Case Study: The Seattle Times cuts operating costs 50% with Microsoft Universal App Platform and Azure

The Seattle Times - Customer Case Study

The Seattle Times, a major media publisher, faced the challenge of creating high-quality native mobile apps to meet rising user expectations. Their previous web-first approach resulted in an inferior mobile experience, and developing separate apps for different device platforms was a time-consuming and expensive proposition. They partnered with Microsoft to utilize its Universal App Platform to address this need.

Microsoft provided a solution that enabled The Seattle Times to build native apps for Windows tablets and phones from a single code base using the Microsoft Universal App Platform, with Azure services powering the backend. This approach from Microsoft boosted developer productivity by 33 percent and cut annual operating costs by 50 percent. The result was the delivery of highly scalable, "gorgeous" apps that set a new standard for user experience.

The Seattle Times

Carey Butler

Chief Technology Officer