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Online Restaurant Booking Service Boosts Speed and Scalability With Web Technology
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Online restaurant booking service toptable was becoming the victim of its remarkable popularity. First launched in 2000, the Web site was struggling to deal with 15,000 bookings a day. In 2008, the company's management team decided to rebuild the Web site using Microsoft ASP.NET. toptable expects that the improved user experience - and the potential international expansion - will significantly increase revenues.
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