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Tractor Supply gets out of WinTel'
Tractor Supply Co. of Nashville, Tenn., is the perfect example of a company that needs scalable computing. With $1 billion in 2002 sales, it runs more than 450 stores in the U.S., opening 113 last year. Until recently, however, its need for an easy-to-grow IT system has gone unfulfilled. Rapid growth and large peaks in sales mean that Tractor Supply Co. needs to scale out its processing power at almost a moment's notice, according to Stevan Townsend, its manager of database and BASIS administration. In this interview, he describes his search for a scaleable, redundant replacement for a pay-as-you-grow WinTel system.
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