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Published on: September 24, 2008
Type of content: CASE STUDY
Format: Unknown
Length: 4 pages
Price: FREE

Overview:
GFT focuses on providing their customers an exceptional experience with a best-in-class online interface. In order to attract and keep customers, GFT needs to be more accessible, more reliable, and more secure than their competitors.

GFT processes millions of transactions a year. On their busiest days, GFT’s system may process 150 transactions per second. Being open from Sunday 5PM Eastern - Friday 5PM Eastern presents challenges. Customers rely on GFT being open and accessible - it’s this confidence and how easy it is to do business that keep GFT customers coming back. During business hours, GFT can’t have any downtime for clearing caches, patching applications or optimizing the system.

To optimize their IT environment, GFT engaged CDW for consulting, design, and implementation of multiple IT solutions. Specifically, GFT and CDW concentrated on key areas of:

• Security
  
• Optimizing the infrastructure for scalability and reliability through virtualization
  
• Implementing a converged IP network
  
• Backup and recovery