Retail
Scaling E-commerce Operations During Peak Seasons
Leveraging auto-scaling and managed services to support a multi-national retailer's explosive growth during holiday campaigns.
Solution
Auto-Scaling E-commerce
Industry
Retail
Company Size
20,000+ Employees
Project Overview
client
Global Retailer
industry
Retail
solution
Infrastructure Scaling
technologies
Azure VM Scale Sets
duration
5 Months
region
Global
The Challenge
Black Friday traffic spikes regularly caused site degradation.
- 1Inflexible on-premise servers
- 2Lost revenue during downtime
Our Solution
Implemented Azure VM Scale Sets and Azure Front Door for global load balancing.
- Global CDN and Load Balancing
- Database auto-scaling
The Results
3x
Faster Load Times
Zero
Downtime during Black Friday
- Record-breaking sales processed smoothly
Technologies Used
Azure VM Scale SetsAzure Front Door
“We handled 10x our normal traffic without a single hiccup.”
Emily Watson
VP of Engineering


