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.

Unlike proprietary software, Open Source fit our needs in a number of ways. Without license fees, it fit our start-up budget. Open Source technology also evolves faster – Open Source sets the trends, rather than trying to keep up. Our experience told us that we needed technology that would keep us ahead of the curve

-Lane Wright, Senior Reporter at Sunshine State News