Case Study: Le Nouvel Observateur achieves lower latency and reduced CDN costs with Cedexis

Leading Online Magazine Creates Hybrid CDN with Cedexis for Lower Latency and Costs

Le Nouvel Observateur, a leading French digital magazine, was struggling with rapid traffic growth, frequent bursts from breaking news, and performance issues on its website. After moving beyond a single CDN, the company needed a way to maintain fast, reliable delivery for millions of users without driving up content delivery costs, and it turned to Cedexis for help.

Cedexis implemented a hybrid CDN strategy using in-house Varnish cache servers, Cedexis Radar to identify the best local network paths, and Openmix for automated load balancing across origin, CDN, and overflow servers. The result was significantly lower latency and reduced CDN spend, with over 60% of traffic shifted to lower-cost Varnish clusters while maintaining optimal browsing performance and supporting 96% growth in unique visitors.

Le Nouvel Observateur

Francois Veux

Technical Media Consultant