Cloud enables Catchoftheday to reel in sales - e-commerce, Cloud hosting, Catchofthday - CIO

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An ailing server that could not cope with traffic spikes on its e-commerce websites lead Victorian-based company Catchofthday to investigate Cloud hosting.

Chief technology officer, Vijay Bala, told CIO Australia that its expansion plans for general goods website Catchoftheday and experiences, such as restaurant dining, website Scoopon were being stymied by system crashes. The company also operates a site called Wine.Catchoftheday which offers specials on wine.

Cloud enables Catchoftheday to reel in sales - e-commerce, Cloud hosting, Catchofthday - CIO

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Catch of the Day set to beef up IT - Business - News

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Daily deals site Catch of the Day has gone from strength to strength since its inception in 2006, and is now planning a massive IT revamp to keep up with demand.Vijay Bala is the chief technology officer for Catch of the Day and has worked with the company since day one. He told ZDNet Australia that the amount of traffic the site receives every day has sent him back to the drawing board to bolster back-end infrastructure so it can deal with the millions of hits.

Catch of the Day set to beef up IT - Business - News

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