With Netscape products available across these various environments, Digital customers will have access to the industry's broadest range of Internet client and server solutions. With the Netscape server and applications software products, users on Digital Equipment platforms can publish information on the Internet's World Wide Web and private TCP/IP networks as well as conduct business on the Internet using Netscape's secure communications facilities.
"We are excited about the possibilities that Netscape's products bring to our customers," said Rose Ann Giordano, vice president of Digital's Internet Business Group. "The Netscape products on Digital platforms will enable a new group of publishers and merchants to do business on the Internet, once again reaffirming that the Internet is open for business. Digital sees the Internet as a cost effective way to work closely with customers and partners. This includes making Digital's systems available for remote access over the Internet."
"Netscape's software products for the Digital platforms deliver the power of the Internet to a broad set of commercial users," said Marc Andreessen, vice president of technology at Netscape. "Netscape software combined with Digital's worldwide reach and leadership in the Windows NT and OpenVMS environments will enable customers worldwide to communicate or conduct business more effectively within their own company or across the globe."
The Netscape server family is open software that allows companies or individuals to set up and maintain servers easily for publishing information and conducting commercial operations on the Internet or corporate IP networks. The Netscape server family includes several products to meet customer requirements: Netscape Communications Server, Netscape Commerce Server, Netscape News Server and Netscape Proxy Server.
The Netscape Internet Applications family is a new line of turnkey software applications that enables companies to conduct full-scale electronic commerce on the Internet. Netscape Merchant System, Netscape Community System and Netscape Publishing System are the first applications to integrate high-volume transaction processing, real-time data management, easy-to-use interfaces, and secure communications for creating sophisticated online services and large-scale businesses on the net. A fourth application, called Netscape IStore, is the first of the Netscape Internet Applications aimed at the individual business owner. Netscape IStore provides the integrated data management, online credit card authorization, billing, and order processing capabilities required to build and manage a virtual storefront.
Netscape Commerce Server 1.1 and Netscape Communications Server 1.1 for Windows NT on Alpha are scheduled for release in May. Netscape Commerce Server has a list price of $5,000 and Netscape Communications Server lists for $1,495. Customers who purchased 1.0 versions of the Netscape server products will receive free updates to 1.1. Netscape Internet Applications for the Digital UNIX Alpha systems and Netscape servers on OpenVMS are scheduled for availability later this calendar year.
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