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Achieving near limitless scalability and flexibility with data in the cloud

Technology Category
  • Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Data Management Platforms
Applicable Industries
  • Software
Applicable Functions
  • Product Research & Development
Services
  • System Integration
The Challenge
Web-based publishing platform SpaceCraft found that as its client base grew, it was spending an increasing amount of time managing its databases, distracting its focus from product innovation. As its user base rapidly expanded, data volumes at SpaceCraft began to rise dramatically. Along with their main focus on maintaining and further developing a great platform for web publishing, the SpaceCraft team had the added pressure of managing the increasing quantities of data while ensuring ongoing high performance for clients.
About The Customer
Founded in 2010, SpaceCraft is a web-based publishing platform based in Austin, Texas. Thousands of small businesses and individuals use the company’s web-based software and live support to design, manage and promote websites that work across computers, tablets, and mobile devices. As a born-on-the-web publisher, SpaceCraft followed a well-trodden path in selecting a NoSQL database to support its core services. However, as its user base rapidly expanded, data volumes at SpaceCraft began to rise dramatically.
The Solution
In order to free up its engineering team’s time from database management, SpaceCraft chose to adopt IBM Cloudant Dedicated Cluster—a fully managed NoSQL database-as-a-service platform built for the cloud. Cloudant goes beyond traditional data management, providing technology and expertise that enables clients to simplify and accelerate the development of scalable, flexible applications. With the Cloudant team taking care of its database cluster in the cloud, SpaceCraft can focus fully on product development and service innovation.
Operational Impact
  • SpaceCraft can focus fully on product development and service innovation.
  • Cloudant offers very high availability and consistent performance, which helps maximize the uptime and responsiveness of SpaceCraft’s clients’ websites.
  • Cloudant’s Apache Lucene functionality enabled SpaceCraft to get to market faster with an integrated search solution for their clients.
Quantitative Benefit
  • Scheduled three weeks to develop a new feature, but with Cloudant it took only three days.

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