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Guinness World Records Launches New Website on Microsoft and Intel Solution

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Guinness World Records Ltd., a globally recognized brand, has successfully launched its new website, GuinnessWorldRecords.com, built on the e-business solution from Microsoft Corp. and Intel Corp. The website, launched in just 90 days, offers users a truly interactive experience, including videos, streaming media, games, e-cards, and an extensive presentation of Guinness World Records. The site operates on five Intel-based servers featuring the Pentium III Xeon processor and runs on Microsoft software, including Windows 2000 Advanced Server and SQL Server 7.0.

Key Takeaways:

  • Guinness World Records Ltd. selected Microsoft and Intel as the primary technology providers to launch its new website, GuinnessWorldRecords.com, within a tight 90-day deadline.
  • The Microsoft and Intel solution provided the necessary flexibility and scalability for the website's future growth, ensuring that Guinness World Records' needs for personalized content, dynamic publishing, database management, reliability, and scalability were met.
  • The site relies on Intel Online Services for hosting and support, featuring five Intel-based four-way Dell PowerEdge 6350 servers and two clustered Dell PowerEdge 6350 four-way servers as database servers.
  • The website runs on Microsoft software, including Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Internet Information Services 5.0, and SQL Server 7.0, with the help of Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 and development companies Conchango and Oasis Communications.
  • The collaboration between Microsoft and Intel offers customers a flexible e-business architecture to accelerate their time-to-market deployment with new Internet services.
  • Guinness World Records Ltd. is the latest customer to adopt the Intel and Microsoft e-business solution under a recently announced e-business alliance between the two companies.

Statistics:

  • The website, GuinnessWorldRecords.com, was launched in just 90 days.
  • The site features five Intel-based four-way Dell PowerEdge 6350 servers and two clustered Dell PowerEdge 6350 four-way servers as database servers.
  • The website runs on Microsoft software, including Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Internet Information Services 5.0, and SQL Server 7.0.
  • The site offers users a truly interactive experience, including videos, streaming media, games, e-cards, and an extensive presentation of Guinness World Records.
  • Guinness World Records Ltd. has an audience of 100 million viewers worldwide through its syndicated television shows.

Sources:

  • Guinness World Records Ltd. press release, October 23
  • Intel Corporation press release, October 23
  • Microsoft Corporation press release, October 23

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