Case Study: Cleveland 2016 Host Committee achieves 3,956% session growth and seamless high-traffic performance with Kentico

Cleveland 2016 Host Committee - Customer Case Study

thunder::tech partnered with the Cleveland 2016 Host Committee to build and operate the official digital hub for the Republican National Convention. The project required a fast, secure, and flexible CMS and hosting solution on a tight timeline that could handle mass national and international attention, complex integrations, and serve diverse audiences including visitors, delegates, volunteers, media, sponsors, and suppliers.

thunder::tech delivered a Kentico EMS–based site with Salesforce integration, a scalable Rackspace cloud architecture (web farm and load balancer), and Sucuri firewall protection, plus personalization and content tools for targeted audiences. The result was seamless performance with no downtime, fully managed integrations, and dramatic traffic growth—sessions rose 3,956% (328,728 vs. 8,104) and page views rose 3,414% (576,792 vs. 16,413) year over year.

Cleveland 2016 Host Committee