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HP BECOMES NETSCAPE WORLDWIDE AUTHORIZED TRAINING PROVIDER

CUSTOMERS AROUND THE WORLD TO BENEFIT FROM EXPERT TRAINING AND SUPPORT

PALO ALTO, Calif. (November 11, 1996) -- Building on their strategic alliance, Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HWP) and Netscape Communications Corporation (NASDAQ:NSCP) today announced that HP has been appointed Netscape worldwide authorized training provider and will offer Netscape Internet Server Administration courses as part of HP's growing Internet training curriculum. These new training courses help Netscape's enterprise customers install, manage and deploy their Intranets.

The Netscape Internet Server Administration courses that will be offered by HP are designed for system administrators who are responsible for installing, supporting and trouble-shooting Netscape Enterprise Server, Proxy Server, News Server and Mail Server software. The courses are scheduled to be delivered by HP's Netscape-authorized instructors starting in December 1996 at HP Education Centers in the United States (San Francisco, Los Angeles, Dallas, Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, Boston, New York and Washington); Canada (Toronto); the United Kingdom (London and Wokingham); Germany (Bad Homburg and Boeblingen); France (Paris); and Japan (Tokyo).

Initially, HP will offer the Netscape Internet Server Administration courses for UNIX system platforms, with plans to offer them for NT platforms next year, as well as providing additional courses as part of an expanding curriculum.

"Our Internet training curriculum has proved very successful since its introduction earlier this year," said Wulf Rehder, worldwide program manager for Internet education at HP. "We have more than doubled the number of Internet- and intranet-related courses we offer and are delighted to add Netscape's Internet Server Administration courses to the curriculum. These Netscape courses complement our existing offerings and enable us to offer our customers a total education solution for establishing, managing and gaining advantage from Web sites and intranets."

"HP is an established education provider with an impressive, growing Internet education curriculum," said Tina Beach, manager of worldwide partner education at Netscape. "As a result of this worldwide agreement, Netscape's customers around the world will benefit from the curriculum and from HP's global marketing and product presence."

The four Netscape Internet Server Administration courses being offered by HP are as follows:

HP's comprehensive Internet training curriculum, available from HP's Professional Services Organization, now includes 16 courses designed to provide customers with the skills needed to exploit the business benefits of the Internet and Intranets. The courses address the specific skills and knowledge needs of users, business managers, information-technology managers and system administrators.

HP's strategic alliance with Netscape is designed to address the demand for reliable Intranet solutions for medium to large enterprises and enables the two companies to work together to deliver business-critical Internet and Intranet solutions based on UNIX and NT systems. The alliance covers technology sharing and product development, as well as joint marketing, sales, support and training.

HP's Internet training curriculum and education services are provided by HP's Professional Services Organization. HP education services include executive programs, management workshops, technology workshops, transition courses and implementation-skills courses. HP offers both scheduled and customized education and training services, which can be tailored based on customer needs-analyses and delivered at customer sites or at HP Education Centers around the world.

Also part of HP's Professional Services Organization is HP's Internet Consulting Practice, which helps customers by assessing needs, then designing, implementing and integrating Internet/Intranet solutions.

HP Professional Services Organization provides open, client/server technical consulting, education and systems-integration services to help customers around the world meet challenges in today's fast-changing business environment. HP's professional-services consultants apply their own experience, leverage HP's knowledge base in client/server computing and draw on partner resources to deliver end-to-end enterprise-technology solutions that are open and flexible.

Information about HP's Professional Services Organization and its education services can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.hp.com/go/consulting. For more information on education and training services, or to register for courses, readers may call 1-800-472-5277.

Netscape Communications Corporation is a premier provider of open software for linking people and information over enterprise networks and the Internet. The company offers a full line of clients, servers, development tools and commercial applications to create a complete platform for next-generation, live online applications. Traded on NASDAQ under the symbol "NSCP," Netscape Communications Corporation is based in Mountain View, California.

Information about Netscape and its products can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.home.netscape.com, by sending e-mail to info@netscape.com or by calling (415) 528-2555 (corporate customers) or (415) 528-3777 (individuals).

Hewlett-Packard Company is a leading global manufacturer of computing, communications and measurement products and services recognized for excellence in quality and support. HP has 110,800 employees and had revenue of $31.5 billion in its 1995 fiscal year.

UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries, licensed exclusively through X/Open(R) Company Limited.

X/Open is a registered trademark, and the X device is a trademark of X/Open Company Ltd. in the UK and other countries. Netscape, Netscape Enterprise Server, Netscape Proxy Server, Netscape Mail Server and Netscape News Server are trademarks of Netscape Communication Corporation.