Case Study: Galileo

Challenge

Galileo supplies information and systems support to travel agencies, all of which are linked to the company’s Data Center. The Data Center handles over 350 million requests for information per day, and at peak times they process more than 8,200 messages per second. With those considerations in mind, it is no surprise that Galileo requires a solid, scalable and reliable eBusiness infrastructure.

Solution

Galileo chose IBM’s WebSphere platform for running and supporting their business. Perficient was selected by IBM and Galileo to share our expertise around Java/J2EE application development and WebSphere. Our vendor-aligned IBM Solutions team has successfully helped IBM and Galileo develop, optimize and maintain their eBusiness infrastructure.

Features J2EE design and development expertise Industry-leading experience around WebSphere Application Server for high volume systems and sites DB2 and network infrastructure expertise. VisualAge for Java mentoring and best practices	Benefits 99.95% prime time availability and improving (average 99.98%) 50,000 program changes without disrupting systems operations Nearly 70 million fare changes