NURUN to be an ASP Provider of Vignette's V/5 E-Business
Platform(TM) in North America
MONTREAL, QUEBEC--OCTOBER 26, 2000 - 07:54 EDT
Announcement signals NURUN's aggressive start to partnerships with
high-end vendors
NURUN Inc., a subsidiary of the Quebecor Inc. group, announced
today that the company has been selected by Vignette(R)
Corporation to be an ASP Partner for its V/5 E-business Platform
in North America. NURUN will offer Vignette's e-business solution
for the benefit of medium and large-sized organizations.
The Vignette V/5 E-business Platform enables companies and
government departments to create and extend relationships with
customers, suppliers and partners. It provides a scalable,
reliable, and high-performance foundation for delivering content
and managing interactions across wireless communication channels
including PDAs, pagers and mobile phones, as well as the wired Web
and e-mail. The platform's enterprise-ready architecture is
recognized for its ability to help e-businesses build and adapt
their applications quickly to meet changing market demands.
NURUN will now build, host and manage Vignette solutions as an
ASP, allowing clients to focus on their core business instead of
spending scarce time and resources on application development and
systems management. The ASP model will make it possible for
organizations of any size to benefit from Vignette's powerful
e-business solution on a quarterly fee basis.
"This partnership with a best-of-breed provider of content
management and personalization solutions will allow us to better
serve our clients, including our parent company, Quebecor, a
leader in the fields of media and publishing," said Jacques-Hervé
Roubert, President and CEO of NURUN. "Offering Vignette's
solution on an ASP model will also increase our recurring revenue
stream, which is recognized in the industry as a very essential
e-business strategy."
"Offering Vignette's solution as an ASP significantly reduces the
end to end costs of acquiring and maintaining such a powerful
e-business platform," says Alain C. Courville, Director,
Partnership and Alliances at NURUN. "This partnership with
Vignette will extend our current e-business offering, secure
NURUN`s position in the emerging global ASP market, and provide an
aggressive kick start to our partner program with high end
vendors." The global ASP market is estimated by IDC to reach $8
billion by 2004.
Demand is High for Vignette's Solutions in Canada
Vignette has seen demand for its e-business platform grows in
Canada, due to its ability to integrate with popular hardware
platforms such as IBM and Sun. The company's Canadian customers
include Aliant, AT&T Canada, the Bank of Montreal, Fidelity
Insurance, ManuLife, Mediaconsult and Scotia Bank.
NURUN Inc.
NURUN Inc. (TSE: IFN), a subsidiary of the Quebecor Inc. group, is
a company providing e-commerce, Web integration and automated
publishing solutions for corporate and public sector clients in
North America, Europe and South America. NURUN employs more than
1,300 professionals in its various offices in Montreal, Quebec
City, Toronto, Ottawa, Seattle, New York, Boston, Chicago, Paris,
Milan and Santiago. |
