Netscape battles takeover talk and shrinking sales

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Netscape faces a long and difficult transition to overcome recent setbacks, according to analysts. Investors should examine four key areas necessary for a Netscape turnaround: stabilization or a gain in Netscape's approximately 60% browser market share; PC makers or ISPs that announce the use of Netscape Navigator as their preferred browser; strong improvement in Netscape's core business of selling server software to large corporations; and a return to profitability. The Internet pioneer is facing a serious World Wide Web browser challenge from Microsoft, which holds a 35% share and is gaining fast. Netscape will not regain profitability until the 3rd qtr 1998, according to BT Alex. Brown. The company's overall 1998 losses will amount to $3 million on sales of about $573 million. The 1999 performance will attain only $30 million in profits on sales of $718 million.

Computer Software, Software, Netscape Communications Corp., NSCP, Company business planning

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High anxiety in high technology; in an industry built on turmoil, Novell must struggle to rebound

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Novell Pres Eric Schmidt is orchestrating a dramatic high-tech turnaround at the software company. Schmidt replaced John Young as the company's president in Apr of 1997. In the three months following, Schmidt has struggled to provide solutions for the company's internal problems as well as provide a new strategy for the company's future. In the information technology market, accomplishing both is a very difficult trick. Novell controls approximately 60% of the corporate networking software market, and it Netware product is used on an estimated 67 million desktops worldwide. In 1996, the company's sales totalled $1.3 billion and its profits reached $126 million. However, Novell's sales stagnated in 1997. Schmidt is counting on Java becoming widely used in the network software industry.

Networking Software Pkgs, Human resource management, Company personnel management, Network software, Novell Inc., NOVL, Company Business Management

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