Nobel Media transferred a part of servers to "cloud" of Microsoft

On January 23, 2014 the Microsoft company reported - Nobel Media, the company responsible for lighting and promoting of the Nobel Prize in media transferred the website of a Nobel Prize to "cloud" of Microsoft.

Project Tasks

During the periods of the declaration of winners and an award the number of visitors of the website www.nobelprize.org increases in hundreds of times, in the rest of the time servers do not experience strain. To cope with peak loads and to optimize infrastructure maintenance expenses while loading is minimum, the company management made the decision to transfer a part of physical resources to "cloud" of Microsoft.

Project implementation of migration allowed Nobel Media to offer users new services and to make the interface more convenient and attractive.

Transition to "cloud" was the serious solution, the technical staff of the company as the main requirement - the speed of transfer of services noted. Process of migration in Windows Azure happened within two weeks and right after it the company is completely ready to the announcement of new winners. At the same time there was time for testing of loadings of a system that saved from need to select unnecessary capacities of the server.

Project Results

Transition to Windows Azure assisted in cost reduction on maintenance of servers and creation of flexible, scalable infrastructure that guarantees trouble-free operation of the website even during peak loads.