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Vignette Joins Oracle Wireless Partner Initiative to Deliver Comprehensive Wireless Solution

Wireless Customers Will Benefit From Mobile Internet Applications

AUSTIN, Texas--Oct. 17, 2000--Vignette Corp. (Nasdaq:VIGN - news), the leading supplier of e-business applications, today announced that it has joined the Oracle® (Nasdaq:ORCL - news) Wireless Partner Initiative. Vignette's (R) V/5 Content Management Server(TM) and its V/5 Lifecycle Personalization Server(TM) will be integrated with Oracle-9i(TM) Application Server Wireless Edition to provide a comprehensive wireless portal solution. These platform solutions from Vignette provide robust functionality for content management and state-of-the-art personalization capability.

``Vignette's participation in our Wireless Partner Initiative will allow us to reach a broader customer base with a richer wireless solution,'' said Thomas Kurian, vice president, e-business at Oracle. ``Oracle9i Application Server Wireless Edition is powering the development and use of wireless Internet applications and we believe many customers will take advantage of Vignette's strong content management and personalization capabilities.''

Oracle-9i AS Wireless Edition allows telcos and enterprises to provide new and existing Internet applications or content for any wireless-enabled device including: smart phones, pagers, PDAs and handheld computers. When implemented with Oracle-9i AS' Wireless Edition, Vignette's V/5 Content Management Server will manage Web content for wireless services with a high level of flexibility and scalability. The Vignette V/5 Personalization Server offers sophisticated features that enable businesses to provide highly personalized services to their wireless customers. This subscriber specific customization will offer both explicit, user-selected personalization and implicit user behavior-based personalization functionality across all wireless applications.

``The integration of Oracle and Vignette products delivers a complete solution for wireless Internet services that telcos and enterprises can leverage to provide subscribers a first-rate experience with the mobile Internet,'' said Bill Daniel, senior vice president for products at Vignette. ``We have worked with Oracle on many initiatives and believe this partnership will be another successful collaboration.''

Oracle recently launched its Oracle Wireless Partner Initiative to assist independent software vendors (ISVs), application service providers (ASPs) and system integrators (SIs) deploy wireless portals and Internet applications and services. Oracle's wireless Internet software includes its market-leading Oracle9i Application Server Wireless Edition and a set of wireless development tools. The new initiative is part of the Oracle Partner Program.

About Vignette Corp.

Vignette Corp. is the leading supplier of e-business applications. Vignette's products enable businesses to create and extend relationships with prospects and customers and facilitate high-volume transaction exchanges with suppliers and partners, all of which enhances customer satisfaction. Vignette powers more than 1,000 leading e- businesses. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Vignette Corp. 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, 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 V/5 Content Management Server and V/5 Lifecycle Personalization Server are trademarks of Vignette Corp.

Oracle is a registered trademark and Oracle9i is a trademark or registered trademark of Oracle Corp.



 
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