Burger King Corp. Adopts RepliWeb Deployment (R-1) to Facilitate Globalization of .NET Applications Infrastructure.Restaurant Industry Icon Implements Worldwide Application Sharing A data conferencing capability that lets two or more users interactively work on the same application at the same time. The application is loaded and running in only one machine; however, keystrokes are transmitted from and screen changes are transmitted to the other participants. Platform Based on Standardized standardized pertaining to data that have been submitted to standardization procedures. standardized morbidity rate see morbidity rate. standardized mortality rate see mortality rate. Applications and IT Infrastructure COCONUT CREEK, Fla. -- RepliWeb, a leader in application infrastructure software for web/application deployment automation and managed file transfer A managed file transfer (MFT) application is a software product that provides organizations with a holistic solution to their file transfer needs. The responsibilities of a MFT suite include securing the data by encrypting the transmission channel or the data itself, managing software, today announced that Burger King Corp. has selected RepliWeb Deployment to automate the distribution of critical business applications across its global IT infrastructure. Burger King Corp. has adopted standardization practices to accelerate access to IT resources across its global chain of restaurants. The company relies on RepliWeb's enterprise-class software to deploy .NET applications and web server components driving greater efficiency, reliability and performance throughout its IT operations. Founded in 1954 in Miami, Florida “Miami” redirects here. For the Native American tribe, see Miami tribe. Miami is a major city in southeastern Florida, in the United States. It is the county seat of Miami-Dade County. Miami is a gamma world city with an estimated population of 404,048. , the BURGER KING([R]) system serves more than 11 million guests every day. The company has more than 11,300 restaurants worldwide making Burger King Corporation the second largest fast food hamburger chain in the world. In order to meet continued global growth, Burger King Corp. significantly scaled out its Web infrastructure and adopted well-defined standards throughout its IT operations. Burger King Corp.'s Web operations Web operations is a domain of expertise within IT systems management that involves the deployment, operation, maintenance, tuning, and repair of web-based applications. With the rise of web technologies since mid-1995, specialists have emerged that understand the complexities of teams looked to RepliWeb to facilitate the rollout and ongoing updates of IIS (Internet Information Services) Microsoft's Web server. IIS runs under the server versions of Windows, adding HTTP server capability to the Windows operating system. 6 Metabase, and .NET applications. "Our corporate and restaurant staff routinely access customized applications built on .NET. With more than a thousand restaurants accessing these applications, significant performance implications can arise," said Matthew Fiallos, lead systems engineer for Burger King Corp.'s global Web and SAP technology/infrastructure. "By scaling out our infrastructure we've maintained the highest service and performance levels. RepliWeb ensures our applications, regardless of where they are located, are up to date with production ready code." As part of its longer term vision to build an on-demand IT infrastructure, Burger King Corp. is embracing the deployment of SOA (1) (Start Of Authority) The first record in a DNS zone file. See DNS records. (2) (Service Oriented Architecture) The modularization of business functions for greater flexibility and reusability. as a way to leverage IT as a utility, and deliver services as organizational demands require. Burger King Corp. will look to RepliWeb to deploy new environments, code pushes and web server updates. "Burger King Corp. is at the forefront of deployment automation strategies," said Yossi Moriel, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of RepliWeb. "Their code release workflows require little manual intervention, speeding release cycles and driving efficiencies to deliver best-in-class IT operations that strengthen the bottom line." About RepliWeb Inc.: RepliWeb's develops application infrastructure software for Web and Application Deployment, Managed File Transfer and SharePoint synchronization (1) See synchronous and synchronous transmission. (2) Ensuring that two sets of data are always the same. See data synchronization. (3) Keeping time-of-day clocks in two devices set to the same time. See NTP. . Hundreds of information-driven organizations, including over 30 of the Fortune 100, rely on RepliWeb to ensure information availability. For more information visit www.repliweb.com About Burger King Corp.: The BURGER KING[R] system operates more than 11,300 restaurants in all 50 states and 69 countries and U.S. territories worldwide. Approximately 90 percent of BURGER KING[R] restaurants are owned and operated by independent franchisees, many of them family-owned operations that have been in business for decades. To learn more about Burger King Corp., please visit the company's Web site at www.bk.com. |
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