Transfinder Taps into Cloud Hosting to Provide Clients Uninterrupted Service on One of the Busiest School Days

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SCHENECTADY, NY (08/25/2010)(readMedia)-- Transfinder today announced that the company tapped into cloud hosting to provide uninterrupted service to clients on one of the busiest days of the school year. The service, Infofinder i, enables parents to see their bus stop information on their district's website. It provides measurable cost savings by reducing phone calls to districts, and adds considerable value to parents with busy schedules. At peak usage on Monday, August 23rd, Infofinder i easily handled 41,000 unique visitors and 2,400 simultaneous requests per minute.

Cloud hosting is the practice of running web applications in a "cloud" - a collection of external, virtual servers that are interconnected. It provides a resource that is infinitely scalable, reliable, and available, with little or no regard to a system's underlying technology or physical location.

Jay Rourke, vice president of technology, said, "Two years ago cloud hosting was not available, but today we can use industry proven software to create applications that can be hosted in the cloud. This enables us to react rapidly to customer needs by using the latest technologies to provide on-demand service in an infinitely scalable and reliable manner. For example, on Monday, August 23rd, as the new school year approached, parents across the country entered a total of 178,623 address searches."

About Transfinder

Founded in 1988 and headquartered in Schenectady, New York, Transfinder is a national leader in student transportation management systems and services, offering routing and scheduling solutions for optimal transportation logistics. A business partner of MapInfo Corporation, Transfinder applies MapInfo's industry-leading mapping technology and database management to deliver superior transportation and logistics management solutions. Transfinder products allow school districts to manage bus routes, provide safe and efficient student transportation, and access a wealth of critical district information. For more information, visit www.transfinder.com.