A Credit Crisis One of the world’s largest credit card networks needs to rebuild its data backbone. Ab Initio gets called upon to solve big problems, and this is an example of a big one. A number of years ago, one of the largest world-wide credit card networks was running out of horsepower in its data backbone. Transaction volumes were climbing steadily, and it was just a small matter of time before the system would no longer keep up. In addition, because the backbone had been cobbled together over many years as the business had grown, it consisted of a large number of complex point-to-point connections and interfaces. The result was that no one aspect of the backbone could be changed without touching all the elements. And the business was desperate for more flexibility. EARLY ATTEMPTS Thi

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