Case Study: IPM Group achieves near-instant page loads and major cost savings with CDNetworks

CDNetworks makes headline news at IPM Group

IPM Group, a Brussels-based media company behind high-traffic news sites La Libre Belgique and La Dernière Heure, faced growing performance and scalability challenges: its legacy infrastructure was built for static text, causing slow page loads, video buffering and risk of outages during sudden traffic spikes (including large foreign influxes). The CIO needed a fast, reliable, and cost-effective way to deliver rich, up-to-date content and handle peak demand without overprovisioning servers or bandwidth.

IPM implemented CDNetworks’ CDN to cache and deliver large assets (HD photos, videos, JavaScript) via optimized paths, tailoring caching rules after rapid testing and a smooth switchover. The result: pages load almost instantly, video and navigation performance improved, traffic spikes are absorbed seamlessly, IT costs fell through reduced infrastructure needs, and the company gained flexible capacity—adding a third site in under a week.

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