's core retailing business, helping drive more revenue to local stores while maximizing the company's national and international web presence.
             oUse the Web as a means to improve overall company success
             oGet into production quickly with novel approach to e-commerce
             oProvide superior online experience for customers in every respect
             In January of 1999 Circuit City commenced development, using Sun Enterprise servers that had just become available from a subsidiary company. To reach the market as quickly as possible with its novel concept, Circuit City determined to base its Internet presence on prepackaged solutions that minimized development time. This led to the choice of BroadVision to provide e-commerce software.
             oE-commerce application built on Sun Enterprise servers and BroadVision
             oSun servers deployed: Sun Enterprise 6500 and 450 servers
             oSun StorEdge A1000 and D1000 disk arrays
             oSolaris 2.7 and 2.8 Operating Environment
             Purchasing both servers and storage from a single company helped Circuit City to roll out the new application quickly and with minimal risk. For thorough protection against catastrophe, Circuit City placed identical pairs of systems in two of its geographically separated data centers. For even stronger protection, they engaged Sun service on all four systems at the SunSpectrum Platinum services level. Even though BroadVision 's pre-packaged approach was designed to minimize the implementation period, a great deal of development had to be done.
             o Depth of information: With BroadVision's technology, Circuit City has launched an online shopping resource for product and price comparison.
             o Fast deployment: Circuit City leveraged BroadVision's modular architecture to rapidly customize and launch its e-commerce site. Full integration with over 500 "brick-and-mortar" stores took seven months. It included real-time credit authorization, inventory management, and price verification.
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