Case Studies

Learn firsthand how organizations are using Drupal and working with Acquia to power their social publishing websites.

Case Study: IBM Global Services & Acquia deliver Drupal E-Commerce

Acquia is currently supporting an innovative utilities delivery company. The differentiating factor for this client is the utilization of technology to reduce operating costs, increase efficiency, and pass significant savings onto their customers. As a result, this Acquia customer is creating a new business model, where users can order heating oil and manage their account easily online, while saving money through fully optimized delivery.

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  • Drupal front end
  • custom middleware

Case Study: Sunshine State News

How Acquia and Blink Reaction Partnered to Deliver Enterprise-Grade Drupal Performance

Sunshine State News is an online media start-up with a unique approach to news. Combining the immediacy of rich media reporting with the relevancy of local reporting, Sunshine State News is playing a vital role in Florida’s news coverage of business and political events.

This case study examines Sunshine State News' migration to Drupal and highlights how Acquia Hosting was able to scale at the drop of a hat to accommodate 50,000 unexpected unique visitors in one day. Read full article »

Case Study: Examiner.com

Revolutionizing The Online Media Market Through Open Source Social Publishing

With over 42,000 content contributors, Examiner.com has enjoyed some of the fastest year-over-year growth of any online media company. Examiner.com has demonstrated a long-term strategic vision to leverage social media for improving online news distribution models. This commitment has directly led to the large-scale migration of the entire Examiner.com site to Open Source Drupal. Read full article »

Case Study: Establishing Transparency in Government with Drupal

The Changing Face of the New York Senate

In 2009, the New York State Senate was put in the difficult position of having to work quickly to minimize interruptions to government continuity, while not hastily jeopardizing existing institutions. The Senate web site – both highly flawed and highly visible – typified these challenges. Read full article »

Case Study: M.T.H.

Drupal Brings Model Railroading to a New Generation of Enthusiasts

With a 30-year anniversary just around the corner, M.T.H. is the young upstart in the model railroading business. To compete with model train brands that are over a century old, M.T.H. relies upon a unique, effective business strategy. By innovating interactive technology and offering unequaled selection, M.T.H. is igniting new interest in model railroading. Read full article »

Case Study: Mother Jones

How Acquia Hosting is helping Mother Jones realize its Social Publishing goals

Mother Jones is a nonprofit news organization that specializes in investigative, political, and social justice reporting. There are currently two main “channels” of distribution: an award-winning bimonthly national magazine (paid circulation 220,000), and a website featuring new, original reporting 24/7. Read full article »

Case Study: Red Hat and Opensource.com

Building a community to foster open source principles

Open source is more than just a software development model, it’s a way of looking at the world that emphasizes transparency, collaboration, and diversity. By working together and openly sharing our ideas with the world, the open source philosophy offers a way to more effectively solve difficult problems and reveal new possibilities for making the world a better place. Read full article »

Drupal Case Study: Lifetime Digital

The Lifetime Digital case study highlights the proven scalability and performance of Drupal websites in a high traffic environment. By utilizing Akamai technology for caching of rich media and for anonymous users, Lifetime Digital's 6 Drupal sites have proven successful in supporting: Read full article »

  • 50 million page views per month
  • 6.5 million site visitors per month
  • 150,000 page views per hour
  • load tests to levels of greater than 500,000 page views per hour

Case Study: PhotoRadar

Read how Photoradar "hit the proprietary ceiling" with another website platform and made the successful switch to Drupal. Read full article »

Case Study: Empire State College

Learn how the Drupal social publishing platform, combined with Acquia services and support, enabled Empire State College to drive online innovation and transform several intranet sites from static web 1.0 to web 2.0 functionality.

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Case Study: Florida Hospital

Learn how Florida Hospital and Acquia partnered to replace an existing legacy CMS and deliver a core Intranet architecture to support 100 separate but standardized Drupal sites used for collaboration and content management within months. Read full article »

Case Study: Robinson Newspapers

Learn why Drupal represents a strategic business advantage for Robinson Newspapers. By replacing their costly and labor intensive Web sites built on an archaic proprietary content management system with Drupal, Robinson Newspapers has transformed their business and turned their readers into members and engaged stakeholders.

Robinson Newspapers Case Study

Case Study: Bentley University

Bentley University is one of the nation’s leading business schools, dedicated to preparing a new kind of business leader and one with the deep technical skills, the broad global perspective and the high ethical standards required to make a difference in an ever-changing world. Serving over 4,000 students annually, Bentley relies heavily on its online resources to communicate to students, faculty and many key stakeholders. From course descriptions and event sites to student organizations and media newsrooms, Bentley manages over 75,000 pages of unique content. Read full article »

Case Study: Brightcove

Learn how Brightcove uses Drupal, Acquia Search and the Acquia Network to build and operate their website and customer communities.

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Case Study: River Network

Learn how the River Network uses Drupal and the Acquia Network to build a community website to extend their grassroot efforts nationwide to protect rivers and freshwater resources.

River Network Case Study