Case Study: Mariinsky Theatre boosts streaming performance and cuts costs with IBM SoftLayer

SoftLayer technology helps cut capital expense by USD 20,000 and boost performance by 30 percent

The Mariinsky Theatre, a historic Russian opera and ballet venue, sought a reliable cloud hosting solution capable of live-streaming performances globally without the buffering issues they experienced with other providers. They needed a scalable and cost-effective platform to accommodate a fluctuating number of viewers worldwide.

IBM implemented its SoftLayer bare metal server hosting infrastructure to provide the necessary power and scalability. This solution improved the theatre's overall streaming performance by 30 percent, avoided $20,000 in capital expenses, and accelerated infrastructure deployment time by 99 percent, reducing it from two months to just four hours.

Mariinsky Theatre

Eugene Barbashin

Computer Technology Department Head