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To: Knighty Tin who wrote (89288)	2/7/2001 10:09:05 PM
From: JHP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

Michael Any relation? Wednesday February 7, 2:11 pm Eastern Time Press Release Prudential Selects Vignette Technology for Customer-Driven Web Sites Vignette Provides Dynamic, Scalable, Integrated Solution For Fortune 50 Company's Global Web Properties AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 7, 2001-- Vignette Corp. (Nasdaq:VIGN - news), the leading supplier of customer-driven Internet applications, today announced that The Prudential Insurance Company of America, one of the largest financial services institutions in the world, has selected Vignette® software as its global standard for powering and personalizing its Web sites. Prudential will deploy Vignette technology on all of its Web properties worldwide. The first Prudential sites to go live on Vignette technology will be www.prudential.com, the company's primary online presence for its array of financial services, and www.prudentialsecurities.com, a Web site dedicated to Prudential's full-service investment and brokerage organization. ``Vignette offered us an integrated, enterprise-class solution for building an online business tuned to our customers' needs,'' said Jim Burke, senior vice president of Internet business development at Prudential Insurance. ``Vignette's content, integration and analytical abilities mapped to Prudential's strategic business vision of making our global online properties the best in the world.'' Prudential's Web sites reflect a corporate-wide strategy to invest in scalable e-business technologies to help customers achieve their financial goals. Prudential offers a variety of online services, including insurance, securities, real estate and mutual funds, to add additional choices and make it easy for customers to do business across the Prudential brand. For example, an insurance client may also be interested in a mortgage, or a customer investing in an IRA may want additional information on a college fund. On the brokerage side, Prudential intends to offer clients several levels of investment relationships. Vignette software offers Prudential a fully integrated solution that will scale to meet business needs as the company's online business grows. ``Prudential recognizes that customers today demand dynamic, real-time access to information to capitalize on financial opportunities,'' said Mike Vollman, senior vice president of sales and services at Vignette Corp. ``Vignette's technology will help Prudential provide a highly relevant and personalized online experience for their customers by giving them access to timely information.'' The Prudential Insurance Company of America, with more than $363 billion in assets under management as of Dec. 31, 1999, is one of the largest life insurance companies in the United States and is among the largest financial services institutions in the world. Prudential serves millions of individual and institutional customers worldwide and offers a variety of products and services, including life insurance, property and casualty insurance, mutual funds, annuities, pension and retirement related services and administration, asset management, securities brokerage, real estate brokerage franchising and relocation services. About Vignette Vignette Corp. (Nasdaq:VIGN - news) is the leading provider of customer-driven Internet applications used by the most demanding and successful organizations in the world. Vignette's products allow businesses to create and extend relationships with prospects and customers, and to facilitate high-volume transaction exchanges with suppliers and partners, all of which enhances customer satisfaction. Vignette powers more than 1,250 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 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,