TECHNOLOGY - April 10, 1996

3 Companies Join in ‘Intranet’ Venture: MCI Communications Corp., Digital Equipment Corp. and Microsoft Corp. said they will jointly market products for companies that want to apply World Wide Web technology to their internal data systems. Dozens of companies are now providing software design tools, network connections and other products for so-called “intranets,” which let companies use World Wide Web pages and links for internal information rather than the global public Internet. MCI is handling design and marketing, Digital is providing Alpha server systems and Microsoft the software. International Business Machines Corp., AT&T; Corp. and Netscape Communications Corp. have formed a similar alliance. General roll-out is set for late June or early July.