Verio Teams With Netscape to Enhance Web-Hosting and Virtual Office Services

NEW YORK, (February 17, 1999) - Verio Inc. (NASDAQ:VRIO), the world's largest domain-based web-hosting company and a leading provider of business Internet services, and Netscape Communications Corporation (NASDAQ:NSCP) today announced that Verio has adopted Netscape's advanced messaging solutions to serve its nearly 800,000 email accounts. Verio CEO Justin L. Jaschke made the announcement today at Verio's web-hosting conference in New York City.

Using Netscape's advanced messaging platform, Verio enhances its ability to store, back up and manage business customers' email and large file attachments in a cost-effective and encrypted manner. Plus, the Netscape Messaging Server Hosting Edition, Netscape Directory Server and Netscape Delegated Administrator software lets Verio business customers enjoy the benefits of virtual office technology for global email access from any web browser.

"This move underscores Verio's position as the leader in putting small and mid-sized businesses on the web, and helps them to fully benefit from the Internet," said Herb Hribar, president and chief operating officer for Verio. "We chose Netscape software because the total cost of our large deployment of messaging solutions will be extremely low."

"Netscape's Internet messaging solutions enable ISPs to profitably expand their businesses in both corporate and consumer markets," said Korak Mitra, vice president of hosting solutions at Netscape. "This agreement will enable Verio to provide business-critical messaging services with dramatically lower cost of service provisioning."

Verio plans to develop customized packages for its small and mid-sized business customers that bundle Netscape's messaging software with high-speed Internet access, web-hosting, security options and other business Internet services. The company also recently announced similar bundled packages with its nationwide launch of high-speed DSL services.

Netscape Messaging Server Hosting Edition and Netscape Directory Server provide customers with a powerful tool-set to host and manage large scale Internet messaging services, such as IMAP-based email, web-mail and unified messaging. The Internet-class scalability and performance of Netscape's messaging and server products enables Verio to centralize its operations, dramatically reducing management and total cost of ownership.

Netscape Delegated Administrator, a directory-based application, enables service providers to offer their customers a private view and administrative control of their hosted environment. Service providers can provide better service response to their customers by enabling customer self-service for corporate and multiple-account hosting.

Netscape Communications Corporation is a leading provider of software and services for businesses that want to transform the way they create and keep customers in the emerging Net Economy. The company offers a full line of enterprise software solutions, professional services, and a leading Internet portal to help companies build, buy, or outsource Internet applications that drive revenue growth, build customer loyalty, and create new levels of business efficiency. Traded on NASDAQ under the symbol NSCP, Netscape Communications Corporation is based in Mountain View, California.

Verio Inc. (NASDAQ:VRIO) is the world's largest domain-based (e.g. yourcompany.com) web-hosting company and a leading provider of comprehensive business Internet services, with an emphasis on serving the small and mid-sized business market. Since its inception in 1996, Verio has rapidly established a global presence through the acquisition, integration, and growth of independent Internet providers with a business customer focus. Verio supports its operations with highly reliable and scalable national infrastructure and systems including a facilities-based Tier One national network. Verio delivers locally based sales and engineering support in 41 of the top 50 U.S. markets under the Verio brand name and provides web-hosting services to customers in more than 170 countries.

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 corporate sales at 650/937-2555.

For more information on Verio, visit the company's web site at http://www.verio.com. The corporate headquarters are located in Englewood, Colorado at 8005 S. Chester St., Suite 200, 80112, and the phone number is 303/645.1900.

Netscape, Netscape Delegated Administrator, Netscape Directory Server and Netscape Messaging Server Hosting Edition are registered trademarks of Netscape Communications Corporation in the United States and other countries. Other Netscape logos, product names, and service names are also trademarks of Netscape Communications Corporation, which may be registered in other countries.