Mission Control Desktop Lowers Total Cost of Ownership in the Enterprise
By Enabling Central Deployment and Management of Netscape Communicator
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Netscape, a subsidiary of
America Online, Inc. (NYSE: AOL), and Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW)
announced today that Sun will continue development of the award-winning
enterprise browser and email management tool suite, Mission Control Desktop.
Specifically, Sun will now sell and support the current version of Mission
Control Desktop and will provide enhancements that support the next major
version of Netscape Communicator, which is based on the open source Gecko
browsing engine. Mission Control Desktop provides key deployment and
administrative tools that IT professionals can use to centrally manage
Communicator configurations. With Mission Control Desktop, IT managers can
automatically update desktop software in large and small enterprise
environments. Mission Control Desktop for Netscape Communicator 4.5 is
available and shipping today.
Mission Control Desktop is a suite of enterprise management tools that
enables IT professionals to configure, deploy, update and centrally manage
Netscape Communicator across multi-platform, Intranet/Internet desktops. This
can provide for a lower cost of ownership through uniform product deployment
and operation, greater user satisfaction and fewer support calls. Sun intends
to develop Mission Control Desktop for the next generation Netscape browser
and email clients running on Windows 95/98, Windows NT, Mac OS, Solaris(TM)
Operating Environment and Linux platforms.
"Mission Control Desktop provides IT professionals with powerful tools to
configure, deploy and manage Netscape Communicator running on enterprise
desktops," said Jonathan Schwartz, Vice President and General Manager of
Internet Applications and Performance Tools at Sun Microsystems, Inc.'s
Software Products and Platforms Division. "We are committed to providing the
same high level of functionality and support that enterprise customers enjoy
today with Mission Control Desktop and Communicator 4.5, to customers who will
take advantage of Netscape's future browser and email technology."
"This effort with Sun will further enhance Netscape's lead in providing
enterprise customers with the best Intranet/Internet client browser and email
products available in the corporate marketplace," said Bob Lisbonne, Senior
Vice President of Client Products at Netscape. "Mission Control Desktop
allows IT professionals to configure and centrally manage hundreds of features
in Communicator and can dramatically reduce service and support costs."
Key features of Mission Control Desktop include:
-- Extensive configuration of many Netscape Communicator features;
-- Easy deployment of, and automatic software updates to, Netscape
Communicator clients in the enterprise;
-- Centralized management of Netscape Communicator's options and
preferences.
The cross-platform management tools in Mission Control Desktop complement
the capabilities that Sun and Netscape are delivering with the Java(TM)
2 Platform, Standard Edition, in Netscape Communicator 5.0. The Java 2
Platform, Standard Edition, is the definitive environment for developers
seeking to create Web-centric software applications that run on a variety of
desktops and servers. Support for the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition in
Netscape Communicator is provided through the Open Java Interface (OJI), which
enables users to choose the best-of-breed Java virtual machine on their
platform for use within the browser. Mission Control Desktop will enable IT
professionals to update the Java 2 component along with other components of
Netscape Communicator 5.0.
The current version of Mission Control Desktop, along with Netscape
Communicator 4.5, collectively won InfoWorld's Internet/Intranet product of
the year.
(http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayTC.pl?/98poy/98poy.iis.htm).
The software is available today from Sun Microsystems and is currently in use
by an ever-growing number of the nation's largest companies.
Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision, "The Network Is The
Computer(TM)," has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc. to its position as a
leading provider of high-quality hardware, software and services for
establishing enterprise-wide intranets and expanding the power of the
Internet. With more than $11 billion in annual revenues, Sun can be found in
more than 150 countries and on the World Wide Web at http://sun.com.
Netscape 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. Recently acquired by America Online, Inc., Netscape is based in
Mountain View, California. Additional information on Netscape 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.
Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun Logo, Solaris and "The Network Is The
Computer" are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in
the United States and other countries.
Netscape and the Netscape N logo are registered trademarks in the United
States and other countries of Netscape Communications Corporation, a
subsidiary of America Online, Inc. Netscape Directory for Secure E-Commerce,
Netscape Directory Server, Netscape Certificate Management System, and other
Netscape logos, product names and service names are also trademarks of
Netscape, which may be registered in some countries.
SOURCE Netscape
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CONTACT:
Catherine Corre of Netscape, 650-937-4046,
corre@netscape.com; or Siobhan Flanigan of Sun Microsystems,
Inc., 408-517-6820, siobhan.flanigan@sun.com
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