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Financial Services Company Builds Future Scalability and Speed Into Upgrade

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Overview Guidant Financial Group has quickly grown from its original three cofounders to more than 50 employees in three U.S. locations. To prepare for continued growth, the company upgraded its equipment and streamlined its services with Windows XP Professional x64-Bit Edition, Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard x64 Edition, and Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (64-bit). The new solution provides seamless integration from the guidantfinancial.com Web site to the payment processor and back-office systems. By implementing TPI Software SmartPayments Server software, Guidant is able to speed payment processing by 400 percent. As the company continues to acquire more customer accounts, the technology will scale easily to support the growth.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	Microsoft	File Format	WORD
Date Published	July 2006
Format	Case Studies
Topics	Application Servers, Database Management, Windows NT - 2000 - 2003

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UK Police Authority Supports Investigations With Powerful Solution and Reduces Expenditure by 90 Per Cent

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Dell

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