MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Oct. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Netscape Communications Corporation (Nasdaq: NSCP) today announced that Chevron Corporation, one of the world's largest petroleum companies with operations in more than 100 countries, is using both Netscape client and server software for its corporate Intranet and Internet sites. Chevron currently licenses Netscape Navigator(TM) client software to serve as a standard client on the desktop in order to provide its employees with easy access to a host of sites around the company.
Chevron's Intranet is comprised of more than 50 internal Web sites within the company. Based on Netscape Enterprise Server(TM) software, "go.chevron.com" is a new site being developed for Chevron's Intranet to provide Chevron employees with one point of access to obtain company news and information from its different departments and divisions.
"Chevron chose to use Netscape products based on the recommendation of our World Wide Web Architecture decision team," said Kevin Hickman, senior systems analyst at Chevron. "By utilizing Internet technology, Chevron employees experience easy access to information which saves time and money for the company."
"Through its use of Netscape technology, Chevron is able to access information from sources throughout the company," said Mike Homer, senior vice president of marketing at Netscape. "Netscape technology provides Chevron a cross-platform approach that enables it to build on its existing global corporate network so it can communicate and collaborate across campus or across countries."
Through the different Web sites available through Chevron's corporate Intranet, employees have access to information and applications including a listing of available Chevron jobs, an online phone book, multiple policy manuals, conference room scheduling, employee want ads, employee training information, financial and portfolio processes and library indexes. Chevron is also currently evaluating additional Web applications for the human resources department. Chevron's goal is to deliver self-service applications to the desktop via the internal Web so that employees will be able to look at their benefits and perform human resources applications online.
Chevron also uses Netscape server software for its external Internet presence, www.chevron.com. Chevron's Internet site is used primarily to distribute information about the company to the public. Visitors have access to information about operations, news and views, financials and products and services. Chevron also has a section of its Internet site, called the "exploration zone," with historical information about the evolution of Chevron and the oil business. This section also answers questions about the oil business regarding crude oil, refineries and service stations.
Netscape's full service Intranet solutions provide customers with four major user services: information sharing and management, communication and collaboration, navigation and application access. Through use of a range of Netscape servers, companies can also benefit from four major network services. These services, core to the smooth running and administration of a corporate Intranet, are directory, replication, encryption and management services. Further details on how Intranet products combine to provide a platform for Intranet solutions are discussed in a recently published Netscape white paper, "The Netscape Intranet Vision and Product Roadmap." The full text of the white paper is available on the Netscape Internet site.
Chevron is the fifth-largest oil company in the world (based on revenues), the largest U.S. marketer of petroleum products, one of the largest marketers of liquefied petroleum gas worldwide, and the third-largest U.S. producer of natural gas.
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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