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December 1, 2008
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Do people still gamble even in a recession?

Apparently, they do -- and in such numbers that it requires a speedy, powerful transaction and gaming system. At least, that's the view of online global gambling giant PartyGaming.

Of course, reducing costs during an economic slowdown is critical for any business. But the current economic climate isn't the only obstacle that PartyGaming has overcome: The U.S. ban on online gambling sites also impacted the company, but it's dealing with the ban by diversifying its gaming base and scaling up its operations with open source software from Teracotta.

PartyGaming claims that, over the past year, it's been able to improve the customer experience and increase its speed by offloading transactions to the Teracotta system, which offers clustering for Java applications.

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