Fatbrain.com (formerly "Computer Literacy") combines an innovative and fast-growing Web presence with traditional bookstore sales. Fatbrain.com wanted to set up a Web site in which everything, from the moment a customer placed an order to shipment of that order, was fully automated by computer. Adding to the challenge was the company's high volume of shipments-approximately 2,000 books a day- and the hundreds of transactions required. Fatbrain.com relies on Microsoft products for nearly all aspects of its technology environment. It developed its entirely automated order processing system using Microsoft Visual StudioT development system tools, particularly Microsoft Visual Basic development system and Microsoft Visual C++ development system.
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