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The Kiosk Is the Key

Overview To keep Alamo Rent-A-Car the nation’s leading provider of rental cars to leisure travelers, they needed to meet the demands of their customers and enhance their travel experience. To achieve their goals, Alamo enabled Sun Ray[tm], Java-enabled kiosk systems, to print out directions to area hotels, restaurants, and attractions. Find out how Alamo exceeded goals while retaining customers using systems provided by Sun Microsystems.

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Publisher	Sun Microsystems	File Format	HTML
Date Published	August 2003	Downloads	6
Format	Case Studies
Topics	Application Servers, Mainframes

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