Case Study: USA Swimming achieves Olympic-scale performance and scalability with Progress Sitefinity

USA Swimming boosts traffic 105% with Progress Software

USA Swimming faced the challenge of modernizing its website to handle massive traffic surges expected during the 2024 Olympic Trials and Games. Their legacy on-premises CMS was not scalable enough for their 380,000 members and global fanbase. They partnered with Progress Software and its partner Visus to leverage the Progress Sitefinity digital experience platform, aiming for a future-proof solution.

The solution involved a step-by-step migration to the cloud using Microsoft Azure PaaS and an upgrade to ASP.NET Core for the frontend application. Progress Software, through its partner Visus, enabled this incremental approach, allowing the site to scale seamlessly. The results were a resounding success: during the 2024 Trials, USA Swimming saw an 84% increase in users and a 105% increase in sessions, with no slowdowns or crashes despite millions of visitors. The scalable infrastructure also integrated their proprietary swim times database and positioned them for easy future upgrades.

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