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O’Reilly Media Delivers Sub-2-Second Page Load Times to 87% of Visitors

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Technology Category	Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing
Applicable Industries	Education
Applicable Functions	Sales & Marketing
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
Challenge	O’Reilly Media, a leading publisher and disseminator of technology innovation, has been a chronicler and catalyst of cutting-edge technology development since 1978. The company has made it their critical goal to deliver their site in under 2 seconds. However, like all content-rich sites, the O’Reilly website is subject to the same performance pitfalls – everything from third-party widgets to data being served from multiple servers. A sub-2-second page load time is the current holy grail of web performance, and achieving this would keep the flow of thought seamless for users, meaning that they’re more likely to complete whatever online task they’ve started. Read More
About Customer	O’Reilly Media is an internationally recognized company that has been a chronicler and catalyst of cutting-edge technology development since 1978. The company is known as a leading publisher and disseminator of technology innovation, offering a wide range of services including books, events, blogs, webcasts, training courses, and discussion forums, all of which are accessible online. In recent years, one of the company’s most high-profile banners has been web performance. Its annual Velocity Web Performance and Operations Conference attracts some of the greatest thinkers in the performance community. Read More
Solution	As knowledgeable participants in the performance industry, O’Reilly knew what to look for in an acceleration solution. They tested the Radware FastView cloud-based service for a four-week period. The FastView service is designed to optimize the speed of web applications and is capable of delivering dramatic improvements in page load times. After the test period was over, the decision to implement was clear. O’Reilly made the decision to roll out FastView to multiple data centers to accelerate their core site traffic. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing

Applicable Industries

Education

Applicable Functions

Sales & Marketing

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

Challenge

O’Reilly Media, a leading publisher and disseminator of technology innovation, has been a chronicler and catalyst of cutting-edge technology development since 1978. The company has made it their critical goal to deliver their site in under 2 seconds. However, like all content-rich sites, the O’Reilly website is subject to the same performance pitfalls – everything from third-party widgets to data being served from multiple servers. A sub-2-second page load time is the current holy grail of web performance, and achieving this would keep the flow of thought seamless for users, meaning that they’re more likely to complete whatever online task they’ve started.

About Customer

O’Reilly Media is an internationally recognized company that has been a chronicler and catalyst of cutting-edge technology development since 1978. The company is known as a leading publisher and disseminator of technology innovation, offering a wide range of services including books, events, blogs, webcasts, training courses, and discussion forums, all of which are accessible online. In recent years, one of the company’s most high-profile banners has been web performance. Its annual Velocity Web Performance and Operations Conference attracts some of the greatest thinkers in the performance community.

Solution

As knowledgeable participants in the performance industry, O’Reilly knew what to look for in an acceleration solution. They tested the Radware FastView cloud-based service for a four-week period. The FastView service is designed to optimize the speed of web applications and is capable of delivering dramatic improvements in page load times. After the test period was over, the decision to implement was clear. O’Reilly made the decision to roll out FastView to multiple data centers to accelerate their core site traffic.

Impact #1	O’Reilly saw dramatic improvement in key areas during the four-week test period.
Impact #2	The implementation of FastView led to a significant increase in the speed of the O’Reilly website.
Impact #3	The use of FastView has allowed O’Reilly to meet their goal of delivering their site in under 2 seconds.

Impact #1

O’Reilly saw dramatic improvement in key areas during the four-week test period.

Impact #2

The implementation of FastView led to a significant increase in the speed of the O’Reilly website.

Impact #3

The use of FastView has allowed O’Reilly to meet their goal of delivering their site in under 2 seconds.

Benefit #1	Over 600% improvement in moving users to a sub-2-second page load time.
Benefit #2	500% improvement in moving people from an 8-30 second load time to a 2-8 second load time.

Benefit #1

Over 600% improvement in moving users to a sub-2-second page load time.

Benefit #2

500% improvement in moving people from an 8-30 second load time to a 2-8 second load time.

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O’Reilly Media Delivers Sub-2-Second Page Load Times to 87% of Visitors

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