With CDNetworks global network, Calameo increased downloading capacity while decreasing bandwidth required

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Mar 26, 2015, 09:00 ET

SAN JOSE, Calif., March 26, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Calaméo is a free document publishing and sharing platform developed by WebCentric. It lets users incorporate multimedia features like videos, sound effects, and interactive animations into their web publications. 80% of the platform's users are consumers and 20% are businesses that have signed up for paid options. Those business customers include Nestle, Fiat, Carrefour, Suzuki, Lidl, and the French Red Cross. The platform has been so successful that the bandwidth capacity needed to store and display the huge number of Word documents, PDF documents, and other content has skyrocketed.

Greater capacity to support the platform's expansion

Faced with the immense popularity – and rapidly-growing data volumes – of their platform, Calaméo's managers decided to invest in additional IT infrastructure. They wanted a solution that would provide additional capacity and rapid, reliable service at a reasonable cost. Because the platform is based in Paris but has an international user base, they needed technology that could quickly deliver content to users across the globe.

They found the answer in a unique infrastructure arrangement: 1/3 of the content is hosted at Calaméo, 1/3 is hosted on CDNetworks content delivery network, and 1/3 is in the cloud. "Thanks to CDNetworks, we can manage volumes that never would have been possible otherwise," said Mathieu Quisefit, Co-Founder and CTO of Calaméo Today the platform counts 10 million publications, 5 billion web page views, 4 million users, and is available in 7 languages.

Faster pages, smoother website traffic, and enhanced protection

CDNetworks' solution lets users publish static documents even faster by reducing the amount of bandwidth required and bringing content closer to where they are. It also gives Calaméo the flexibility it needs to seamlessly deal with spikes in website traffic.

Thanks to its 160 points of presence around the world, CDNetworks can store content near just about any user location, and has the global infrastructure to absorb peaks in website traffic. Calaméo's own network covers South America, the Middle East, North America, Europe, and Asia. "Even if our website traffic or volume doubles, we know that our platform will continue to operate without a hitch – thanks to CDNetworks' solution. That's very reassuring," said Jean-Olivier de Berard.

CDNetworks' solution also serves as a filter: its content delivery network can block malicious queries before they reach Calaméo's servers.

Kudos for CDNetworks' support team

A ten-fold increase in web capacity isn't the only benefit Calaméo has seen from working with CDNetworks. Its managers also appreciate the highly-efficient customer support. "CDNetworks' tech support team has always been very helpful, responding very quickly every time we have question," said Mathieu.

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