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Netscape Application Server 4.0 Powers E-commerce and Enterprise Businesses

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The Sun-Netscape Alliance has announced Netscape Application Server 4.0, a leading application server for deploying non-stop, large, transactional e-commerce sites. Expected to ship in August, Netscape Application Server 4.0 is designed to meet the needs of e-commerce businesses, providing high performance, high availability, and manageability capabilities. Over 40 percent of the Fortune 50 companies, including top banks and telecommunications companies, use Netscape Application Server to power their businesses.

Key Takeaways:

  • Netscape Application Server 4.0 is the industry's fastest and most scalable application server for e-commerce sites, supporting standards-based application models, distributed transactions, and enhanced performance and scalability.
  • Over 40 percent of the Fortune 50 companies, including top banks and telecommunications companies, use Netscape Application Server to power their businesses.
  • Four of the top five banks and four of the top five telecommunications companies leverage Netscape Application Server for their online applications.
  • Half of the top ten most trafficked financial services Internet sites use Netscape Application Server.
  • Companies such as Cable & Wireless HKT, drkoop.com, Inc., GTE, National Discount Brokers, Oakley, and Pegasus Systems use Netscape Application Server to move their business processes online.
  • Netscape Application Server 4.0 provides new features and functionality, including distributed transaction support, enterprise-class administration, and bulletproof availability.
  • Netscape Application Builder 4.0 provides a development environment for building high-performance e-commerce applications, with a standard component model and interoperability with third-party tools.

Statistics:

  • Over 40 percent of the Fortune 50 companies use Netscape Application Server to power their businesses.
  • Four of the top five banks and four of the top five telecommunications companies leverage Netscape Application Server for their online applications.
  • Half of the top ten most trafficked financial services Internet sites use Netscape Application Server.
  • 17 million members use America Online, Inc.
  • 2 million members use CompuServe.
  • Netscape Application Server 4.0 is priced at $35,000 per CPU.
  • Netscape Application Builder 4.0 is priced at $1,295 per developer seat.

Sources:

  • "Sun-Netscape Alliance Announces Netscape(R) Application Server 4.0" [Accessed July 27, 1997]
  • "About the Sun-Netscape Alliance" [Accessed July 27, 1997]
  • America Online, Inc. press release [Accessed July 27, 1997]
  • Sun Microsystems, Inc. press release [Accessed July 27, 1997]

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