers today by providing the first comprehensive suite of e-business applications that provide support for the latest Java technology," said Greg Peters, chairman, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Vignette. "Vignette is committed to supporting the platforms that make our customers successful and is dedicated to providing the most open, scalable e-business architecture in the world." The new version of V/5 extends Vignette's long-standing support of industry standards, including XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. , ICE, RosettaNet, BizTalk and Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. DNA DNA: see nucleic acid. DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid One of two types of nucleic acid (the other is RNA); a complex organic compound found in all living cells and many viruses. It is the chemical substance of genes. . By adding support for the J2EE platform to its existing support for Microsoft Windows DNA and other enterprise platforms, Vignette becomes the only e-business application platform to support these dominant industry standards for developers. "I knew this was possible," said Colleen Niven, vice president of e-business technologies at AMR (1) (Adaptive Multi-Rate) A variable rate speech codec selected by the 3GPP for the 3G evolution of the GSM cellphone system (WCDMA). Using the Algebraic CELP (ACELP) compression technology, AMR provides toll quality sound at transmission rates from 4.75 to 12. Research. "But Vignette is the first to do it." The new V/5 release provides support for J2EE technologies, including Enterprise JavaBeans See EJB. (specification, business, programming) Enterprise JavaBeans - (EJB) A server-side component architecture for writing reusable business logic and portable enterprise applications. EJB is the basis of Sun's Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE). (tm) (EJB (Enterprise JavaBeans) A software component in Sun's J2EE platform, which provides a pure Java environment for developing and running distributed applications. EJBs are written as software modules that contain the business logic of the application. (tm)), JavaServer Pages(tm) (JSP (JavaServer Page) An extension to the Java servlet technology from Sun that allows HTML to be combined with Java on the same page. The Java provides the processing, and the HTML provides the layout on the Web page. (tm)) and Java Servlets. These new features allow customers to deploy V/5 e-business applications with third-party J2EE application servers, allowing customers to leverage existing investments in Java infrastructure and trained Java developers. Product Availability and Pricing The new version of the Vignette V/5 E-Business Application Platform is currently available and shipping with support for J2EE and Microsoft Windows DNA standards. For more information on Vignette's suite of enterprise applications, visit www.vignette.com or call 888/608-9900. 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 1,150 leading e-businesses. 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 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, technology capabilites 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 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, and Vignette V/5 E-Business Application Platform is a trademark of Vignette Corp. All other names are trademarks of their respective companies. Java, JavaServer Pages, JSP, J2EE, and JavaBeans are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems Inc. in the United States and in other countries. |
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