HP And Netscape Team Up To Web-Enable Every HP 9000 System; Companies Make it Easy for Customers and Partners to Quickly Establish a Presence on the Net.PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 12, 1997--In a move to make it easier for customers to adopt Web technology, Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : HWP HWP Height (and) Weight Proportionate HWP Half-Wave Plate HWP Highway Patrol HWP Height Weight Proportional HWP Hewlett-Packard Corporation (stock symbol) HWP Hydrolyzed Whey Peptides ) and Netscape Communications Corporation (company) Netscape Communications Corporation - (Formlerly "Mosaic Communications Corporation", MCC) A company set up in April 1994 by Dr. James H. Clark and Marc Andreessen <marca@netcom. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : NSCP NSCP National Schistosomiasis Control Program NSCP National Space Communications Program NSCP Native (Mode) Service Control Point (Tandem) ) today announced they will work together to include the HP 9000 Enterprise Server and HP 9000 workstations with Netscape(R) FastTrack Server software and Netscape Navigator An earlier Web browser for Windows, Macintosh and X Windows from Netscape that provided secure transmission over the Internet. Soon after its introduction in 1994, Navigator, or just "Netscape," as it was commonly called, quickly became the leading browser on the Web. Gold client software for the HP-UX HP's version of Unix that runs on its 9000 family. It is based on SVID and incorporates features from BSD Unix along with several HP innovations. (operating system) HP-UX - The version of Unix running on Hewlett-Packard workstations. (1) operating environment In computing, an operating environment is the environment in which users run programs, whether in a command line interface, such as in MS-DOS or the Unix shell, or in a graphical user interface, such as in the Macintosh operating system. . This announcement means that every HP 9000 customer can be equipped with powerful Web server, authoring and browsing capabilities. This expansion of the HP and Netscape relationship makes it possible for both customers and partners to take advantage of Web technology with their HP 9000 right out of the box. It also demonstrates HP's continued commitment to customers and partners to integrate the latest Internet technologies into HP's product line and reinforces the position of HP-UX as a leading operating environment for the Internet. "As companies look to the Internet to improve productivity, shorten time to market or improve customer service, they want a solution that will evolve with their needs," said Carol G. Mills, general manager of HP's Enterprise Systems Division. "Together with Netscape we can provide customers with an easy stepping stone to deploying Enterprise Internet solutions." "The combination of Netscape FastTrack Server software and the HP 9000 Enterprise Server and HP 9000 workstations promises to deliver scaleable and affordable solutions for publishing and group collaboration See collaborative software. on intranets," said Eric Hahn Eric Hahn is an American entrepreneur who founded an early e-mail-based groupware company called Collabra Software in 1992. Netscape acquired Collabra in 1995, and in 1997 Hahn became Netscape's CTO. , senior vice president of the Server Product Division at Netscape. "Together we are providing customers with a platform to build Web applications that include customers and partners in business processes such as sales automation Sales Automation - Sales Force Automation and marketing-knowledge collection." GROWING WITH A CUSTOMER'S INTERNET APPLICATIONS By combining Netscape FastTrack Server software with HP-UX, HP is enabling every HP 9000 customer to quickly begin creating a presence on the `Net with an easy growth path to HP's comprehensive enterprise Internet solution, HP Domain. HP Domain Enterprise Servers are built on common technologies and interfaces -- including Netscape SuiteSpot, integrated server software suite -- ensuring investment protection as customers establish and grow their Internet and intranet capabilities. The HP Domain Enterprise Server delivers a powerful, versatile and manageable platform for customers utilizing a series of multiplatform, pre-integrated software/hardware components. Netscape FastTrack Server software -- which includes Netscape Navigator Gold -- is an easy-to-use Web server designed to let new users quickly get up and running with a Web site on the Internet or an intranet. With support for Java(TM) and JavaScript, Netscape FastTrack Server provides an open platform for publishing traditional Internet documents, as well as developing and deploying dynamic network applications. Netscape Navigator Gold combines Netscape Navigator with personal publishing capabilities, making it easy for users to publish documents from their desktops to the Web server. The product is designed to help businesses, workgroups or individuals quickly establish a presence on the Internet or deploy intranet solutions. U.S. PRICING AND AVAILABILITY Netscape FastTrack Server software and Netscape Navigator Gold client software for HP-UX are available immediately from HP and can be downloaded via the Web. Netscape FastTrack Server software is expected to be available immediately from HP at no charge to existing HP-UX customers with support contracts. ABOUT HP The HP 9000 platform, based on HP's industry-leading HP-UX operating system and PA-RISC (Precision Architecture-RISC) A proprietary RISC-based CPU architecture from HP that was introduced in 1986. It is the foundation of HP's 3000 and 9000 computer families. See IA-64. (2) technology, provides the high-performance and systems-management capabilities required by data-center environments, as well as the flexibility and performance necessary for client/server implementations. Hewlett-Packard Company is a leading global manufacturer of computing, communications and measurement products and services recognized for excellence in quality and support. HP has 112,000 employees and had revenue of $38.4 billion in its 1996 fiscal year. Information about HP and it's products can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.hp.com . Specific information on HP Domain Enterprise Servers and solutions can be found at www.hp.com/go/domain. ABOUT NETSCAPE 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 For the census-designated place, see Mountain View, Contra Costa County, California. For other places called "Mountain View", see . Mountain View is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. The city gets its name from the views of the Santa Cruz Mountains. . Additional information on Netscape Communications Corporation is available on the Internet at http://home.netscape.com, by sending e-mail to moreinfo@netscape.com or by calling 415/937-2555 (corporate customers) or 415/937-3777 (individuals). (1) HP-UX 9.X and 10.0 for HP 9000 Series 700 and 800 computers are X/Open(R) Company UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). (R) 93 branded products. HP-UX 10.20 is an X/Open UNIX 95 branded product. (2) PA-RISC stands for Precision Architecture-reduced-instruction-set computing. Netscape is a trademark of Netscape Communications Corporation, which is registered in the United States and other countries. The Netscape Corporation logo and Netscape brand products are also trademarks of Netscape Communications Corporation. X/Open is a registered trademark, and the X device is a trademark of X/Open Company Ltd. in the UK and other countries. UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries, licensed exclusively through X/Open Company Limited. Java is a U.S. trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. CONTACT: Hewlett-Packard Company Kristina Moustakas, 408/447-6363 fax: 408/447-5699 kristina@ccipr.com OR Netscape Communications Kate Sellers, 415/937-3859 fax: 415/528-4138 kates@netscape.com |
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