Vignette Wins Readership Merit Award from DM Review.

AUSTIN, Texas -- Vignette Corp. (Nasdaq:VIGN) today announced that respected industry trade publication DM Review has awarded it the publication's Readership Merit Award, based on feedback from its more than 75,000 subscribers who represent some of the industry's most knowledgeable experts on business intelligence, analytics and data warehousing. The award, which replaces the DM Review 100, recognizes the products and services DM Review readers have successfully deployed and rely on to achieve a competitive edge.

Some of the world's most well-known organizations from numerous industries, including financial services, government and public sector, education, high technology, insurance and telecommunications such as Cingular Wireless, Pepsi Inc., the Internal Revenue Service, Geisinger Health Systems and Motorola, have deployed Vignette's leading-edge software products. Vignette's products and services give companies the ability to properly manage and deliver valuable information and align business and IT goals.

"As a Readership Merit Award winner, Vignette received multiple votes of quality customer satisfaction in DM Review's annual readership survey," said Brian Cronin, publisher, DM Review. "The Readership Merit Awards are a mechanism for DM Review to hear directly from our readers about the vendors and products that are critical to their success. Because our readers value these companies, we do to."

"Vignette is honored to be recognized by DM Review and its impressive readership as a winner of the Readership Merit Awards," said Larry Warnock, chief marketing officer at Vignette. "To be given this recognition by such a respected publication as DM Review further emphasizes Vignette's strong presence in the Enterprise Content Management (ECM) market and its continued commitment to providing the best solutions for our customers. When combined with other recent third party award wins and validation, this recognition is further evidence that Vignette is a leader in the space."

The Readership Merit Award is the fifth major accolade to be awarded to Vignette this year. The Vignette V7 platform was named "Trend-Setting Product of 2005" by KM World. The company has also received the Red Cross Circle of Humanitarian Award, the eContent 100 Award and the SIIA Codie Award for best document management solution and was recognized by KMWorld magazine as one of the '100 Companies that Matter in Knowledge Management.'

The Readership Merit Awards were issued in the December 2005 issue of DM Review. The complete list of award winners is available at http://www.dmreview.com/assets/article/1042332/DMR_Merit.pdf.

About DM Review

DM Review, www.dmreview.com, is recognized as the premier business intelligence, analytics and data warehousing publication. For more than a decade, DM Review has provided thought-provoking and informative editorial covering strategic solutions for business intelligence, analytics, data warehousing and CRM across all major industries. DM Review's authors and columnists are internationally recognized experts in a variety of business intelligence fields. DM Review editorial provides both business and technology perspectives regarding issues, trends and solutions of interest to corporate executives and IT managers. DM Review is published by SourceMedia (www.sourcemedia.com), a leading provider of information, data and software tools for professionals in the financial services and related technologies markets.

About Vignette

Vignette's software and expertise help organizations harness the power of information and the Web for measurable improvements in business efficiency. As the efficiency experts, Vignette (Nasdaq:VIGN) helps organizations increase productivity, reduce costs, improve user experiences and manage risk. Vignette's intranet, extranet and Internet solutions incorporate portal, integration, enterprise content management and collaboration capabilities that can rapidly deliver unique advantages through an open, scalable, and adaptable architecture that integrates with legacy systems. Vignette is headquartered in Austin, Texas, with local operations worldwide. Visit http://www.vignette.com to see how Vignette customers achieve measurable improvements in business efficiency and to find out why more companies prefer Vignette.

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