Netscape taking on Lotus with new corporate system

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Netscape Communications' introduction of its Netscape Communicator groupware marks a definite change in strategy for the company. Netscape is changing its focus on the Web browser market to compete with IBM's Lotus division in the groupware market. Netscape's market-leading Navigator Web browser will be just one of Communicator's features. Communicator offers E-mail and scheduling capabilities as well as enabling workers to collaborate on documents. The software works with a variety of operating systems, including Windows, Unix and the Macintosh. Microsoft's free distribution of its Internet Explorer has taken the profit out of the Web browser market. Beta versions of Communicator will be available before the end of 1996 and the final version will ship in early 1997. Netscape's focus will be on the intranet market.

Software Publishers, Communications Software NEC, Software, Product introduction, Product Announcement, Work groups, Teamwork (Workplace), Telecommunications software, Software product introduction, Workgroup software, Groupware, Netscape Communicator (Workgroup software)

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Defying the Juggernaut; Netscape maneuvers for position in a Microsoft-ruled world

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Netscape has begun to regain some of its power in the Internet market, due in part to Microsoft's growth slowing down in the arena. This is due to the Justice Department's attempt to prevent Microsoft from bundling its Internet Explorer with its Windows operation system. Netscape has maintained its strong growth, reporting strong financial results for its third qtr, in Oct 1997. Netscape's CEO, James L. Barksdale is responsible for ensuring that the company survives in the shadow of Microsoft. Barksdale says that Netscape's is relying more and more on the revenue it receives from services and back-end network software that it supplies to companies that attempting to leverage the Internet as an inexpensive alternative for communication and as a means for conducting business.

Planning, Marketing, Internet services, Company internet strategy, Internet access software, Web browser, Web browsers, Company business planning

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Industry group to offer standards for privacy on Internet

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Netscape is leading an industry initiative group of approximately 40 companies to propose standards for privacy on the Internet. The initiative would address the issues of the amount of personal information that is obtained and how that information is used when a person visits a web site, as well as ways to avoid unwanted junk E-mail. Surveys show that Americans are much more concerned about the information they give out over the Web than they are over the telephone or in the mail. The proposal for the privacy standard will be presented to the Worldwide Web Consortium. Microsoft, Netscape's main rival, is not involved in the proposal, as part of the companies competition includes vying for leadership in standards setting.

Standards, Internet, Privacy issue, Privacy, Email software, Trade associations, Industry association information

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