MCI will use the Netscape(TM) Navigator and Netsite(TM) Commerce Server software with integrated security as the turn-key solution for companies and consumers to conduct business on the Internet. As part of its new service, MCI is offering a secure online shopping mall called marketplaceMCI that will include electronic newsstands and storefronts. The system incorporates secure credit-card transaction processing without telephone operator intervention and a database management system integrated by Netscape Communications.
MCI will distribute to its customers Netscape Navigator packaged to provide easy dial-up, point-and-click Internet access and navigation. Netscape Navigator has been especially tuned for high performance over 14.4 kilobit/second modems. The navigator allows consumers to browse electronic storefronts and purchase goods and services securely using any major credit card.
"MCI selected our software over four months ago because of its ability to deliver secure Internet navigation, database transactions, subscription management and electronic shopping capabilities to millions of consumers," said Jim Clark, chairman and CEO of Netscape Communications. "With its widespread reach and marketing presence, MCI will further accelerate the Internet's emergence as the information highway and as the channel for electronic commerce. Our relationship with MCI will help make Netscape Communications a premier software provider for this new era in communications and commerce."
"Netscape Communications has demonstrated its leadership in open Internet software technology by building the first system for secure transactions on the World Wide Web," said John Donoghue, vice president of MCI Business Markets. "Its Netscape Navigator and Netsite Commerce Server, combined with its security system and custom database applications, form a complete solution for electronic merchants and users of marketplaceMCI."
Netscape Communications' Netscape Navigator and Netsite servers are commercially robust, open software products for easily exchanging information and conducting commerce on the Internet. The products bring secure communications, database integration, online searching, financial credit and debit transactions, performance and support to companies and individuals who want to create or access information services on global networks. The products offer easy-to-use interfaces for serving and accessing multimedia information on the net, including formatted text, graphics, audio and video, and are fully compatible with other HTTP and HTML based clients and servers.
The Netscape Navigator and Netsite Commerce Server incorporate Netscape Communications' implementation of RSA Data Security technology. This technology provides encryption, which creates a secure channel to prevent anyone on the network from monitoring the transaction, and authentication, which verifies the legitimacy of the server. Server certification software is also provided by Netscape Communications. The products are designed for online transactions and electronic data exchange, enabling merchants and service providers to create and run a secure presence on the Internet, managing subscriber relationships, database transactions, credit and debit transactions and document services.
The Netsite Commerce Server 1.0 and Netscape Navigator 1.0 will be available in December. MCI will begin offering its internetMCI service with the marketplaceMCI electronic mall by the end of the year.
With 1993 revenue of nearly $12 billion, MCI Communications Corporation is one of the world's largest communications companies. Headquartered in Washington, DC, MCI has more than 65 offices in 58 countries and places. The company's Atlanta-based MCI Business Markets provides a wide range of communications and information services to America's businesses, including networkMCI BUSINESS, long distance voice, data and video services, and consulting and outsourcing services.
Netscape Communications Corporation is a premier provider of open software to enable people and companies to exchange information and conduct commerce over the Internet and other global networks. The company was founded in April 1994 by Dr. James H. Clark, founder of Silicon Graphics, Inc., a Fortune 500 computer systems company; and Marc Andreessen, creator of the NCSA Mosaic research prototype for the Internet. Privately held, Netscape Communications Corporation is based in Mountain View, California.
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