TOKYO AND MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (June 4, 1997) -- Netscape Communications Corporation (NASDAQ: NSCP) today announced that it will deliver the final versions of Netscape SuiteSpot 3.0 integrated server suite and Netscape Communicator client software at Netscape's DevCon, the company's Internet developers conference next week in San Jose, Calif. Netscape's Marc Andreessen made the announcement in a keynote at Networld+Interop in Tokyo today. The Fortune 500 attendees of Netscape's conference for enterprises designing and deploying Intranets will be among the first to receive the final versions of the award-winning client and server software. As part of "The Great Internet Tune Up" promotion Netscape is making the new software available online for download and purchase from a broad host of the most popular sites on the Internet.
In addition, for the first time ever Netscape is making international versions of its software available just weeks after the US availability. The company today announced international beta versions of Netscape SuiteSpot servers and Netscape Communicator with final product to begin shipping within 30 days. International languages include: German, French, Japanese, Italian, Swedish, Danish, Dutch, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish. Netscape estimates that more than 60 million people have used Netscape client and server software worldwide.
"With the shipment of Netscape SuiteSpot and Netscape Communicator, Netscape is delivering on its promise to extend its Internet technology leadership to enterprise messaging and groupware and to provide a platform for implementing business-critical applications for Intranets and Extranets," said Marc Andreessen, senior vice president of technology at Netscape. "Companies are quickly realizing that Netscape solutions enable cost savings and deliver a high return on investment. Our goal is to rapidly increase the number of 'Design Wins,' organizations who are deploying more than 500 seats of Netscape software, within 30 days after the products ship."
According to a first quarter 1997 study from Creative Networks more than 57 percent of the 52 organizations with more than 5,000 users studied are running Netscape Web server software as the primary Web server for their Intranet. By comparison, 34 percent of those studied are primarily using Microsoft Web server software and 17 percent are using Lotus Domino Web server software.
Netscape Communicator and Netscape SuiteSpot software also continue to play a key role in building crossware applications for such leading customers as: AT&T, Cypress Semiconductor, Chubb & Son Inc., Department of Energy, DHL, DISA, Edward Jones, Fujitsu, Genentech, Jeppeson Times Mirror, Lawyer's Title Insurance Corporation, LSI Logic, NASA, National Semiconductor, Scotia Capital Markets, SMED International, Unihealth, US Patent & Trademark Office, U S WEST and Xilinx. Many of Netscape's Fortune 500 customers are coming to Netscape's DevCon industry event to take first delivery of the new software and learn more about deploying Netscape solutions.
"We look forward to taking advantage of the open collaboration and groupware features of Netscape Communicator and SuiteSpot," said Yasuyo Kikuta, general manager Internet Project Network Service Group at Fujitsu. "As one of the largest electronics computer companies in the world, using Netscape software we've already developed a leading-edge Intranet to improve communication and increase productivity among our more than 45,000 employees and more than 100,000 affiliates."
DHL Systems, based in Burlingame, California, coordinates global technology programs for the DHL Worldwide Express network. "With Netscape Communicator and Netscape SuiteSpot, we can provide DHL employees around the world a solution with the ability for messaging, browsing, collaboration and news," said Gary Clark, director of infrastructure for DHL Systems, Inc. "Since DHL's information technology strategy is based around open standards-based applications, we chose Netscape Messaging Server and Netscape Directory Server. In order to be successful in the international package delivery business, the 50,000 DHL Worldwide Express employees need to be able to effectively communicate with one another and to easily find people around the world."
In the last two quarters more than 100 leading organizations chose Netscape Communicator and Netscape SuiteSpot for either their corporate messaging solution or to implement business-critical applications for their Intranets and Extranets. These new enterprise customers and other organizations, which Netscape classifies as 'Design Wins,' are each planning to deploy at least 500 seats of Netscape software for messaging or Java/JavaScript applications and will compromise more than one million new seats.
According to a new study from IntelliQuest, Inc., Netscape is perceived as a leader in offering companies superior service and support, innovative Intranet solutions, products that are broadly compatible and the best value for the money. The IntelliQuest IntelliTrack IQ US Intranet Module surveyed purchase/influence decision-makers from different size organizations. The quarterly syndicated study provides a comprehensive profile of the Intranet market and captures key data on purchase influencers' current and planned deployment of Intranets. The same study also ranked Netscape email among the most frequently deployed email products.
Netscape SuiteSpot 3.0 and Netscape Communicator provide enterprise customers with an integrated client/server software solution that enables organizations to easily communicate, access, and share information both within the enterprise and with external customers and partners. Netscape SuiteSpot is an award-winning suite of nine products including: Netscape Enterprise Server 3.0, Netscape Messaging Server 3.0, Netscape Collabra Server 3.0, Netscape Proxy Server 2.5, Netscape Calendar Server 1.0, Netscape Media Server 1.0, Netscape Directory Server 1.0, Netscape Certificate Server 1.0 and Netscape Catalog Server 1.0. For users on corporate Intranets and Extranets, Netscape Communicator Standard Edition is a suite of powerful client software components that work together seamlessly including: Netscape Navigator 4.0, Netscape Composer, Netscape Messenger, Netscape Collabra and Netscape Conference. Netscape Communicator Professional Edition adds Netscape Calendar, Netscape Mission Control and Netscape IBM Host On-Demand.
Netscape SuiteSpot and Netscape Communicator will ship at Netscape's Internet Developer Conference held June 11 to 13 at the San Jose Convention Center in San Jose, Calif. Netscape licenses Netscape SuiteSpot for US $4,995, Netscape Communicator Standard Edition for US $59.95 and Netscape Communicator Professional Edition for US $79.95. Subscriptions and Netscape Enterprise license programs are also available.
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 next-generation, live online applications. Traded on NASDAQ under the symbol "NSCP," Netscape Communications Corporation is based in Mountain View, California.
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