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Web Retailer Improves Service, Streamlines Management With Platform Upgrade

Overview Quixtar stays at the leading edge of technology so that it can provide outstanding service to its network of entrepreneurs. The company is upgrading to Windows Server 2008 Standard to take advantage of new technologies in Internet Information Services 7.0 and the Active Directory service. With the new platform, Quixtar expects to improve Web content delivery while reducing operating system maintenance by approximately 1,000 hours annually.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	Microsoft	File Format	HTML
Date Published	February 2008
Format	Case Studies
Topics	Application Servers, Windows Server 2008, Directory Services

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Channel:
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Channel:
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Publisher:
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Publisher:
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