In addition, Barry Ariko, AOL's new Senior Vice President, Netscape Enterprise Group, and formerly Netscape's Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, will also hold the title of Executive Vice President and Deputy General Manager of the strategic alliance. Steve Savignano, AOL's new Senior Vice President, Netscape Enterprise Group, and formerly Netscape's Senior Vice President and General Manager for its E-commerce Applications Products division, and Stuart Wells, Sun's Vice President for its Network Software Group, were also given the titles of Senior Vice Presidents of the strategic alliance.

Announced in November 1998, the strategic alliance will provide complete turnkey solutions, modular software flexibility and consulting services to enable e-commerce partners and other companies to put their businesses online quickly and scale rapidly to meet consumer demand. The companies' development and marketing agreement draws on the complementary strengths of both companies - America Online's industry-leading consumer reach and its suite of Netscape enterprise software and services, combined with Sun's expertise and global reach as an enterprise software and network computing leader.

Ed Zander, Sun's Chief Operating Officer, said: " To deliver what our customers wantboth Sun and America Online made sure that strategic alliance has best people technology the autonomy it needs for quick decisions responsiveness. Mark Tolliver is a seasoned industry executive who developed strong relationships with partners managed large organizations great results. business will benefit from easiest way deploy solutions Net Economy."

Bob Pittman, President and Chief Operating Officer of America Online, said: "Every company in the world is realizing that they need an online presence to benefit their business, and they are looking to the market leader to provide solutions. This alliance is positioned to give companies exactly what they need: a consumer audience, the necessary tools, software and services to take their business online, and the expertise to help them succeed. The alliance team we've selected has the right mix of experience and skills to lead the industry in e-commerce solutions for businesses competing in the Net Economy."

Mr. Tolliver said: "We have an exceptional team of people, great products and the most exciting market space in the industry. We're strengthening our ability to provide development, professional services, sales, and support, and as we do so, it's our goal to be an even stronger partner to our current and new customers worldwide."

Mr. Tolliver is a computer industry veteran with more than 23 years of experience. Prior to assuming his role as President and General Manager of the alliance, he served as President of Sun's Consumer and Embedded division. He has been with Sun for five years and was previously an executive at MasPar Computer Corporation and at the Hewlett-Packard Company. A former Oracle Corporation executive, Mr. Ariko has served as Netscape's COO and has headed up its worldwide sales and strategic partnerships since last August. He will lead the sales, professional services, and support teams for the alliance.

Mr. Savignano managed Netscape's e-commerce software applications and previously was an executive at Actra Corporation. He will lead the e-commerce applications products team for the alliance. Dr. Wells, an 11-year Sun veteran, has managed Sun's development of e-commerce, messaging and security products. He will lead the infrastructure products team for the alliance.

The Companies said that more information about the strategic alliance will be made available next week.

About America Online, Inc.

Founded in 1985, America Online, Inc., based in Dulles, Virginia, is the world's leader in interactive services, web brands, Internet technologies, and e-commerce services. America Online, Inc. operates: two worldwide Internet services, America Online, with more than 16 million members, and CompuServe, with approximately 2 million members; several leading Internet brands including ICQ and Digital City, Inc.; the Netscape Netcenter and AOL.COM portals; and the Netscape Navigator and Communicator browsers. Through its strategic alliance with Sun Microsystems, the Company develops and offers easy-to-deploy, end-to-end e-commerce and enterprise solutions for companies operating in the Net Economy.

About Sun Microsystems, Inc.