IBM.com: Linux and the Australian Open
Jan 15, 2003, 07:00 (0 Talkback[s])
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"In 2002, a record 6.7 million visits from more than 1.1 million
unique visitors from around the world registered over 70 million
page views, and downloaded over 1.2 million IBM Real-time
Scoreboards during the two weeks of the tournament. But most of the
public was oblivious to the effort that goes into making the
Australian Open one of the world’s most
successful tennis events.
"Hosting a major sporting events is among the most demanding of
web applications. It combines real-time reporting of scores with
high traffic volumes that are difficult to profile. IBM hosts
several major sports events, including the Australian Open, and
uses them as a proving ground for Linux and eBusiness on demand
technology..."
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