Agilent Technologies Firehunter and Getronics Enable Media Conglomerate to Deliver 'Gold Medal' Performance On Official Olympics Web Site.Business Editors/Technology Writers PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif. & AMSTERDAM, Netherlands--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 3, 2000 News International Selects Firehunter to Maintain Reputation for QoS by Monitoring Olympic and Other Sites from a Customer's Perspective Agilent Technologies This article needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : A) and Getronics combined technology and expertise to help media giant News International deliver the highest quality of service (QoS) on its Olympics Olympics Sports medicine An international competition among (traditionally) nonprofessional athletes trained in a particular summer or winter sport, which is held every 4 yrs in a selected city. See Paralympics, Special Olympics, World Medical Games. Web site, one of only three sites officially sanctioned by the British Olympics committee. Getronics integrated Agilent's industry-leading Firehunter with News International's Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the services, allowing the company to proactively manage the performance of www.times-olympics.co.uk and other Web sites. News International publishes leading British newspapers such as The Times and The Sunday Times, operates the news network Sky TV, and maintains a variety of associated Web sites for these and other media products and services. "News International has a reputation for superior content and for the highest quality delivery of content," said Tor Gisvold, group production director at News International. "We intend to maintain that reputation on the Internet. We selected Firehunter because no competitive system offers such comprehensive capabilities for managing Web-site performance from a customer's perspective." The Olympics Web site provided up-to-date information on Olympic developments, with a focus on the triumphs and trials of British athletes. Readers could access the latest results, peruse pe·ruse tr.v. pe·rused, pe·rus·ing, pe·rus·es To read or examine, typically with great care. [Middle English perusen, to use up : Latin per-, per- extensive background information, e-mail the British team, and shop at an online store. Firehunter helped ensure that all of these operations ran smoothly, isolating i·so·late tr.v. i·so·lat·ed, i·so·lat·ing, i·so·lates 1. To set apart or cut off from others. 2. To place in quarantine. 3. potential problems before they disrupted dis·rupt tr.v. dis·rupt·ed, dis·rupt·ing, dis·rupts 1. To throw into confusion or disorder: Protesters disrupted the candidate's speech. 2. customer experience. The system's Firehunter/e-Commerce component also regularly ran typical e-commerce transactions from different locations to monitor the ease and efficiency with which customers could shop, and made on-going measurements of business performance, such as hourly income and open shopping carts. "Our goal is to ensure that this and other News International Web sites run in a way that supports customers' high brand expectations for the company's products and services," said Mike Halley, Agilent's business manager for the United Kingdom. "With Firehunter, News International can enhance the quality of customer experience and extend its reputation for excellence into the venue of the Internet." "We used our expertise to integrate Firehunter with the News International's electronic infrastructure in a way that maximizes the efficient operation of Internet services across the company," said Henry Godwin, Internet assurance manager at Getronics. "This implementation will enable News International to expand its Internet offerings with confidence." For more information about Firehunter, visit www.firehunter.com. About Getronics Getronics is one of the world's leading providers of solutions and services to the professional users of Information & Communication Technology (ICT (1) (Information and Communications Technology) An umbrella term for the information technology field. See IT. (2) (International Computers and Tabulators) See ICL. 1. (testing) ICT - In Circuit Test. ). With 30,000 employees and a direct presence in more than 40 countries, Getronics works with many of the world's largest companies to help them maximize the value of their technology investment. Getronics is headquartered in Amsterdam, with regional head offices in Boston, London, Singapore and Washington DC. Getronics shares are traded on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange
The Amsterdam Stock Exchange is the former name for the stock exchange based in Amsterdam. (`GTN'). Further information about Getronics and its solutions and services can be found at www.getronics.com. About Agilent Technologies Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) is a diversified diversified (di·verˑ·s technology company with approximately 46,000 employees serving customers in more than 120 countries. Agilent is a global leader in designing and manufacturing test, measurement and monitoring instruments, systems and solutions, and semiconductor and optical components. In fiscal year 1999, Agilent had net revenue of more than $8.3 billion. The company serves markets that include communications, electronics, life sciences and healthcare. Information about Agilent Technologies can be found on the Web at www.agilent.com. |
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