Vignette (NASDAQ: VIGN) today announced that the University
of Utah is using Vignette’s Web Experience software to power its
internal and external Web sites, from personalized student portals to
collaborative platforms for brain research.
The University’s Web initiatives are the result of a strategy designed
to move the school from numerous information silos to a dynamic and
connected community. The Vignette Web
Experience Platform enables the University’s faculty and
administrative content contributors — who are focused on teaching,
scholarship and service rather than mastering Web publishing
technologies — to create, manage, and deliver massive amounts of content
for the entire University community. The content can be customized to
address each of the University’s diverse stakeholders including
students, parents, faculty, donors and state officials.
"We are creating an online community valuable to everyone, from a
world-class neurosurgeon to an incoming freshman,” said Paula
Millington, director of Media Solutions at the University of Utah.
"Vignette and Avalon Consulting together provide us the tools to
aggregate and serve campus-wide Web applications, content and digital
assets in a way that more deeply connects everyone.”
Vignette, along with implementation partner, Avalon
Consulting, LLC, is the driving force behind the following Web
initiatives for the University:
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My.Utah.edu provides students with their own custom site, which
aggregates the information they need to be successful at the
University. This secure gateway brings together content and services
personalized for the student, such as UMail, Finances and My Courses,
as well as social events. Content providers range from Income
Accounting, which collects tuition, to the AMS student society, which
provides weather forecasts.
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The
Marriot Library
uses Vignette to sustain multiple
content-heavy sites while maintaining a consistent Web experience.
Vignette combines the work of more than 80 librarians and staff to
provide greater access to massive amounts of information and services,
including research tools, online librarian chat and research guides by
subject for specific majors.
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The
Brain Institute
uses Vignette to connect more than two
dozen academic disciplines in a pioneering effort to create a
collaborative community and working environment for advancing brain
research. The online community allows disciplines as diverse as
genomic research, computer imaging, clinical psychology, physics and
biochemistry to work together to develop a more thorough understanding
of the human brain and its pathologies. The goal is to foster greater
innovation by combining as many different perspectives as possible.
Vignette performs the critical task of breaking through organizational
barriers that typically impede progress in cross-disciplinary
research, thus creating a powerful, virtual institution of people
dedicated to collaboration, innovation and education.
"The University of Utah is a great example of the many ways an
organization can use the Web to connect with their constituents on both
a personal and professional level,” said Dave Dutch, senior vice
president of products and marketing at Vignette. "Our Web solutions
empower business users to manage and deliver any type of content,
creating experiences that build brand awareness, drive loyalty and
enable the sharing of ideas and information.”
About Vignette
Vignette provides software and services that deliver the Web’s most
dynamic user experiences. The Vignette Web Experience brings rich media
and engaging content to life for the world’s greatest brands. Vignette
is headquartered in Austin, Texas with operations worldwide. Visit www.vignette.com.
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