We've seen significant benefits in all of these areas. The new solution has greatly enhanced the company's ability to respond to changes in the market. The solution's tightly integrated products and services have enabled us to leverage software that has already been built-either by us, Microsoft, or a third party. Mitchell is counting on the single solution to provide staffing and training benefits. These resources are more accessible and obtained at a generally lower rate.
Training is of a much higher quality and is also much more accessible.
This allows us to focus our energy more on building great experiences for and relationships with our customers, and less on recruitment of technologists. Adopting a completely Microsoft and Intel e-commerce solution has also simplified vendor management for HSN Interactive. Microsoft is one of the few software companies that offer the breadth of great products addressing most business needs. From the operating system to the Web servers, they have great applications. Standardizing on the Microsoft and Intel solution has enabled one-stop shopping for software solutions from a company that consistently delivers high quality products and services.