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DAILY NEWS AND INFORMATION
FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY /
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Systems/Enterprise:
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, VIGNETTE
LEVERAGE JOINT TECHNOLOGIES
Sun Microsystems Inc and Vignette Corp announced plans to bring to market a
joint collaboration solution to address the specialized needs of medium-sized
to large organizations. This initiative is based on Sun's internal
implementation of the Vignette Business Workspaces collaboration solution,
known internally as the SunWeb Collaboration Suite.
"The SunWeb Collaboration Suite is a central component to our enterprise
knowledge management architecture and is not just a repository to store and
manage documents," said Ian Gover, global director of Internal Portal Services
at Sun. "For Sun it is a virtual meeting place that brings people and ideas
together. With the over 1 million objects and more than 2,300 established
communities, the combination of Sun and Vignette enterprise solutions have
continued to show their might as the number of registered users, communities
of practice and system entries have skyrocketed."
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A collaboration-oriented solution squares neatly with market demand.
According
to Delphi Group's "Enterprise Portals: Total Market Perspective," published in
December 2002, "While for many the term 'collaboration' remains loosely
defined, the importance of various aspects of collaboration is apparent
throughout the reported uses and requirements of deployed portals." Delphi
Group's research notes that the single-most frequently cited reason for
deploying a portal is to have a "mechanism to share information and work
methods."
SunWeb Collaboration Suite has revolutionised the way Sun's global work
force
of 35,000 employees share information across project teams, business lines and
geographies. In fact, SunWeb Collaboration Suite is playing a critical role in
driving workgroup efficiencies globally. For example, account teams and
marketing professionals can access presentations, project plans and budgets
and work collaboratively to modify and maintain critical documents. Sun
user-defined virtual communities have exploded over the past 18 months with
more than 200,000 documents categorized, loaded and shared across 2,300
communities.
Together, Sun and Vignette plan to jump-start similar successes for
customers
by bringing to market a packaged, pre-tested, integrated combination of
products that leverage the Sun Java Enterprise System, the Java Desktop System
and Vignette Business Workspaces collaboration solution.
"Customers gain high-impact efficiencies and hone their competitive edge
with
the kind of improved account coordination, product launch and customer and
partner service that a joint Sun and Vignette collaboration solution
provides," said David Shirk, senior vice president of product strategy and
worldwide marketing for Vignette. "The combination of Vignette's pure
J2EE-based solution set and Sun's Java Desktop System offers the most
comprehensive, scalable, open-architecture business solutions available."
The planned joint collaboration solution delivers on the promise of an
expanded relationship between Sun and Vignette announced in November 2003.
Vignette and Sun have deepened their alliance to help deliver more rapid and
sustained business value and efficiencies to customers, including faster time
to implementation and increased ROI for Vignette solutions on Sun Java
Enterprise System software.
About Sun Microsystems
Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision -- "The Network Is The
Computer" -- has propelled Sun Microsystems Inc to its position as a leading
provider of industrial-strength hardware, software and services that make the
Net work. Sun can be found in more than 100 countries and on the World Wide
Web at www.sun.com.
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