Case Study: TechCrunch achieves elastic scaling and faster page performance with Rackspace Technology

TechCrunch - Customer Case Study

TechCrunch, the high-traffic tech news site founded in 2005 with millions of subscribers and a portfolio of properties like CrunchBase and TechCrunch50, was hitting the limits of its dedicated-server setup. Frequent traffic spikes, growing maintenance overhead (one full-time admin), bandwidth and compute constraints led to slower performance and made scaling increasingly difficult.

By migrating to The Rackspace Cloud, TechCrunch gained elastic infrastructure, faster page loads and simpler staging/testing via a self-service control panel, resulting in a 10–20% traffic boost almost overnight. Outsourcing infrastructure management and relying on Rackspace’s responsive support reduced operational burden, enabled rapid testing and deployments, and let TechCrunch focus on product innovation and growth.

TechCrunch

Emil Sayegh

General Manager