Vignette and ioko celebrate unprecedented success at GITEX 2007

Released on: September 30, 2007, 5:52 am

Press Release Author: Nirmala Dsouza/OAK Consulting

Industry: Software

Press Release Summary: GITEX opens up new markets and opportunities for both
companies and generates significant sales leads in the Middle East.

Press Release Body: Dubai, United Arab Emirates, September 30, 2007: Vignette
(NASDAQ: VIGN), a leading provider of Next-Generation Web solutions, and ioko, a
specialist in digital and on-demand media, celebrated at very successful GITEX
Technology Week 2007. The companies, which jointly showcased the Vignette Digital
Services Hub at the technology event, announced that this year's show has helped
them open up new opportunities with existing customers and partners, generate record
number of sales leads and create awareness of their solutions across the region.

"GITEX has been a very important forum for us to increase awareness of our solutions
in the region and to meet both existing and prospective customers. The response we
got at GITEX this year was fantastic, our Vignette Digital Services Hub demos and
presentations were very well received," said Bijan Bedroud, regional vice president
sales, Middle East and Northern Europe at Vignette. "Vignette has increased
investments in the region and sees its business prospects in the region
flourishing."

Vignette and ioko used GITEX as a platform to demonstrate the Vignette Digital
Services Hub and how it helps enabling organizations to meet the demand for managing
and delivering digital content across multiple channels. The companies saw a high
number of focused business visitors who were interested in knowing more about their
solutions and with a significant number of visitors already having a great awareness
of Vignette.

"We are delighted with the response and the quality of business leads we received
at GITEX. More than a third of the visitors to our stand were quality leads with
projects and showed interested in Vignette & ioko. We believe our participation at
the show will help continue our growth momentum," commented Mark Christie, managing
director, ioko.

Vignette, which has its headquarters in Texas and operations worldwide, counts
leading global 1000 companies and many government agencies worldwide among its many
customers. Vignette's Next-Generation Web solutions help enterprise organisations
enhance their customer interaction by delivering highly personalized, participatory
online experiences. These solutions help deliver custom content anytime, anywhere,
to any Internet-enabled device, thus enabling greater productivity and efficiency.

The Vignette Digital Services Hub addresses customers in the Telecommunications,
Media and Entertainment industries. It meets the key challenges of managing,
securing, delivering and selling digital content and other services to customers. It
helps consistently deliver an enhanced customer experience across multiple channels
such as PC, digital set-top box, mobile phone, digital music player and other
portable devices.

Vignette and ioko have seen their customer base in the region expand at a healthy
rate over the past year. The companies expect to significantly increase the
footprint of deployments in the region through the next year. "GITEX has definitely
increased our visibility in this market. We are confident that our customer base
will increase in the next few months. Going by the response we received this year,
we are definitely looking forward to a bigger and better and more successful GITEX
next year," concluded Bijan Bedroud.

About Vignette
Vignette helps organizations improve interactions with customers and partners by
delivering highly personalized, interactive online experiences. Vignette's early
content management and delivery tools laid the groundwork for some of the Web's most
popular sites. Today, Vignette's award-winning Next-Generation Web solution powers
some of the world's most recognizable online brands and enables organizations to
have more meaningful interactions with their customers and associates. Vignette's
Imaging and Workflow solution adds the ability to deliver and manage online and
offline document-driven customer transactions. Vignette is headquartered in Austin,
Texas with operations worldwide. Visit www.vignette.com

About ioko
ioko designs, develops, manages and maintains digital media technology systems for
national and international broadcasters and major media, entertainment and
telecommunications companies. Systems integrated and managed by ioko enable digital
media to be delivered across broadcast, broadband and mobile networks to
televisions, computers and mobile phones. They power the portals and platforms of
many media organizations-providing millions of streams and downloads to millions of
users around the world.
www.ioko.com


Media Contacts:

Nirmala D'souza
OAK Consulting FZC
+971507343840
nimi@oakconsulting.biz






Web Site: http://www.vignette.com

Contact Details: Media Contacts:

Nirmala D'souza
OAK Consulting FZC
+971507343840
nimi@oakconsulting.biz

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