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Seminar - An Overview of Communications Technologies

Module 6 - Internet, Intranet, Extranet, e-Commerce and Web Services                                      Slide 67 of 70 _________________                                                                                  __________

                                       Case Study #5 - Web Services

About the Company:    Dollar Rent A Car is one of the world's largest car rental agencies, with more than 400 locations in 26 countries. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Inc.

Business Needs:    To open up new business opportunities to expose its mainframe-based reservation system to access by potential business partners.

Challenges:    To find a suitable Web Services development tools.

Solution:  Dollar selected Microsoft .net connected software to develop XML based services.

Benefits: - By integrating directly with business partners, Dollar cost-effectively opened up another sales channel that has provided millions of additional rate requests and thousands of new reservations per year translating into millions of dollars in additional revenues.
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