Case Study: x.news achieves 99.998% uptime and high availability with MySQL Enterprise Edition

x.news Relies on MySQL Enterprise Edition to Deliver 99.98% Uptime

x.news is an Austrian startup that built a cloud-based social listening and news-verification platform to deliver real-time, relevant content to journalists worldwide. Facing explosive data growth and a 24/7 news cycle, the company needed uncompromising availability, seamless operation across devices, simplified administration, and automated backup/failover so reporters would never miss breaking stories.

x.news upgraded from MySQL Community Edition to MySQL Enterprise Edition, implementing Master–Slave replication, High Availability, MySQL Enterprise Monitor for tuning, and MySQL Enterprise Backup for automated failover. The result: 99.998% uptime, eliminated scalability bottlenecks, reduced administrative overhead, and a robust backup/failover system—all achieved without costly developer retraining.

x.news

Andreas Pongratz

CEO