With over 5 billion parts listed, 60,000 customer accesses each day, and 20,000 subscribers, ILS is far and away the world's largest, most active e-marketplace for the aviation, marine, and defense industries. Since its inception in 1979, ILS has been applying technology to bring buyers and sellers together faster and more efficiently than traditional methods. Today, ILS employs some of the most advanced technology available to ensure rapid information distribution along with maximum security and reliability. For the more technically inclined individuals, here is a list of some of the systems we currently operate: - Oracle 10g RAC serves as primary relational data store
- EMC Storage Area Network with 32 terabytes of raw storage
- IBM E-Server operating at 115 MIPS running millions of lines of application code
- 80 distributed system servers (Unix, Linux, Windows) running in clustered configuration support middleware, presentation and other applications
- Two Fractional T3 lines terminating into redundant firewall and virus detection e-apliances
- Two banks of redundant battery backup
- Backup diesel generator
- Business continuity protected by SunGuard Availability Services
ILS subscribers have the ability to complete transactions, from purchase initiation to fulfillment. They have online negotiation capabilities as well as the ability to place orders, send and receive purchase orders and invoices, and track their negotiation history. ILSmart.com provides a secure and private platform for quotation management and online buying and selling. |
