Verio Teams with Netscape to Enhance Web-Hosting and Virtual Office Services; Verio Adopts Netscape's Advanced Messaging Platform for Nearly 800,000 Customer E-Mail Accounts.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 17, 1999--Verio Inc. (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 :VRIO VRIO Virtual Reality Input Output ), the world's largest domain-based Web-hosting company and a leading provider of comprehensive business Internet services, 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:NSCP NSCP National Schistosomiasis Control Program NSCP National Space Communications Program NSCP Native (Mode) Service Control Point (Tandem) ) today announced that Verio has adopted Netscape's advanced messaging solutions to serve its nearly 800,000 customer e-mail accounts. Verio CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Justin L. Jaschke made the announcement today at Verio's Web-hosting conference in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . Using Netscape's advanced messaging platform, Verio enhances its ability to store, backup and manage business customers' e-mail and large file attachments in a cost-effective and encrypted manner. Plus, the Netscape(R) Messaging Server, Netscape(R) Directory Server, and Netscape(R) Delegated Administrator products let Verio's business customers enjoy the benefits of virtual office technology for global e-mail access from any Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. . "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 Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. for Verio. "We chose Netscape software because the total cost of our large deployment of messaging solutions will be extremely low while providing exceptional value to our customers." "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 See broadband. 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 DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary 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 e-mail, web-mail and unified messaging Having access to e-mail, voice mail and faxes via a common computer application or by telephone. For example, unified messaging may send faxes and digitized voice mail to a mail server that turns them into e-mail attachments. . 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 Direction or exercise of authority over subordinate or other organizations in respect to administration and support, including organization of Service forces, control of resources and equipment, personnel management, unit logistics, individual and unit training, readiness, mobilization, 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. About Netscape Communications Corp. 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 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 email to info@netscape.com, or by calling 650/937-2555 (corporations) or 650/937-3777 (individuals). About Verio Inc. 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. The company offers customers a broad range of Internet solutions including broadband connectivity, Web hosting, e-commerce, VPNs and other enhanced services. 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. For more information on Verio, visit the company's Web site at www.verio.com. The corporate headquarters are located in Englewood, Colorado at 8005 S. Chester St., Suite 200, 80112, phone number 303.645.1900. Note to Editors: 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. |
|
||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion