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Web Site for Greek Elections Attracts Over 150 Million Hits

Overview The Ministry of Interior in Athens wanted to improve its results service for voters in the 2002 municipal and prefectural elections. Using the Microsoft .NET Framework, Delta Singular provided not only results via the Internet but also via SMS messages and hand held computers. The reporting system is one of the most advanced in Europe with the Web site attracting more than 150 million hits from the public.

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Publisher	Microsoft	File Format	HTML
Date Published	August 2007	Downloads	1
Format	Case Studies
Topics	Web Services, .NET

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