Improving the Operation of Our Client's Existing IT Infrastructure
Mode Media Japan Corporation
Applied Services: Elastic Load Balancer, AWS Consulting
Mode Media Japan Corporation, originating from U.S.-based Glam Media, operates three lifestyle websites (Glam, Tend, and Brash) targeting women's audiences. The company faced infrastructure maintenance challenges, insufficient redundancy, and vulnerability to traffic spikes from viral social media posts — requiring a comprehensive infrastructure overhaul to ensure reliability and performance.
Improving the Existing Environment Through Consultation
Following a four-month consulting engagement, Classmethod enhanced Mode Media Japan's infrastructure across three key areas: security hardening, availability improvement, and DevOps process optimization. Elastic Load Balancing automatically distributes incoming traffic across multiple targets — eliminating the single points of failure that made the platform vulnerable to traffic spikes.
Infrastructure Challenges Addressed
- • Insufficient redundancy causing availability risks
- • Vulnerability to traffic spikes from social media viral posts
- • Infrastructure maintenance overhead consuming engineering time
- • Security gaps requiring systematic hardening
Results Achieved
- • Reduced infrastructure management time through improved automation
- • Improved operational efficiency across all three lifestyle websites
- • Enhanced security posture and availability
- • DevOps processes optimized for faster, more reliable releases
This case study uses Elastic Load Balancer and AWS Consulting.
Classmethod's consulting practice assesses existing AWS environments and implements targeted improvements in security, availability, and DevOps operations — reducing operational overhead while strengthening platform resilience.