HP and Netscape to Collaborate on New Process-Management and Workflow Software Solutions

Business Wire, Dec 2, 1997

PALO ALTO and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. ry Server,

New Solutions to Enable Customers to Streamline Business Functions

with Workgroup- to Enterprise-level Process-automation

and tscape Communications Corporation (NASDAQ:NSCPation software technology, HP Changengine, and day-to-day workgroup functions, such as travel requests, expense reports and vacation approvals, as well as enterprise processes, such as budget approvals and wage/sald take weeks to be routed via interoffice papepot server software. In addition, HP intends to customize HP AdminFlow, its administrative automation product, to integrate with Netscape Directory Server and with the open architecture of the Netscape ONE(R) platform. HP intends to use Netscape Directory Server to provide directory services for HP's new e-business frameworks.

The companies also intend to develop HP Changengine-enabled process-management and workflow solutions that will offer customers seamless migration by sharing process definitions, applications logic and development environments. HP AdminFlow is ideal for customers planning to automate complex processes, deploy distributed applications and integrate with existing transaction applications. Finally, future HP Changengine-based products will provide process-automation and workflow services for the Netscape ONE platform.

"HP understands the value that open standards and interoperable Internet services bring to customers," said John Paul, senior vice president of Server Products Division at Netscape. "By integrating Netscape Directory Server software and HP Changengine, we plan to enable our customers to build workgroup and enterprise process-automation solutions on their intranets that also can be extended out to partners, customers and suppliers on extranets."

Our enterprise customers are looking for standards-based solutions that work with all platforms in their environments," said Radha Basu, general manager of HP's Electronic Business Software Organization. "Netscape has software available today that meets those requirements, and that's why we are integrating Netscape Directory Server software with HP AdminFlow and other HP products and frameworks."

Central to HP's e-business software portfolio is the new HP Changengine, which enables business processes to be adapted at "Internet speed" in response to changing business demands. HP's Changengine delivers a time-to-market advantage by allowing the business "process logic" to reside outside the business application in which it would ordinarily be embedded, enabling customers to evolve processes without incurring significant IT costs.

HP's focus on e-business software, HP's dedicated Electronic Business Software Organization and the HP Changengine were announced separately today. (See "HP Launches Software for Electronic Business.") More information about HP's Electronic Business Software Organization can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.hp.com/go/ebizsoftware .

ABOUT NETSCAPE

Netscape Communications Corporation is a premier 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.

Additional information on Netscape Communications Corporation is available on the Internet at http://home.Netscape.com or by sending email to moreinfo@netscape.com . Corporate customers can call 415-937-2555 while consumers can call 415-937-3777 for more information.

ABOUT HP

HP is the official information-technology hardware and maintenance supplier to the 1998 World Cup soccer tournament and the 1997 Tournament of France. Selected for its technology and skills to support and manage missitions.

Hewlett-Packard Company is a leading global provider of computing, Internet and intranet solutions, services, communications products and measurement solutions, all of which are recognized for excellence in quality and support. It is the second-largest computer suppl of Netscape Communications Corporation which is registered in the United States and other jurisdictions. Netscape product names are trademarks of Netscape Communications Corporation may be registered in some jurisdictions.

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