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Multimedia Content Provider Streamlines Delivery with a Centralized Platform

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Technology Category	Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Data Management Platforms
Applicable Functions	Business Operation
Services	System Integration
Challenge	The Press Association (PA) was originally made up of multiple companies brought together to form PA Group. With such diversification in different types of content and services, more technical cohesion and strategy was needed. PA needed a new, centralized solution that could handle XML, while also merging a large volume of structured and unstructured content in a useful and efficient way. Speed and efficiency were also key considerations. With previous solutions, the company was spending 70% of their time managing and manipulating data before they could get any use out of it. It was important that the new platform be fast and flexible. Read More
About Customer	For over 140 years, the Press Association (PA) has served as the UK’s biggest provider of fast, fair, and accurate news content. Today, PA Group provides a range of global multimedia content and editorial services, including news, sports, data, weather forecasts, images and video as well as more bespoke services. Their diverse customer base ranges across media and from small businesses to global corporations and government agencies. Read More
Solution	PA has enjoyed a beneficial relationship with MarkLogic for several years. They used MarkLogic to facilitate news delivery during the Olympic Games and have rebuilt their central editorial system including certain sports news systems using MarkLogic as the common content store. When considering their key objectives for the new platform, MarkLogic was a natural fit. The new system had the flexibility and scalability they needed, which will seamlessly accommodate future growth. It also offered a high degree of security they were seeking. With the new platform, PA is able to manage data issues much more efficiently. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Data Management Platforms

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Services

System Integration

Challenge

The Press Association (PA) was originally made up of multiple companies brought together to form PA Group. With such diversification in different types of content and services, more technical cohesion and strategy was needed. PA needed a new, centralized solution that could handle XML, while also merging a large volume of structured and unstructured content in a useful and efficient way. Speed and efficiency were also key considerations. With previous solutions, the company was spending 70% of their time managing and manipulating data before they could get any use out of it. It was important that the new platform be fast and flexible.

About Customer

For over 140 years, the Press Association (PA) has served as the UK’s biggest provider of fast, fair, and accurate news content. Today, PA Group provides a range of global multimedia content and editorial services, including news, sports, data, weather forecasts, images and video as well as more bespoke services. Their diverse customer base ranges across media and from small businesses to global corporations and government agencies.

Solution

PA has enjoyed a beneficial relationship with MarkLogic for several years. They used MarkLogic to facilitate news delivery during the Olympic Games and have rebuilt their central editorial system including certain sports news systems using MarkLogic as the common content store. When considering their key objectives for the new platform, MarkLogic was a natural fit. The new system had the flexibility and scalability they needed, which will seamlessly accommodate future growth. It also offered a high degree of security they were seeking. With the new platform, PA is able to manage data issues much more efficiently.

Impact #1	The new system had the flexibility and scalability they needed, which will seamlessly accommodate future growth. It also offered a high degree of security they were seeking.
Impact #2	With the new platform, PA is able to manage data issues much more efficiently.
Impact #3	PA is able to not only deliver their existing products, but to also deploy new solutions that were previously too difficult, time-consuming or expensive to build.

Impact #1

The new system had the flexibility and scalability they needed, which will seamlessly accommodate future growth. It also offered a high degree of security they were seeking.

Impact #2

With the new platform, PA is able to manage data issues much more efficiently.

Impact #3

PA is able to not only deliver their existing products, but to also deploy new solutions that were previously too difficult, time-consuming or expensive to build.

Benefit #1	66% boost in efficiency

Benefit #1

66% boost in efficiency

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Multimedia Content Provider Streamlines Delivery with a Centralized Platform

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