CARFAX Selects Crescendo Networks to Accelerate and Optimize Web Applications

TEL AVIV, Israel & MENLO PARK, Calif.--Crescendo Networks, Ltd., the recognized performance leader in accelerating and optimizing application delivery for Web properties, today announced that CARFAX is using AppBeat™ DC to ensure the performance, efficiency and availability of its Web applications for used car buyers and sellers across North America. Carfax.com is visited more than 55 million times each year by used car shoppers and nearly 30,000 dealers nationwide rely on the online service to help build consumer confidence. CARFAX is the most trusted provider of vehicle history information and is one of the top five websites that consumers depend on for vehicle information.

“As a company that heavily depends on the availability of our Web applications for success, we needed a solution that ensures maximum operational efficiency. We had outgrown the old technology that we felt could no longer effectively support the 50 to 100 million annual visits and close to a dozen data center installations and upgrades we handle each day,” said Gary Lee, VP-Data Center at CARFAX. “To maximize performance and availability, we chose AppBeat DC. Not only was it the superior product in terms of performance and ease of use, but the Crescendo team also offered unmatched support from day one. When it came down to the final choice, Crescendo had the most complete package.”

CARFAX^® Vehicle History Reports™ provide valuable information that helps used car buyers and sellers make better purchasing decisions. CARFAX has the largest vehicle history database ever assembled, comprising more than 6 billion unique vehicle records from more than 22,000 sources. Data is reported to CARFAX by motor vehicle agencies in all 50 states and the Canadian provinces, service shops, collision repair facilities, police departments, insurance companies and many more. Therefore, ensuring Web application performance and availability is key to the company’s core business.

AppBeat DC is an application delivery controller that enhances the performance, scalability, efficiency and availability of Web applications like those of CARFAX. Unlike competing solutions, it leverages the industry’s only purpose-built hardware platform, uniquely designed for maximum performance and feature concurrency. By offloading servers from processing-intensive tasks and optimizing the delivery of the application to users, AppBeat DC significantly improves overall application performance, security and availability for CARFAX, while reducing data center costs.

“CARFAX is a well-known company across North America that many people rely on when making a decision as important as purchasing a car,” said Adoram Ga’ash, CEO of Crescendo Networks. “By implementing AppBeat DC, CARFAX is able to handle Web traffic with ease, even during peak levels or data center transitions. With AppBeat DC, CARFAX can continue to handle growing traffic numbers without worrying about the performance, availability or future scalability of its Web applications – and instead continue to focus on providing invaluable vehicle history information to their customers.”