Netscape Demonstrates Continued Momentum of its Custom Netcenter Service -
Announces The Dialog Corporation, the Sun Netscape Alliance and Marshall &
Ilsley Corporation as new Customers
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Netscape Communications, a
subsidiary of America Online Inc. (NYSE: AOL), today announced that
Hewlett-Packard has licensed Netscape's custom Internet portal service,
Netscape Custom Netcenter(TM), to deliver a Small Business portal as part of
HP's new line of Brio business PCs. Netscape also announced today that
several new groups have adopted Custom Netcenter, including The Dialog
Corporation, the Sun Netscape Alliance and Marshall & Ilsley Corporation.
These companies join a growing list of over one hundred Netscape Custom
Netcenter customers, including Federal Express and Lucent Technologies.
Netscape's Custom Netcenter service empowers businesses to create powerful
Internet hubs that attract and retain customers by delivering personalized
information and services relevant to a user's business, area of expertise or
personal interest. With Netscape's Custom Netcenter, businesses can create
community sites that reach targeted customer groups or private Intranet and
Extranet sites that connect employees and partners with mission critical
information and services. From a Netscape Custom Netcenter site, users can
personalize their own Internet start page to access a wealth of valuable
services such as e-mail, calendar, personalized stocks, news and weather,
combined with company-specific information and services such as e-commerce
applications, phonebooks and product information.
"Custom Netcenter represents the next wave of Internet-based online
service technology, because it provides a powerful platform that empowers
businesses to deliver the products and services that their consumers care
about and need," said Jim Martin, senior vice president of Netscape, and
general manager of Netscape Netcenter. "Netscape's Custom Netcenter benefits
businesses, consumers and employees by delivering a personalized online
service that simplifies e-commerce transactions and information access with
customized Internet and corporate content and services."
"Netscape's Custom Netcenter provides a flexible framework for small
businesses to take full advantage of Internet tools and resources," said
Gilles Deotto, Internet Program Manager for HP Brio PCs at HP's Business
Desktop Division. "Netscape's Custom Netcenter and HP Brio PCs are a powerful
combination - giving small businesses fast access to the latest business
news."
Hewlett-Packard is using Netscape Custom Netcenter to deliver an Internet
site customized for users of the new line of HP Brio business PCs. The new
co-branded HP/Netscape site will be made available as part of the new Brio
Internet Center and will give small businesses easy access to Netscape's
market leading Internet browser, customized business news, stock updates, HP
product and services information, and small-business tips. The AOL and
Compuserve services are also available on the HP Brio business PC.
"We wanted to provide our customers with a personalized solution to access
all their M&I web-based financial services and other information they access
on the Internet," said Garry McCann, product manager, on-line products and
services, Marshall & Ilsley Corporation. "The Netscape Custom Netcenter site
was the perfect fit for our needs. It provides us an excellent opportunity to
develop web-based relationships with our customers and enables us to enhance
the exceptional personal service they have come to expect from M&I. Whether
they want to check an account balance, follow the news or look up the local
movie listings, our customers will be able to access it all through their
MiWeb World."
Marshall & Ilsley Corporation is using Netscape Custom Netcenter to
develop a "MiWeb World" portal for its web-based customers. The site will
combine content from Netscape Netcenter such as personalized stocks, news and
weather with access to M&I's on-line account services and financial
information.
Netscape Custom Netcenter will be made available as part of the new HP
Brio Internet Center, an Internet resource for users of the new line of HP
Brio business PCs that allows small businesses to take their companies online
in a matter of minutes. The new co-branded HP/Netscape site will give small
businesses easy access to customized business news, stock updates, HP products
and services information, and small-business tips. The AOL and Compuserve
services are also available on the HP Brio business PC.
Since its launch less than a year ago, Custom Netcenter has been publicly
deployed by Hewlett Packard, Lucent Technologies, the Sun-Netscape Alliance
and Industry Canada, an agency of the Canadian government. Other customers
include Novell, Federal Express, The Dialog Corporation, Marshall & Ilsley
Corporation and Sasketchewan Telecom.
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 18 million members, and CompuServe,
with approximately 2 million members; several leading Internet brands
including ICQ, AOL Instant Messenger and Digital City, Inc.; the Netscape
Netcenter and AOL.COM portals; the Netscape Navigator and Communicator
browsers; and AOL MovieFone, the nation's largest movie listing guide and
ticketing service. 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.
NOTE: Netscape, Netscape Navigator and the Netscape N logo are registered
trademarks of Netscape Communications Corporation, a subsidiary of America
Online, Inc., in the United States and other countries. Sun, Sun
Microsystems, the Sun Logo are trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the
United States and other countries.
SOURCE Netscape Communications Corporation
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