Social Media Company Case Study
The SMC is a leading social media network. With more than one billion monthly active users, SMC’s web and mobile applications must be able to access their content delivery network 24×365. Driven by uploaded photos and videos, the SMC makes up a significant portion of uploaded Internet traffic and almost 10% of all Internet traffic.
REQUIREMENTS
100% uptime
Reliable power and cooling
Lower cost of operations
Data privacy and security
Close proximity to SMC’s office
Challenge
This leading Social Media Company (SMC) needed to expand its digital content delivery network to the edge in tier 2 cities to meet the demands to upload and view photos and videos on its ubiquitous social media network. With tens of thousands of servers housed across multiple data centers, the SMC needed to establish content edge caches closer to end users in key geographic markets.
It needed a data center partner with locations in tier 2 U.S. cities that could provide the security, reliability and diverse access it required to house its content distribution network and backbone network POPs.
Solution
365 Data Centers met all the customer’s technical colocation requirements across several locations, including our facilities in St. Louis, Mo, Tampa, Fla. and Nashville, Tenn. 365 was also able to meet stringent security requirements, including the extension of the cage from the ceiling to beneath the raised floor.
We worked closely with the SMC, using their Master Services Agreement and Scope of Work (SOW), demonstrating both flexibility and assurance during the contracting process.
In Nashville, the SMC required three diverse network access to the facility that we did not have. Working with the City of Nashville, the property manager and local contractors, 365 was able to build three new fiber entrance facilities into the building and extend conduit up to our data center on the 8th floor. This allowed the SMC to bring in their own fiber and preferred carrier XO Communications.
Impact
Our strong security and reliability, tier 2 city locations, and flexibility differentiated our approach. The SMC was able to expand its backbone and content distribution network to tier 2 cities to improve performance, lower latency and reduce cost. Our willingness to build three diverse entrances and ability to move quickly allowed the SMC to scale rapidly.
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