Their consulting and services organizations work well together. Another advantage is the technical capabilities of Compaq ProLiant servers. We considered going to a UNIX box, but we found that we could get the same performance on a Compaq server with Windows NT for less. The transaction costs are a lot lower. We know we can continue to add processors and servers.
Reliability is unquestioned.
And we save on staff support, because our staff already knows how to support a Windows NT system. Insight Manager is a tool that we use to monitor and troubleshoot our environment, which is spread across Delaware, Philadelphia and some of New Jersey. We have more than 50 retail locations of various types, each of which has a server and desktop systems, and Insight Manager allows us to be able to monitor and effectively manage that widespread footprint without having people running around all over the geography whenever there are problems. So our Compaq environment has proven to be extremely reliable. I've often said that the true test of any computer environment is that people only notice it when it's not there, like a phone or a chair.