IBM AND NETSCAPE SIGN JOINT LICENSE AGREEMENT
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (November 14, 1996) -- IBM and Netscape Communications Corp. (NASDAQ: NSCP) today announced a licensing agreement through which Netscape will integrate IBM's new Java-based web-to-host software, IBM Host On-Demand, into Netscape's enterprise intranet client, Netscape Communicator Professional Edition. As part of the agreement, IBM is licensed to include Netscape Communicator Professional Edition with various IBM hardware and software offerings and market these offerings through IBM's worldwide sales and distribution channels.
By combining a Java-based host access application with Netscape's intranet client, the two companies are fulfilling key intranet requirements, extending the availability of business-critical information on customers' enterprise servers.
"Netscape firmly believes that integration with the existing enterprise infrastructure is important to our success in the corporate market," said Mike Homer, senior vice president of marketing at Netscape. "This agreement emphasizes our commitment to providing comprehensive, open solutions for the corporate intranet and reinforces our support for Java-based applications."
"Today's announcement reinforces IBM's strategy to help customers integrate existing data into new, Web-based solutions," said James Neiser, vice president of marketing, IBM Networking Software. "This is consistent with our goal to make leading Internet software platforms, such as Netscape, available with IBM systems."
ABOUT
HOST
ON-DEMAND
IBM Host On-Demand is a high-performance cross-platform TN3270 (Telnet 3270) solution for intranet and World
Wide Web users who need occasional access to computer applications or databases in their company's central
computers. Access is as simple as pointing and clicking on an icon or menu list from within a Java-enabled PC or
workstation. No customer programming or additional hardware is required.
The client version of Host On-Demand that Netscape is licensing from IBM offers a complementary solution to the Host On-Demand version announced yesterday. The client version is designed for customers who would prefer to have Host On-Demand permanently installed on their PCs.
PRODUCT
DEMONSTRATIONS
IBM Host On-Demand will be demonstrated by both IBM and Netscape at Comdex in Las Vegas, November 18-22.
ABOUT
NETSCAPE
COMMUNICATOR
PROFESSIONAL
EDITION
Netscape Communicator Professional Edition is an integrated suite of client software for corporate intranet
users. The software suite includes seven powerful components that work together seamlessly: Netscape Navigator
4.0 browser software, Netscape Composer HTML authoring software, Netscape Messenger electronic mail,
Netscape Collabra group discussion software, Netscape Conference real-time collaboration software, Netscape
Calendar scheduling software, and Netscape AutoAdmin for centralized user management by MIS
professionals.
Netscape intends to include IBM Host On-Demand in a beta version of Netscape Communicator Professional Edition in early 1997 and make it commercially available in the second quarter of 1997.
ABOUT IBM
IBM, the world's largest software provider, creates, develops and manufactures the industry's most advanced
information technologies, including computer systems, software, networking systems, storage devices and
microelectronics.
IBM offers complete information about the company, its products, services and technology through the World Wide Web. The fastest and easiest way to get information about IBM software is to go to the IBM home page at http://www.software.ibm.com.
ABOUT
NETSCAPE
Netscape Communications Corporation is a leading 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 the next-generation of live online applications.
Additional information on Netscape Communications Corporation is available on the Internet at http://home.netscape.com, by sending email to info@netscape.com, or by calling 415/927-2555 (corporations) or 415/937-3777 (individuals).
Netscape, the Netscape Communications Corporation logo, Netscape Communicator, Netscape Communicator
Professional Edition, Netscape Navigator, Netscape Composer, Netscape Messenger, Netscape Collabra, Netscape Conference, Netscape Calendar, and Netscape AutoAdmin are trademarks of Netscape Communications Corporation.
Other product names are trademarks of IBM or Sun Microsystems, Inc.