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GANNETT - Connecting consumers to content and businesses to customers

Gannett is one of America’s largest media companies, reaching a digital audience of nearly 140 million people each month. After experiencing network outages and replication issues with SQL Server, Gannett decided to move their systems to a NoSQL database for greater reliability and flexibility. At the same time, they wanted a more portable infrastructure that fit their evolving hybrid cloud strategy. Couchbase not only delivered better performance and scalability than competitors like MongoDB™, but also cut Gannett’s licensing fees by 75%.

About Gannett

75%

reduction in licensing fees

140 million

digital audience served each month

Challenges

    • SQL Server caused outages and replication issues, while MongoDB was difficult to scale
    • User experiences have to work seamlessly across a wide variety of devices and content types
    • Hybrid cloud strategy requires easy database portability
    • Licensing fees were excessive

Outcomes

    • High reliability, simple scalability, and easy manageability
    • Flexibility to easily support multiple schemas using JSON documents
    • Couchbase is cloud native and deploys in minutes on the leading cloud platforms
    • Licensing fees were only 25% of what Gannett paid for SQL Server
We looked at multiple NoSQL options including MongoDB and Cassandra, and we really liked the architecture of Couchbase – the memory-first approach, SQL++, and cross datacenter replication.

Gannett Platform Architecture Lead, Gannett

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Gannett Embraces NoSQL and Cloud

Read how Gannett underwent massive changes in its business and overhauled its technology platform to make it more nimble with Couchbase.

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Why Gannett Switched From MongoDB

Gannett details their struggles and reasons for moving from MongoDB to Couchbase.

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Gannett Achieves Scalability and Agility

Gannett moved away from SQL Server to Couchbase for storing updating and retrieving millions of documents.

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Compare Couchbase vs. MongoDB™

Learn why companies switch from MongoDB to Couchbase: better performance when scaling out, simple SQL++ query language, avoid integrating separate technology capabilities, easy mobile deployments.

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NoSQL for Media & Entertainment

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Implementing Gannett's Next-Gen CMS

Find out why Gannett selected Couchbase as its data storage solution to better execute the mission of its content creators and editors.

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