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Vignette Corporation
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<p>Vignette Corporation was a company that offered a suite of <a href="/facts/Content_management/gV2Ej9ns">content management</a>, <a href="/facts/Web_portal/Fj25GpUE">web portal</a>, <a href="/facts/Collaboration/8rkNh7hP">collaboration</a>, <a href="/facts/Document_management/cgmjwyKV">document management</a>, and <a href="/facts/Records_management/TFtnlxYB">records management</a> software. Targeted at the enterprise market, Vignette offered products under the name <a href="/facts/StoryServer/h2xjv2Ke">StoryServer</a> that allowed non-technical users to create, edit and track content through workflows and publish it on the web. It provided integration for <a href="/facts/Enterprise_resource_planning/IHhjWH4z">enterprise resource planning</a>, <a href="/facts/Customer_relationship_management/Y74q0uXB">customer relationship management</a> and legacy systems, supporting <a href="/facts/Java_EE/7AAStd35">Java EE</a> and <a href="/facts/Microsoft.NET/Hh5tWDIw">Microsoft.NET</a>. Vignette's <a href="/facts/Integrated_development_environment/jbEINSQf">integrated development environment</a> and <a href="/facts/Application_programming_interface/GMlN4vUr">application programming interface</a> offered an alternative to conventional <a href="/facts/Common_Gateway_Interface/zWsLFXGJ">Common Gateway Interface</a>/<a href="/facts/Vi_(text_editor)/d8G1PkDh">vi</a>/<a href="/facts/Perl/fx31kjlT">Perl</a> web development. StoryServer was used on many large websites including those of <a href="/facts/CNET/FefqENNr">CNET</a>, <a href="/facts/UnitedHealth_Group/Fdyxrw5J">UnitedHealth Group</a>, <a href="/facts/The_Walt_Disney_Company/R8kCbAVc">The Walt Disney Company</a>, <a href="/facts/Wachovia/oCd6GRc6">Wachovia</a>, <a href="/facts/Martha_Stewart/Nnc8AdJb">Martha Stewart</a>, <a href="/facts/Fox_News/jyP1hm2q">Fox News</a>, <a href="/facts/National_Geographic_(U.S._TV_channel)/19KuJFw6">National Geographic Channel</a>, <a href="/facts/Pharmacia_%2526_Upjohn/3dnNrXHR">Pharmacia & Upjohn</a>, <a href="/facts/MetLife/JhYj5xqW">MetLife</a>, <a href="/facts/BSkyB/7oFpI64L">BSkyB</a>, the <a href="/facts/2004_Summer_Olympics/7ljacRK4">2004 Summer Olympics</a>, and <a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a>. </p><p>Its V6 content suites was priced at $200,000-$400,000. </p><p>In 2009, the company was acquired by <a href="/facts/Open_Text_Corporation/PoGvt3jC">Open Text Corporation</a>. </p>