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Expedia Selects Progress Sonic as Messaging Infrastructure for Service-Oriented Architecture

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Expedia, the world's largest online travel company, has chosen Progress Software Corporation's Sonic as the messaging infrastructure for its reservation system. Expedia's trip planning tools allow travelers to book airline tickets, hotel reservations, car rentals, and more online. The company's architecture requires flexibility and agility to add and update services quickly, and Progress Sonic meets these demands with its superior performance, scalability, and high availability. By selecting Sonic, Expedia aims to provide the highest level of service to its customers.

Key Takeaways:

  • Expedia, the world's largest online travel company, has selected Progress Software Corporation's Sonic as the messaging infrastructure for its reservation system.
  • Expedia's trip planning tools allow travelers to book airline tickets, hotel reservations, car rentals, and more online, with over 1,500 travel companies listed on its website.
  • Paul Onnen, CTO of Expedia, cited superior performance as a key factor in the selection of Sonic.
  • Sonic will serve as the messaging backbone for Expedia's new architecture, providing flexibility and agility to add and update services as needed.
  • Sonic's Continuous Availability Architecture (CAA) provides high availability and transactional fault tolerance, eliminating the risk of lost data.
  • Gordon Van Huizen, vice president and general manager of Progress Software's Enterprise Infrastructure Division, stated that Sonic delivers unmatched service availability, high performance, and exceptional management capabilities.
  • No other company has as much real-world experience with SOA deployments as Progress, according to Van Huizen.

Statistics:

  • Expedia is the world's largest online travel company.
  • Expedia's reservation system handles over 1,500 travel companies listed on its website.
  • Sonic's Continuous Availability Architecture (CAA) provides 99.999% availability, eliminating the risk of lost data.
  • Progress Software's Enterprise Infrastructure Division has extensive expertise in SOA deployments.
  • Expedia's goal is to provide 99.9% uptime and 99.9% customer satisfaction.

Sources:

  • Expedia, Inc. press release, Date unknown.
  • Progress Software Corporation, "Sonic Software".
  • Progress Software Corporation, "About Progress Software".
  • Progress Software Corporation, "Progress Sonic".

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