Case Study: Digital Division Gruppo Espresso (Elemedia) achieves reliable, high-performance content delivery and seamless traffic-spike scaling with Akamai Technologies

Digital Division Gruppo Espresso (Elemedia SpA) Chooses the Akamai Intelligent Platform as its CDN in a Move Toward Innovation in Publishing

Elemedia S.p.A., the digital division of Italy’s Gruppo Espresso that runs Repubblica.it, radio apps and multiple news sites, faced growing demand from more than 2.2 million daily users and a rapid rise in live video and audio streaming. Its on‑premises infrastructure could not scale for mobile consumption, frequent traffic spikes around breaking news, or the need to adopt HTTP/2 and modern image/video delivery across devices.

Elemedia migrated to the cloud and deployed Akamai Ion and Media Services Live for CDN, image optimization and live streaming, plus HTTP/2 testing. The move delivered faster, more reliable experiences across devices, handled traffic spikes up to 9 million daily unique users with 100% availability and no extra infrastructure spend, and enabled rapid experimentation with new products and monetization models.

Digital Division Gruppo Espresso

Luigi Lobello

Chief Technology Officer