Case Studies

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

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.

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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.

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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:

  • 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
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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.

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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: Brightcove

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

Brightcove Case Study

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

Case Study: JackBe Developer Community

Learn how JackBe Software uses Drupal, Acquia Search and the Acquia Network to build and operate their developer community.

JackBe Software Case Study