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Vignette Achives Leader Status in META Group's Evaluations of Web Content Management Markets
Vignette Corp. announced that it is ranked as a leader in META Group Inc.’s METAspectrumSM reports for the Web Content Management (WCM) market in both the North America and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) regions.
META Group’s METAspectrum for Web Content Management offers a critical assessment of vendors that provide solutions designed to drive Web sites, including capacity planning, site design and layout, look and feel, navigation, content development, production, content delivery, session tracking and site evolution. According to META Group, the core focus of Web Content Management products is to empower business users, as well as webmasters and Web site developers, to create and manage Web site content efficiently. In its report, META Group comments that Web Content Management is increasingly overlapping with the enterprise portal and enterprise content management markets, further validating Vignette’s strategy of tightly integrating portal and content management solutions.
Vignette is positioned in the leader segment of both METAspectrum evaluations and was specifically recognized for its strength in workflow, user interface, multisite management, and ability to integrate with portal, collaboration and document management solutions. META Group also notes that Vignette appeals to enterprise users looking to gain significant benefits from corporate content and Web sites.
"META Group developed the METAspectrum for the Web Content Management market to enable IT professionals to quickly evaluate vendors based on their ability to deliver on the presence and performance criteria that matter most in this market," said Gene Alvarez, vice president with META Group’s Content & Collaboration Strategies group. "As internal and external Web presences continue to be key differentiators for organizations, the Web content management market is expected to command significant purchasing attention. Well-defined solutions that help users effectively manage Web sites and their associated content will be critical to achieving business goals and increasing customer satisfaction."
With a strong heritage in Web content management, Vignette offers a comprehensive suite of solutions for Compliance and Governance, Public Web Site and Brand Management, Employee Intranets, Customer Self-Service, and Supplier and Channel Interaction that uses its enterprise content management, portal, integration, document and records management, and collaboration capabilities to deliver business efficiencies. Built purely upon a foundation of industry-standard, open technologies, Vignette V7 products provide the most comprehensive suite of services to create, share, manage and present information to any user anywhere at any time, and to allow organizations to consolidate their information management and delivery applications on a single platform.
"Vignette’s leadership position in the METAspectrum for both North America and EMEA is strong affirmation for our products as well as for our ability to lead the industry in innovation and strategic direction with customers across the globe," said David Shirk, senior vice president of products, strategy and worldwide marketing at Vignette. "Vignette is committed to leading the WCM market as well as providing industry-leading integrated portals, collaboration and ECM. We continue to introduce new ways to help organizations become more efficient though increased productivity, reduced costs, content reuse, improved user experiences and consolidation of Web initiatives."
Vignette’s recognition as a leader in META Group’s METAspectrum reports for the Web Content Management market adds to a growing list of industry validations that applauds the strength of Vignette’s products, corporate direction and technology vision. Vignette has also been recognized as a leader in Gartner’s 2004 Magic Quadrant for the Smart Enterprise Suite (SES) market. This listing follows Vignette’s positioning by Gartner in the leader quadrant of the 2004 Magic Quadrant for Horizontal Portal Products.
About METAspectrum
META Group’s METAspectrumSM methodology provides a framework for evaluating or selecting an appropriate IT vendor or product, simplifies the decision process, and enables more effective technology investments. META Group’s research efforts, which adhere to the company’s commitment to objectivity, are conducted independently, based on industry best-practice methodologies and subject to the highest levels of review by META Group’s research community. To learn more about METAspectrum, visit metagroup.com/metaspectrum or call 800-945-META. 15.07.2004, Contentmanager
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