Case Study: Paciolan delivers secure, scalable college sports ticketing with F5

Paciolan delivers secure ticketing for 120 million annual sales with F5 Network

Paciolan, a leading online ticketing solutions provider for U.S. college sports, faced the challenge of managing enormous, unpredictable traffic surges during major event ticket sales while ensuring a fast, fair, and secure purchasing experience for fans. To protect its backend systems and guarantee seamless service, the company partnered with vendor F5, utilizing their F5 BIG-IP solution suite including Local Traffic Manager (LTM) and BIG-IP Virtual Edition.

The solution implemented by F5 provided robust load balancing, intelligent traffic management to virtual waiting rooms, and enhanced security, which was critical for PCI compliance. This enabled Paciolan to smoothly handle extreme demand, such as 250,000 users competing for 50,000 tickets, with minimal wait times. The results included rock-solid reliability, seamless scaling to onboard new colleges, and a successful hybrid cloud migration using F5 BIG-IP VE on AWS, giving Paciolan the agility to grow without sacrificing performance or security.

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