Case Study: Festival Internacional Cervantino achieves scalable on-demand media delivery with Microsoft Azure

Major Mexican Cultural Event Builds CloudBased Website to Deliver On-Demand Media

The Festival Internacional Cervantino, a major Mexican cultural event, needed a cloud-based solution to deliver on-demand media from its annual festival and to ensure its website could scale to handle significant traffic spikes. The organization partnered with Microsoft Corporation, utilizing the Microsoft Azure platform to address its challenges with scalable, cost-effective storage and reliable web services.

Microsoft, working with a partner, developed a comprehensive solution on Azure that incorporated SQL Azure for data, Silverlight for rich media, and Bing Maps for location services. This resulted in a 64% cost savings over three years, a fivefold increase in website visitors during the festival, and the ability to reliably stream content to a global audience, significantly expanding the event's international influence.

Festival Internacional Cervantino

David Casillas

Technology Lead