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Vignette, IBM to offer e-business package

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AUSTIN, Texas: IBM and software maker Vignette Corp. said on Monday they have

joined together to offer businesses a package containing all the hardware and

applications needed to transfer operations onto the Web.

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Blue Pack, as the package is called, will be composed of hardware and

software by International Business Machines Corp., as well a Vignettes' software

used to manage and store the thousands of Web pages a business creates.

Vignette said the arrangement will allow customers to get the whole package

of hardware and applications for one price from a single vendor, instead of

negotiating with the different partners. "Blue Pack is another important

step in terms of the deepening of our strategic relationship with IBM,"

Greg Peters, Vignette chairman and chief executive, told Reuters.

Shares of Vignette were up about 10 cents to $6.49 in afternoon trading on

the Nasdaq. Both IBM and Vignette will sell the Blue Pack, which will come in

two bundled packages: one for small- to medium-sized Web sites and another for

more advanced, complex, high-volume sites.

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The Blue Pack includes servers, IBM middleware, including WebSphere

application server, and DB2 Universal Data Base Enterprise Edition. It also

includes technical and financial services from IBM.

Vignette's new Content Suite V6 software, which enables Web content

management and personalization will run on top of that. The V6 also can target

marketing campaigns, integrate easily with other applications, such as customers

relationship management software as well as pull information from other Web

sites.

"IBM and Vignette have packaged the key components to deliver a complete

e-business infrastructure for rapid deployment of Vignette solutions at a lower

cost of ownership." said Per Larsen, IBM vice president, eServer Solutions.

(C) Reuters Limited.

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