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ASOS Increases Its Virtual Shop Front With HP Blade Servers: ASOS is the UK's largest online fashion and beauty store, attracting more than one million visitors a week. Due to a growing team of web developers and slowing servers, the team's progress was being affected. ASOS considered purchasing 60 standalone servers to support ongoing projects. However, the number of machines...; Tags: Blade Server, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP Blade, ASOS, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Servers, Storage, Hardware; Case studies 2008-06-01

awosWX 1.0 (Mobile): AwosWX gives quick dial access to current local weather conditions. It does so by calling the closest AWOS/ASOS ('Automated Weather Observing System'/'Automated Surface Observing System') station. These stations are operated by the Federal Aviation Administration, or state and local government. When the station is dialed the listener hears an automated...; Tags: Station, Mobile, Apple iTunes, BudHuff, AwosWX, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics; Software downloads 2008-12-11
Case Study: ASOS.com: Previously, ASOS hosted its own servers in their office which meant upgrades were both slow and expensive. ASOS now has its servers stored in a secure premises with UPS, fire protection and climate control. It is far easier to upgrade server bandwidth, as ASOS can simply call Viatel and arrange...; Tags: Viatel, Servers, Hardware; White papers 2006-09-20