Neogent Announces Implementation of Vignette Enterprise Application Portal for Candle Corporation

    LOS ANGELES--Oct. 22, 2001--Neogent Inc., a company dedicated to developing and integrating highly scalable e-business solutions, today announced the first official launch of a partner implementation of the Vignette Enterprise Application Portal (VEAP).
    Neogent provided professional services for the VEAP implementation for Candle Corporation, one of the world's largest independent global software and services companies. Candle Corporation previously outsourced custom HTML development for each page of its static sites.
    The implementation of the VEAP enables Candle to graduate into an efficient, interactive marketplace by reducing both delivery time and development costs while enhancing customer service. The significant reduction of corporate website maintenance costs coupled with the new ability to quickly develop and deliver content was highlighted by Dawn Nalli, Regional Vice President of Engagement Delivery at Neogent.
    "We were able to demonstrate to Candle how VEAP could reduce both delivery time and development costs by as much as 60% over other custom solutions by utilizing VEAP's powerful out-of-the-box portal solution. This solution creates a compelling web experience that will continually bring customers back to the Candle site."
    The significance of this launch utilizing a Solaris database is notable as previous Vignette beta implementations have been run on NT. In addition, the launch follows the successful completion of Neogent's planning, analysis, custom development, and Q&A during which time Neogent was able to further enhance and extend VEAP's out-of-the-box capabilities to cost-effectively and rapidly architect an extensive solution to accommodate Candle's specific business requirements.
    "Neogent is an integral part in the launch of our new and enhanced Web site, scheduled for mid-December," said Paulette Scheffer, Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Candle Corporation. "Candle selected Neogent for their depth of skill and impeccable expertise in design, development and systems integration. This, coupled with their teamwork and dedication, has resulted in a rapid deployment of a powerful portal solution."

    About Neogent, Inc.

    Neogent (www.neogent.com) provides enterprise consulting services and integration products designed to accelerate the development of mission critical ebusiness initiatives. Founded in 1999, the company provides customers with end-to-end consulting services that include planning, analysis, design, development and deployment of innovative ebusiness applications. Neogent integrates products from world-class software vendors such as Vignette, IBM, Artesia, FileNet and BEA with the firm's internally developed pre-packaged integration products incorporating such technologies as JSP, XML, TCL, J2EE, and others. This combination provides a customizable, reliable foundation that accelerates the implementation of customers' Internet and IT initiatives. Headquartered in Long Beach, California, Neogent has regional offices throughout the nation.

    About Candle Corporation

    Candle Corporation is the systems management and business integration company. Through its software and services, Candle empowers companies to manage the performance and availability of critical information technology systems and business applications, as well as build and integrate enterprise and e-business applications. Since 1976, the Global 2000 have turned to Candle for help in getting the most out of their IT investments. With more than 5,000 customers in 56 countries, Candle is one of the world's largest independent software and services companies. For more information, visit www.candle.com.

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