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Credit Union Credits Citrix NetScaler for Flawless Online Banking

Overview As the number of members using its Internet banking services crept upward, the Security Service Federal Credit Union (SSFCU) found that its packaged, online banking application was straining under the load of increasing user demand. Download this case study from Citrix Systems to read about the technology that solved SSFCU's capacity problems and instantly increased the number of concurrent users that could access the system by a whopping 67 percent--without requiring any new servers or software rewrites!

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Publisher	Citrix Systems	File Format	PDF
Date Published	December 2005	Downloads	399
Format	Case Studies
Topics	Strategic Planning, Best Practices, Data Center, Online Banking, Resources Mgmt., Knowledge and Data Management, Policy Document Management, Bank Management, Customer Support Services, Security Standards, Database Management, Planning and Services, SSL - TLS, Network Security, Infrastructure Management, Scalability, Service Level Management, High Availability, E-commerce Security, Directory Services, Security Applications

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