Canonical
on 30 January 2012

Ubuntu powers online presence for Heart FM, Capital FM and Classic FM


This article was last updated 10 year s ago.

Global Radio uses Ubuntu to steamline management and enhance user experience

Summary

Global Radio, the home of Heart FM, Capital FM and Classic FM, XFM, Choice FM, BigTop40 and LBC is the UK’s premier radio company. To give listeners 24-hour access to the news and music they want, it operates major websites for each of its national brands. Until recently, a mix of disparate infrastructure was used to support each site, which increased management complexity and costs. To address the issue, Global Radio has deployed a centralised, service-oriented web infrastructure to support all of its major sites. Every layer of the new infrastructure runs on Ubuntu, which supports the company’s chosen hardware infrastructure out of the box. As well as significantly streamlining management, the Ubuntu-based infrastructure is extremely stable. What’s more, Global Radio can now spin up new physical and virtual servers in real time to handle peaks in user demand.


Newsletter
signup

Get the latest Ubuntu news and updates in your inbox.

By submitting this form, I confirm that I have read and agree to Canonical's Privacy Policy.

Related posts


David Beamonte
26 June 2025

Cut data center energy costs with bare metal automation

Article Cloud and server

Data centers don’t have to be power-hungry monsters. With smart automation using tools like MAAS, you can reduce energy waste and operational costs, and make your infrastructure greener, without sacrificing performance or flexibility.

David Beamonte
26 June 2025


Tytus Kurek
26 April 2023

ChatGPT uncertain about the future of cloud computing

Article Cloud and server

ChatGPT has been the talk of the town for more than four months now. As the first ever artificial intelligence (AI) -powered chatbot, it has quickly gained immense popularity, helping students, engineers and even executives generate content, write and debug code and run market analyses. But could ChatGPT be used for...

Tytus Kurek
26 April 2023


Tytus Kurek
17 March 2023

What is cloud repatriation?

Article Cloud and server

Cloud repatriation is undoubtedly one of the hottest trends in the cloud infrastructure space as of 2023. It enables organisations to regain control of their cloud spend, workloads and data. According to a report on cloud repatriation by 451 Research group, 48% of IT decision makers confirmed that they had moved their...

Tytus Kurek
17 March 2023