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Cosmetics manufacturer Mary Kay Inc., has nearly completed an upgrade to Microsoft's newest operating system and Internet-server software on some 20 Web servers, each equipped with four Intel Pentium 4
December 10, 2003

The TeaLeaf product also helps Mary Kay gauge Web-site performance over time. "We use it to grade ourselves and the user experience of our applications," Bloom says. As a result of the upgrade, some Mary Kay applications run 50% faster and Web pages appear more quickly.

Bloom expresses "faith" that Microsoft is working hard to improve the overall security of the Windows environment but acknowledges he'd like to see more progress with the vendor's patch-management processes. "Every time we have a patch," he says, "it's an upheaval."

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