retailing business, helping drive more revenue to local stores while maximizing the companys national and international web presence.Key Business Challenges:Use the Web as a means to improve overall company successGet into production quickly with novel approach to e-commerceProvide superior online experience for customers in every respectSolution SnapshotIn 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.Hardware/Software:E-commerce application built on Sun Enterprise servers and BroadVision Sun servers deployed: Sun Enterprise 6500 and 450 serversSun StorEdge A1000 and D1000 disk arraysSolaris 2.7 and 2.8 Operating EnvironmentBroadVision e-commerce softwarePurchasing 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.Key Business Solutions: Depth of information: With BroadVisions technology, Circuit City has launched an online shopping resource for product and price comparison. Fast deployment: Circuit City leveraged BroadVisions 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, in...
