The IaaS provider operates cloud nodes located across eight geographies in the United States and Europe.
Faction has announced that its enterprise-class cloud computing service now powers the Chicago Sun-Times' news platform. The high performance cloud solution elevates the Chicago Sun-Times' content management system, improving the accessibility to their journalists, staff and by addressing the specific requirements for both print and digital environments.
As an integral part of getting the news out to its readers, the Chicago Sun-Times' content management system is the repository for their journalists and staff to submit stories, store research, and manage a vast amount of information every day. Looking for an economical way to streamline their print news applications, the Chicago Sun-Times consulted with their partner, MNJ Technologies. Creating new efficiencies, MNJ helped the Chicago Sun-Times implement virtualization by transitioning their applications to an Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) cloud offering, fueled by Faction. Now, residing in the Faction cloud, the content management system is used to pull in online stories from WordPress that can then easily be used for print.