CoCreate to Include Netscape Navigator Client Software with WorkManager and MCAD Solutions.

FORT COLLINS, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 12, 1996--CoCreate Software Inc., a subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard Company, and Netscape Communications Corp. today announced that Netscape Navigator client software will be included in CoCreate's WorkManager product-data and workflow management system.

Making Netscape Navigator available in WorkManager software provides the foundation that emerging Web-based user interfaces need to access information easily from anywhere in the enterprise.

WorkManager is a product-data and workflow-management system that is scaleable, from the workgroup to the enterprise. It allows users to coordinate the entire product-design and manufacturing life cycle -- from prototype management, through the review and approval process, to released bill of materials and documentation. WorkManager provides increased accessibility and security for vital data, facilitating the engineering process and supporting a collaborative environment.

WorkManager licensing administration and all documentation -- including manuals and on-line help with full-color graphics -- will be available soon in HyperText Markup Language (HTML) format using Netscape Navigator.

"With more customers using Web technology, our move to integrate these tools with our software solutions underscores CoCreate's commitment to adapt quickly to the demands of the application-software market," said Tilman F. Schad, president of CoCreate. "This new capability allows our users to increase their access to information across the enterprise."

"Solutions that provide increased accessibility and security of product data in a collaborative environment, such as WorkManager with Netscape Navigator, enable companies to create more competitive products more quickly," said Schad.

"Two years ago, it would have taken three weeks for Hewlett-Packard Company's Network Server Division to do a manufacturing release," said Bob Peck, manager of information technology at HP's Santa Clara Division. "Today, using WorkManager and the Internet with Netscape, we can do it in a day."

HP, the parent company of CoCreate, uses WorkManager in more than 50 of its divisions, and several thousand seats have a full Web interface running with Netscape Navigator.

Netscape Communications Corporation is a premier 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 on-line applications. Traded on NASDAQ under the symbol "NSCP," Netscape Communications Corporation is based in Mountain View, Calif.

CoCreate Software Inc. is a software subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard Company. It develops 2-D and 3-D mechanical computer-aided-design and product-data-management software. CoCreate solutions are known for high quality, ease of use, customization capability and support of industry standards. They are available in 10 languages and are installed in more than 90,000 systems in design, engineering and manufacturing organizations worldwide.

Additional information on Netscape Communications Corporation is available on the Internet at http://home.netscape.com, by sending e-mail to [e-mail], or by calling 415/937-2555 (corporate customers) or 415/937-3777 (individuals).

Information about CoCreate Software Inc. and its products can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.cocreate.com.

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Gary McCormack, 970/229-2370

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Netscape

Jennifer O'Mahony, 415/937-3084

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