Case Study: GeekWire achieves faster, more scalable WordPress performance with Microsoft Azure

How GeekWire is serving the latest tech news to 2 million readers worldwide

GeekWire, a fast-growing technology news site based in Seattle, needed a more scalable and controllable platform as traffic climbed to 2 million readers a month and page-load performance became critical. Its WordPress site was struggling with unpredictable traffic spikes and limited visibility into infrastructure, so the company looked for a better hosting solution from Microsoft Corporation, including Azure Database for MySQL and Azure App Service.

Microsoft Corporation helped GeekWire migrate its WordPress environment to Azure using services such as Azure Database for MySQL, Azure Content Delivery Network, Azure App Service, and Docker-based infrastructure. The result was low page-load times, on-demand scaling without downtime, and a more powerful setup that costs 45 percent less, giving GeekWire the flexibility to manage growth more efficiently.

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Kevin Lisota

Web Developer