MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (July 8, 1997) -- Netscape Communications Corporation (NASDAQ: NSCP) today announced that an additional 100 leading companies have recently chosen its new client and server software, Netscape Communicator and Netscape SuiteSpot 3.0, for either their corporate messaging solution or to implement business-critical applications for their Intranets and Extranets. With the addition of these 100 major wins, more than 200 enterprise customers and large organizations -- which Netscape classifies as 'Design Wins' -- have already begun deployment of at least 500 seats of the new Netscape software. These 200 companies represent a total of more than 2 million seats for Netscape's solutions for messaging or Java/JavaScript applications.

"With more than 200 Design Wins, Netscape is right on target with its commitment to provide customers with the necessary software solutions to create business-critical applications," said Mike Homer, senior vice president of marketing at Netscape. "Just a little over a month ago, we announced 100 early wins for Netscape Communicator and Netscape SuiteSpot before our products even shipped. Now, just a few weeks after shipping our products, we have doubled the number of these Design Wins, indicating Netscape's strong penetration into the messaging and groupware marketplace and showing the strong momentum we are seeing for our new products."

Netscape's 200 Design Wins include such companies as Adobe Systems Incorporated; Audi; Banco Popular De Puerto Rico; BC TELECOM; Bell Canada; Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia; Booz-Allen & Hamilton; Browning-Ferris Industries; Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA); Dresdner Bank; Edward Jones; Federal Express Corporation; Federal Reserve System; Genentech; Knight-Ridder, Inc.; Harris Corporation; Lawyer's Title; LSI Logic; National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard; O'Melveny & Myers LLP; Parametric Technology Corp.; Paul, Hastings, Janovsky & Walker LLP; PPD Pharmaco Inc.; Shell; Sprint; U.S. Information Agency; U.S. Patent & Trademark; U.S. Senate and W.R. Grace & Co. Members of Netscape Solution Expert, a program for resellers, consultants, and system and network integrators, continue to play a key role in enabling Netscape to deliver its new Netscape Communicator client software and Netscape SuiteSpot server software effectively to so many customers in such a short period of time.

Examples of how Netscape customers are deploying Netscape's open, cross-platform technology include the following:

• O'Melveny & Myers LLP, working closely with Data Systems West (DSW), a leading Enterprise Systems Integrator and member of the Netscape Solution Expert program, has created a 1,300-seat Intranet based on Netscape client and server software to share expertise and best practices in real time across its large, geographically dispersed law firm. As part of its Intranet, called OMM.Net, O'Melveny & Myers employees will be able to take advantage of newsgroups to discuss specific cases and share information, link to vast internal and external research sources (indexed using Netscape server software) and access company, client and legal information. OMM.Net includes various Java-based applications created with NetDynamics to perform such tasks as validating dates and other information in online forms. DSW is in the process of using JavaScript and NetDynamics-based applications to enable the firm's employees to complete forms and perform other 'self-service' functions that require interaction with the firm's databases. "Because we are a knowledge-based business, our ability to share expertise in an efficient way is key to our success," said Steve Antion, partner and member of the firm's technology committee at O'Melveny & Meyers. "DSW's integration expertise and Netscape's open, cross-platform software provided us with a solution that will enable everyone in the firm to have access to a single source of information, no matter what format the data is in or where the data resides."

• Bell Canada, working closely with Netscape partner Hewlett-Packard, is using Netscape Communicator and SuiteSpot to create a leading-edge internal electronic mail system for 38,000 Bell Canada and Bell Sygma employees. Specifically, Bell Canada is using Netscape Communicator Professional Edition, Netscape Messaging Server and Netscape Directory Server software. Bell Canada anticipates that its world class company-wide email system will result in an annual savings of $15 million through increased productivity, and an additional $11 million in reduced administration, hardware and software costs.

• Edward Jones, one of the largest domestic financial services firms, with over 3,600 branch offices nationwide, has singled out Netscape Communicator and Netscape Messaging Server as the basis for its messaging system. Jones' chief information officer, Rich Malone, noted the need to "do away with a multiplicity of homegrown solutions" as the company moved its internal communications focus to its Intranet. "Netscape's messaging solution gives our investment representatives a consistent way of communicating a vast amount of information," said Malone. In addition, Edward Jones is developing an Extranet to provide service to its more than 2.5 million customers, using Netscape Enterprise Server and Netscape Directory Server. "We needed to find a solution that is highly scalable and robust," Malone said. "As we develop our Intranet, we will expand its use to our customers to provide greater accessibility to their accounts. By linking our customers to our Intranet, we will be able to give them the convenience of looking at their account information over the Internet any time they choose."

• Harris Corporation, a 27,000 person electronics and communications company with offices worldwide, is using Netscape client software and Netscape Enterprise Server and Directory Server for a range of mission-critical applications within its Electronic Systems Sector. Netscape was a hands-down choice for Harris ESS because of its need for support on multiple platforms including UNIX and NT. Harris was looking for a cost-effective solution that would enable its users to gain easy access to corporate information. An application soon to be rolled out is a financial reporting system using Netscape clients as the front end to a PeopleSoft financials virtual reports server. Other applications already rolled out include an engineering symbols library that significantly shortens development cycles and increases productivity, and a number of applications that are key to work on government classified projects, made possible through the advanced security features of Netscape software. Over 5,000 seats of a total of 10,000 have already been rolled out. "We provide solutions for users on Windows NT, Windows 95 and UNIX platforms -- we need to deploy one client across all of those platforms in order to run a successful, productive shop and Netscape is the only company who could sign up to do that for us," said Sheryl Olguin, leader of Harris ESS' Web Center of Excellence.

• Shell Exploration & Production uses Netscape client and server software principally to give employees access to information and applications including databases, manuals and engineering standards. By utilizing these products, Shell is seeking to improve information access significantly, saving time and money. It is part of the Shell E&P; sector strategy to pursue open and non-proprietary information system standards because smooth and high-quality global communication is vital. Netscape technology provides Shell a cross-platform approach based on open standards, which fits well with its operating style as a global company in which worldwide access is enabled, while allowing a wide range of choices for local implementation.

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.

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