The Fannie Mae Foundation Taps Vignette Collaboration Solutions to Sup

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    AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 15, 2005--Vignette Corp. (NASDAQ:VIGN) today announced that the Fannie Mae Foundation, the largest private, nonprofit foundation in the country devoted to affordable housing and the revitalization of communities, is using Vignette(R) Business Workspaces to drive the organization's diverse collaboration initiatives. With the Vignette collaboration solution, the Fannie Mae Foundation is enhancing relationships with grantees, policymakers and other partner communities.
    The Fannie Mae Foundation sought a collaboration solution that would be easy to use and could integrate with existing investments to foster knowledge-sharing across the organization. With Vignette's deep integration capabilities and intuitive e-mail-enabled collaboration functionality, the Fannie Mae Foundation is harnessing collaborative efforts already taking place via e-mail exchanges and rapidly launching new collaboration projects linked to specific business activities. File shares and threaded discussions also can be contributed to and accessed by Web interfaces or e-mail.
    Vignette(R) V7 Collaboration Services support sophisticated online and offline communications among co-workers and partners, customers, and prospects. With Web-based shared workspaces that blend seamlessly with familiar business productivity tools, individuals can easily leverage collaboration solutions to communicate with partners and co-workers across the city, state or globe. In addition, Vignette collaboration solutions offer a wide variety of capabilities, including project delivery, account management notifications, full contextual search, expert identification, account team coordination, contact management and much more.
    "Vignette collaboration solutions give the Fannie Mae Foundation the tools it needs to successfully engage in discussions and share research and best practices related to community development," said Chuck Neal, senior vice president of worldwide sales and operations at Vignette. "Organizations worldwide continue to select Vignette based on our ability to integrate seamlessly with other investments, as evidenced by the Fannie Mae Foundation's integration of Vignette Business Workspaces with existing e-mail systems. We are proud to help the Fannie Mae Foundation as it works to create healthy, vibrant communities across the United States."
    The Fannie Mae Foundation creates affordable homeownership and housing opportunities through innovative partnerships and initiatives that build healthy, vibrant communities across the United States. The Foundation is specially committed to improving the quality of life for the people of its hometown, Washington, D.C., and to enhancing the livability of the city's neighborhoods. The Foundation, a private nonprofit organization supported solely by Fannie Mae, has regional offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Pasadena and Philadelphia.

    About Vignette Corp.

    Vignette's software and expertise help organizations harness the power of information and the Web for measurable improvements in business efficiency. As the efficiency experts, Vignette (Nasdaq: VIGN) helps organizations increase productivity, reduce costs, improve user experiences and manage risk. Vignette's intranet, extranet and Internet solutions incorporate portal, integration, enterprise content management and collaboration capabilities that can rapidly deliver unique advantages through an open, scalable, and adaptable architecture that integrates with legacy systems. Vignette is headquartered in Austin, Texas, with local operations worldwide. Visit http://www.vignette.com to see how Vignette customers achieve measurable improvements in business efficiency and to find out why more companies prefer Vignette.

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CONTACT: Vignette Corp. Jim Hahn, 512-741-4871 jim.hahn@vignette.com www.vignette.com or Waggener Edstrom Lindsey Tishgart, 512-527-7022 lindseyt@wagged.com

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