The Wall Street Journal Online has signed a worldwide, enterprise license agreement to use the Vignette V/Series and Vignette eSeries technology suite to power the media company's Web properties, including WSJ.com. Vignette's products are intended to improve the content, performance and function of Wall Street Journal Online to help publish the news more quickly. The Vignette package will also allow editors and reporters from around the world to automatically update the content of the news stories while the site maintains a consistent presentation and navigation layer.

Wall Street Journal Online now has more than 500,000 paid subscribers. Vignette's eSeries suite of integration applications will be used to connect its e-business with the rest of its business operations.

Vignette Corp., a supplier of e-business applications, has grown ten-fold since its launch. Vignette customers include more than 1,150 leading e-businesses. Headquartered in Austin, Vignette has offices in the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Australia.