Rensselaer Polytechnic University (RPI) in Troy, New York, has long been renowned as a pioneer in educating future engineering and science leaders. It hosts one of the most powerful university-based supercomputers in the world and spends over $100 million annually to support undergraduate and graduate research that benefits both the private and public sectors.
The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) is a private, nonprofit institution and an affiliate of the University of Chicago. The Lab welcomes researchers from early-career scientists and Nobel Laureates to high-school students to postdoctoral fellows.
The Patch.com product—quality hyperlocal content across 915 communities and growing—presents demanding challenges, including those related to management and scale. Patch often publishes over 1,000 articles per day. 12,000 URLs are accessed via the Patch site at any given time within the last 10 minutes. Pantheon helps Patch tackle these challenges while mitigating risk, supporting flexible development, and guaranteeing uptime—without forcing Patch to maintain large, complex infrastructure.
The official website of the New York State Senate, NYSenate.gov, is dedicated to providing all New Yorkers unprecedented access to state senators and staff. The site features messaging systems and live streaming sessions to solicit and quickly act on constituent feedback. It’s a remarkable model for democracy in the digital age.
Since 1920, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has worked to defend individual freedom. The organization’s flagship website, aclu.org, plays a vital role in fundraising and keeping the public informed.
WebMD Ignite, a division of WebMD and Internet Brands, is the growth partner for healthcare organizations. One of its brands, formerly known as Mercury Healthcare, is a marketing healthcare technology company that built its business on Pantheon. From creating large-scale hospital websites to licensing software to healthcare providers, WebMD Ignite leans on Pantheon for its agile developer tools, efficient workflows and automation.
Founded in 1583, the University of Edinburgh is one of the oldest universities in the world. A public research school, it has long been at the forefront of major discoveries in chemistry, biology, physics and geology. From Charles Darwin and Alexander Bell to Arthur Conan Doyle and Robert Louis Stevenson, the university has a fair share of the world’s greatest movers and shakers.
Perforce Software is a developer of software used for application development. Its tools help solve some of the most complex developer challenges for 75% of Fortune 100 companies. With a high caliber of clients, Perforce could not afford frequent outages and the lack of appropriate developer tools that kept plaguing their website operations. It was almost a problem of a carpenter’s house always needing work.
Adaptive is an experienced Drupal agency based in the UK. Its clients range from corporate brands to international non-profits, including some well-known names like Reuters Events and the Institute of Physics.
It’s a good bet that most people don’t think much about their local government website. Until it rains. Or pours. Consider this story of Martin County, Florida.