Client story · Media & Publishing
Sahadat Sazu
Talash Protidin: a newsroom CMS that stopped crashing on breaking news
Sahadat Sazu, Editor-in-Chief of Talash Protidin
Talash Protidin News Portal5 Months · 7 DevelopersIn brief
A news portal that fell over on every big story moved to a scalable cloud setup and a custom Bengali-English CMS with breaking-news alerts and a video-first layout. It now handles ten times the traffic without a crash.
- 10 sec
- Page Load Time
- 0
- Crashes since launch
- 10x
- Traffic Handling
- +75%
- User Engagement
“Our old news portal crashed every time we broke a big story. Software Chamber migrated us to a scalable cloud infrastructure and built a custom CMS designed specifically for Bangladeshi newsrooms — multi-language, breaking news alerts, video-first layout, and 10-second page load speed. We haven't crashed since.”
Sahadat Sazu, Editor-in-Chief of Talash Protidin
The challenge
- Frequent crashes during high traffic
- Slow page load times
- Multi-language content management
- Video streaming performance
The solution
- Scalable cloud infrastructure
- Custom newsroom CMS
- CDN integration for fast delivery
- Real-time breaking news system
- Video optimization pipeline
The results, in the client's words
Running a news portal that crashes during breaking news is every editor's nightmare. Our old system simply couldn't handle traffic spikes when major stories broke - precisely when we needed maximum uptime. Software Chamber completely transformed our digital infrastructure. They migrated us to a robust, scalable cloud architecture that handles traffic surges effortlessly. The custom CMS they built was designed specifically for the unique needs of Bangladeshi newsrooms - supporting Bengali and English seamlessly, instant breaking news alerts, video-first layouts for modern consumption, and incredibly fast 10-second page loads even during peak traffic. Since going live with their solution, we haven't experienced a single crash, even during our biggest stories. Our readers now enjoy a consistently fast, reliable experience.
Key features delivered
- Multi-language CMS
- Breaking news alerts
- Video-first layout
- SEO optimization
- Social media integration