Quixtar recently was honored by IBM for using IBM’s System i platform in an innovative fashion to help ensure that applications critical to the performance of http://www.quixtar.com are always up and running.

The availability of quixtar.com is essential to the success of hundreds of thousands of Independent Business Owners (IBOs) across the U.S. and Canada who market products and manage their businesses via the site. Since 1999, IBOs have generated more than $5.7 billion in sales at quixtar.com. Their efforts have made Quixtar the number one retailer in the online Health & Beauty category based on sales, and 14th among all e-commerce sites, according to Internet Retailer’s "Top 400 Guide."

Quixtar Wins IBM System i Innovation Award in Business Resiliency: Financial News – Yahoo! Finance