Currency Server Overview
Currency Server was designed to be the most advanced currency-enabling
component on the market. It provides exchange rate information
and currency internationalization, conversion and rounding services
via COM, .NET and SOAP Web services,
and Ajax-style scripting. Currency Server
supports more clients, more platforms, and a larger number of independent providers of exchange
rate data than other tools.
By working locally rather than relying
on remote servers for each transaction, Currency Server provides
a unique level of performance, reliability and independence.
The service is always available to satisfy thousands of information
and conversion requests per second. Support for a variety of
data providers (both free and subscription-based) and advanced
administration notification options assure fault tolerance and
peace of mind.
When the software is implemented on a web server, visitors
can see prices in their "language" without having to use third-party
sites for currency-related services and without being subject
to external pop-ups, frames, advertising and cookies. Currency
Server is one of the fastest and most cost-effective tools to
add value to an e-commerce site. Either alone or as part of
a complete internationalization effort, Currency Server can
easily plug into an existing system and open up a new world
of opportunities and user experience.
Applications
Possible applications include:
- E-commerce - Integration with web or commerce
server to create a dual-currency or multi-currency
shopping site (customers see prices in currency of their
choice)
- Back-office - Interfacing with database,
accounting, procurement, expense management,
spreadsheets, etc.
- Information - Web-based currency converters,
widgets, popups, or
maintenance of
exchange rate data files (e.g. to
post exchange rates in XML, CSV or HTML format, or for
custom clients)
- Web services - Use as a .NET or SOAP server
to provide web services to remote clients
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