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Leading
Corporations Worldwide Choose Internet Explorer 5
Companies Cite Browser's Ease of Use and Reduced Cost of
Ownership As Key Reasons for Deployment REDMOND, Wash. - March 10, 1999 -Microsoft
Corp. today announced that leading companies in industries ranging from
pharmaceuticals to finance are already choosing Microsoft® Internet
Explorer 5 for companywide browser deployment. These companies, comprising more
than 300,000 desktops, are adopting Internet Explorer 5 because of the improved
productivity and reduced cost of ownership it will offer through its premier
ease of use, powerful deployment and management tools, and its unmatched ability
to create rich enterprise applications. Corporations already choosing to standardize on Internet
Explorer 5, scheduled for release on March 18, 1999, include Compaq Computer
Corp., Dresdner Kleinwort Benson, Eli Lilly and Co., Ernst & Young LLP,
Pfizer Inc. and J.D. Edwards & Co. In addition, more than 5,000 corporations
have downloaded the Internet Explorer Administration Kit 5 beta for evaluation. "With Internet Explorer 5, the browsing choice for the
enterprise has never been more clear," said Yusuf Mehdi, director of
Windows® marketing at Microsoft. "Internet Explorer 5's
combination of premier ease of use, administration and intranet development
technologies will open up the Web as a productivity tool for corporations." "Microsoft has impressed us with Internet Explorer during
our deployment of previous versions," said Mark Natelson, director of
standards responsible for the configuration of Internet Explorer 5, which will
be used across Ernst & Young LLP's approximately 60,000 desktops worldwide.
"We're currently in a mixed browser environment and are excited to roll out
Internet Explorer 5 and benefit from standardization as well as all of the
enhanced technologies and tools it offers." Internet Explorer 5 Delivers Increased Productivity and
Reduced Cost of Ownership Internet Explorer 5 offers a multitude of features and tools
that address common corporate issues and improve the ease and speed with which
employees can access and utilize information. Through the incorporation of
IntelliSense® technology, Internet Explorer 5 dramatically
simplifies complex tasks like searching the Web and automates common ones like
typing URLs or Web forms and installing new components. Reducing the browser's
complexity improves productivity and reduces TCO for IT departments by
decreasing support costs. "After evaluating other browsers, we found that hands
down, Internet Explorer 5 offers the fastest and easiest-to-use browsing
solution available today," said Doug Eichner, IT project manager, J.D.
Edwards & Co., a leading industrial solution provider. "With Internet
Explorer 5 and its IntelliSense technology, we can rest assured that our
employees will have a more positive and productive experience on the Web." Corporate administrators can also benefit from reduced TCO by
employing the next version of the award-winning Internet Explorer Administration
Kit. Administrators using Internet Explorer Administration Kit 5 will enjoy
enhanced control and flexibility in the customization, deployment and management
of the browser in their environment. A streamlined, wizard-based user interface
assists administrators in quickly customizing the various browser features,
including locking down certain features and settings, setting security levels
and adding unique toolbar buttons or menu items. Once the browser is deployed,
administrators can take advantage of the IEAK's ability to update the browser
corporatewide from a central location, saving time and money. Dresdner Kleinwort Benson, one of the leading global
investment banks, is taking advantage of the Internet Explorer Administration
Kit to standardize on Internet Explorer 5 on its more than 30,000 desktops
worldwide. "The Internet Explorer Administration Kit 5 provides the
flexibility to customize Internet Explorer 5 to fit my organization's
needs," said Jan Jones, information technology manager, Dresdner Kleinwort
Benson. "And with its easy-to-use and powerful administration capabilities,
we will be able to focus more of our efforts on other areas of technology such
as building enterprise applications to improve our business processes." The Fast Way to Write Web-Based Enterprise Applications A critical aspect of a corporate browsing solution is its
ability to provide a powerful development platform for building enterprise
Web-based applications. Internet Explorer 5 offers support for the latest Web
technologies, including HTML 4.0, the Document Object Model (DOM), Cascading
Style Sheets and Extensible Markup Language (XML), and also offers a rich
componentized authoring solution with Dynamic HTML behaviors. Together, these
technologies speed development of powerful line-of-business applications
designed to improve business efficiency. Eli Lilly and Co., a global research-based pharmaceutical
corporation that is deploying Internet Explorer on more than 27,000 desktops, is
taking advantage of Internet Explorer to build a Web-based application. This
application will function as a newsroom, providing users timely and easy access
to company information. "Internet Explorer 5 enables much easier development and
maintenance of Internet and intranet applications," said Lori Vosefski,
team leader, collaboration services at Lilly. "We anticipate a reduction of
10 percent in development time as well as a 15 percent decrease in the size of
Web-based applications. Neither of these advances would be possible without the
enhanced developer functionality within Internet Explorer 5." Internet Explorer 5 Final Coming Soon Internet Explorer 5, scheduled to launch on March 18, 1999, is
designed to work faster to save users time. For the first time, Microsoft will
simultaneously deliver Internet Explorer for the Windows 98, Windows 95, Windows
NT® 3.51, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 3.1, Sun Solaris and HP-UX
operating systems. In addition, Microsoft will be delivering Internet Explorer 5
in 10 languages at launch, with 16 additional language versions to be made
available in the weeks following. This broad availability enables corporations
to simultaneously standardize on Internet Explorer 5 to update their mixed and
international desktops using the Internet Explorer Administration Kit, which is
also scheduled to be made available on March 18, 1999. Availability The final version of Internet Explorer 5 will be available for
free download (connect-time charges may apply) at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/.
The Internet Explorer Administration Kit 5 will also be downloadable free of
charge (connect-time charges may apply) at http://ieak.microsoft.com/default.asp. Copyright (C)
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