"We can adjust filtration systems to handle heavier concentration of unknown substances," he said.
Many Nasdaq dealer firms, for one thing, do not have automated systems to handle their customer limit orders.
Each berth is wired so vendors can set up their own cash register systems to handle sales independently.
The company, which owns the Littlewoods and Very.co.uk websites, has prepared its systems to handle a third more sales after experiencing a record sales day last year.
But most of the investment in information technology, analysts say, has been on back-office financial and administrative systems to handle tasks like billing and collections.
"Readying our systems to handle the tax season is an intricate, detailed process, and we must take the time to get it right".
Not so long ago, he says, many internal tech teams were focused on installing gigantic software systems to handle such things as accounting and human resources.
Most operators, says Nokia's Mr Savander, have between 20 and 40 separate billing systems to handle different kinds of services; one has 54.
Among those costs are sophisticated hardware and software systems to handle both outbound and inbound e-mail, Internet service charges, and marketing and research employees to analyze data and fine-tune campaigns.
Orbitz had been using Worldspan, one of the three big reservations systems, to handle all its bookings, and will continue to use Worldspan for airlines that do not offer the direct connections.
Corning, seeking to meet spiraling demand for fiber optic systems to handle Internet traffic, has spent billions of dollars this year in acquisitions to expand its capacity to produce components that speed light signals through telecommunications networks.
