Holiday Channel Standardizes on Alteon Web Switching Technology

Strategic Insights -

The Holiday Channel, Inc., has selected Alteon WebSystems as its standardized web switching solution to ensure high availability and performance of its popular website, Santa.com. With millions of daily online visitors, Santa.com is a leading online Christmas solution for busy parents. The Holiday Channel has integrated Alteon Web switches to support various functions, including local load balancing, server security, and intelligent application-level health checking. Alteon Web switches provide high-performance networking infrastructure solutions that support the growth of the Holiday Channel's online services.

Key Takeaways:

  • The Holiday Channel has standardized on Alteon Web switching technology to support the high availability and growth of its popular website, Santa.com.
  • Santa.com has become the premier online Christmas solution for busy parents, with millions of daily online visitors.
  • Alteon Web switches provide local load balancing, server security, and intelligent application-level health checking to support the Holiday Channel's online services.
  • Alteon Web switches perform network address translation and IP filtering in high-performance ASICs to protect servers from intrusion.
  • The Holiday Channel has integrated Alteon Web switches into its infrastructure to support multiple domains, including Happythanksgiving.com, Happyvaletinesday.com, and more.
  • Alteon Web switching technology enables the Holiday Channel to deliver fast and scalable web services, with 90% of online customers seeking speed and availability.
  • The Holiday Channel plans to add additional data centers, perform intelligent load balancing of encrypted SSL traffic, and implement global server load balancing for inter-site resilience using Alteon Web switching technology.

Statistics:

  • The Holiday Channel has over 44 holiday domains registered, including Happythanksgiving.com, Happyvaletinesday.com, and more.
  • Santa.com has millions of daily online visitors, making it a leading online Christmas solution for busy parents.
  • 90% of online customers seek speed and availability in web services.
  • The Holiday Channel has selected Alteon WebSystems, a leading provider of next-generation Internet infrastructure solutions.
  • Alteon WebSystems has deployed its web data center products at leading companies, including Yahoo!, Concentric Network, and DIGEX.

Sources:

  • The Holiday Channel, Inc.
  • Alteon WebSystems
  • PR Newswire (12/13/1999)
  • Nasdaq (Nasdaq: ATON)
  • Alteon WebSystems website (http://www.alteon.com)