NETSCAPE AND HP TEAM TO DELIVER WEB SERVERS AND ONLINE APPLICATIONS TO HP CUSTOMERS

NETWORLD+INTEROP, ATLANTA, Sept. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Netscape Communications Corporation (Nasdaq: NSCP) and Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HWP) announced today that HP will make Netscape's server family of software products available to HP customers and for internal use at HP. As part of this agreement, HP will ship and support the Netscape Communications Server(TM), Netscape Commerce Server(TM), and Netscape Proxy Server(TM) to its customers on the HP 9000 servers and workstations platform for use on enterprise networks and the Internet.

"Hewlett-Packard is excited about its relationship with Netscape, the industry leader in Internet solutions," said Wim Roelandts, senior vice president of HP's Computer Systems Organization. "By offering Netscape's full suite of server software on the HP-UX platform, we can provide customers with the building blocks for enterprise applications on internal networks and electronic commerce applications on the Internet."

"The combination of HP's leading UNIX systems-based product family and Netscape's premier web server technology will result in world-class solutions for commercial customers," said Jim Barksdale, president and CEO at Netscape. "Users who are looking to build web based-applications can now get integrated Netscape and HP solutions, combined with HP's superior service and worldwide customer support capability."

Netscape's full line of open software includes four families of products: Netscape Navigator(TM) client software, Netscape server software, Netscape Internet Applications(TM), and Netscape development tools. The products deliver encrypted communications, advanced performance, and point-and-click simplicity to companies and individuals who want to create or access information services on enterprise networks and the Internet.

HP 9000 servers and workstations, based on HP's industry-leading HP-UX operating environment and PA-RISC technology, provide the high-performance and systems-management capabilities required by data center environments as well as graphics solutions that lead the industry in performance, scalability and functionality.

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 99,900 employees and had revenue of $25 billion in the 1994 fiscal year.

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/CONTACT: Rosanne Siino of Netscape Communications, 415-528-2619/

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