Vignette Corp. (Nasdaq: VIGN), the leading supplier of e-business applications, today announced that its software powers more B2B and B2C mobile applications than that of any other company. Vignette's ability to deliver and deploy world-class wireless applications globally has allowed the company to pull ahead of the competition.
With the availability of the Vignette V/5 eBusiness Application Platform(TM) and its Vignette V/5 Communication Server(TM), companies can now interact with customers and partners in real-time across any device at any time. Many companies are using Vignette products to deliver breaking news, stock quotes and calendar information, as well as to provide application functionality like helping field sales representatives interact with suppliers in real-time. These wireless capabilities help leading global companies stay in close contact with their customers and reach them through the device and communication channel they choose.
"The list of world-class companies using Vignette to power their wireless initiatives substantiates our wireless products and solutions," said Bill Daniel, senior vice president of products at Vignette. "Businesses are turning to Vignette technology to better stay in touch with and serve their customers today. Make no mistake: Vignette is doing today what other Internet software providers are talking about doing in the future. As we continue to sign-up new customers and expand the mobile and wireless applications deployed by our current customer base, we fully expect those companies deploying Vignette wireless applications to be wildly successful and lead the way in the wireless world of the 21st Century."
In its June 2000 report entitled "Many Devices, One Consumer," Forrester Research predicted that 45 percent of online users would connect to the web via more than one device by 2003. Companies are rushing to offer their customers the choice of using the channel they want and wireless is quickly gaining in popularity. According to H. C. Wainwright & Co, within 10 years the total wireless data revenue opportunity will be between $250 to $300 billion - $15 billion to $18 billion for consumer and $250 billion in the enterprise segment. Vignette V/Series solutions are allowing customers to tap into these wireless revenue opportunities today.
Companies throughout the world have made it clear that they need the ability to transact e-business with their mobile audience via wireless devices like mobile phones, personal digital assistants (PDAs) and two-way pagers. The Vignette V/5 Communication Server offers the ability to reach these devices and, when coupled with the Vignette V/5 eBusiness Application Platform's content management, personalization and customer analytics, presents the most robust, full-featured wireless solution available today.
A few examples of companies currently using the Vignette V/5 eBusiness Application Platform and the Vignette V/5 Communication Server for their wireless deployments are:
-- Bluewin - Switzerland's number one Internet provider and a
subsidiary of Swisscom,
Switzerland's largest Telco, Bluewin
uses Vignette products to offer
breaking news snippets to
users on WAP-enabled phones.
-- CNET - The trusted source of information for buyers,
sellers
and suppliers, CNET delivers
technology news as it happens to
subscribers' WAP-enabled phones by
way of Vignette technology.
Users can sign up for instant CNET
News.com alerts at:
http://mobile.cnet.com.
-- EuropeanInvestor.com - An online provider of
European
financial information,
EuropeanInvestor.com uses Vignette
technology to manage incoming feeds
and to build the front end
that helps users set their conditions
and subscribe to
services.
-- GemPlus -The world's leading provider of smart
card-based
solutions, GemPlus will enable
businesses to complete
transactions from any wireless device
to electronic content
through the Vignette V/5 eBusiness
Application Platform.
-- i3 Mobile - i3 Mobile is a leading provider of
wireless
solutions that enable wireless
network operators, Web sites
and enterprises to extend
personalized, location-based
information, m-commerce and wireless
advertising services to
their customers. i3 Mobile's services
are available to more
than 55 percent of North American
wireless phone users through
relationships with more than 25
leading wireless network
operators and new media distributors.
i3 Mobile is integrating
Vignette's V/Series technology in its
co-branded wireless and
Web-based portals.
-- MegaTribe - MegaTribe specializes in resource
optimization and
scheduling technology for enterprise
applications and is
accessible on the Web and through
mobile devices such as PDAs
and WAP-enabled phones. MegaTribe
uses Vignette's V/Series
unified content management and
personalization services to
deliver such e-Business applications
and to notify users of
real-time changes to their schedules.
-- Sportal - Sportal is the leading sports information
portal in
Britain and is powered by Vignette's
V/Series products.
Sportal provides updates on sports
scores, league standings
and player transactions to
WAP-enabled devices in English,
French, Italian, Spanish and German.
-- SuperOnline - SuperOnline is a Turkish portal,
powered by
Vignette's V/5 products, that offers
both browser-based and
WAP access. The site offers users
access to popular sections
such as Investor News (stock quotes,
currency prices and gold
prices) and Breaking News, Current
News, WAP-mail (receive and
send e-mail), Daily Weather Report,
Sports, Movies and Horse
Races on WAP-enabled devices.
-- Thirsty.com - Thirsty.com, is an online/offline
lifestyle
network that has become a premier
portal and a new form of
communication for the youth
generation. The Vignette-powered,
WAP-enabled site enables visitors to
download and upload
content, as well as synchronize data
into Internet-ready
handheld devices such as PDAs, pagers
and cell phones.
-- Unmissabletv.com - Unmissabletv.com offers a TV
listings guide
and the ability to browse through
sections of the popular
online site including the daily TV
schedule, horoscope, soap
opera and celebrity gossip sections.
The information the
wireless user sees is personalized
according to registration
criteria such as geographical
location and services used,
which is entered during the first
visit to the site.
Vignette's V/5 products power the
online site.
-- WESCO - WESCO Distribution is a leading electrical
distributor
in North America and offers its
customers a service delivered
via PDAs for job site reordering.
With this Vignette-powered
service, contractors can order
equipment or parts directly
from a jobsite, send it to WESCO over
a wireless network, and
get the parts dropped off from the
local WESCO branch that
afternoon. Users can then go back and
access summary
information on the order. Orders can
be placed anytime,
anywhere - dramatically shortening
the cycle time to receive
products.
"We chose Vignette because they are clearly the market
leader in
providing a top-notch, reliable platform for Web-based personalization,"
said Stephen G. Maloney, president & CEO of i3 Mobile. "The Vignette
V/5 eBusiness Application Platform allows us to more effectively integrate our
Web and wireless applications, offering a greater level of flexibility and
customization to our distribution partners and end-users across a wide range of
services."
"Wireless is a key aspect of our strategy to enable us to develop an ongoing dialog with Unmissabletv.com users and create lasting customer relationships," said Craige Pendleton-Browne, product development director at IPC Electric (owner/operator of the Unmissabletv.com service). "One of our ambitions this year is to have the capability to notify users via their mobile phones that their favorite soap will be starting in 10 minutes and Vignette's software gives us that ability. Vignette products allowed us to roll out one of the first commercially available WAP applications in six weeks from concept, ahead of the competition."
"Vignette's platform has greatly accelerated our time-to-market," said Gabriel Whyel, chief technology officer at MegaTribe. "Vignette offers a complete and unified platform for multi-channel content delivery and personalization. As a result of this and Vignette's devotion to its customers, our product has been able to evolve quickly and provide significant value for our clients."
Vignette also has partnerships with most of the major wireline and wireless telecom companies around the world, including AT&T, British Telecom, Deutsche Telekom, Sonera, Sprint, SwissCom, Telecom Italia, Telecom New Zealand, Telefonica S.A., TurkCell and U.S. West. Such a strong commitment and customer base in the sector demonstrates the telecom industry's belief that Vignette's products and solutions are unmatched and that the company is making the commitment to the technology, infrastructure and experience to help them and their customers succeed in this growing market.
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