The “ITOps, DevOps, AIOps - All Things Ops” podcast is dedicated to operating and managing modern large-scale IT infrastructures. If you want to learn best practices from other Leaders in IT operations, this show is for you. Each episode features an interview with a senior IT executive or Thought Leader, discussing topics like: 1. How to manage the increasing complexity of hybrid IT infrastructures 2. How to effectively leverage automation to “do more with less” 3. Getting the most out of monitoring and observability for hybrid IT infrastructures 4. Managing ITOps and DevOps teams
The “ITOps, DevOps, AIOps - All Things Ops” podcast is dedicated to operating and managing modern large-scale IT infrastructures. If you want to learn best practices from other Leaders in IT operations, this show is for you. Each episode features an interview with a senior IT executive or Thought Leader, discussing topics like: 1. How to manage the increasing complexity of hybrid IT infrastructures 2. How to effectively leverage automation to “do more with less” 3. Getting the most out of monitoring and observability for hybrid IT infrastructures 4. Managing ITOps and DevOps teams
What happens when your infrastructure faces a live peak of millions of users worldwide—without cloud scalability?
In this episode, Sofascore’s CTO Josip Stuhli breaks down how his team navigates massive traffic surges, optimizes caching, and saves big by ditching the cloud while still delivering real-time updates to 25 million monthly users.
You'll learn:
1. How caching flattens traffic peaks and handles massive live events without backend strain.
2. Why Sofascore left the cloud and the financial impact of going on-prem.
3. The hybrid cloud approach and using cloud only when necessary for real-time scalability.
4. Optimizing infrastructure costs by leveraging overprovisioning.
5. Real-time data delivery at scale and how Sofascore delivers near-instant results to millions of users.
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Get in touch with Josip Stuhli on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jstuhli/
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Details about Sofascore:
Website: https://www.sofascore.com/
Industry: Software Development
Company size: 201–500 employees
Headquarters: Zagreb, Grad Zagreb
Founded: Zagreb, Grad Zagreb
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About the host Elias Voelker:
Elias is the VP for North America at Checkmk. He comes from a strategy consulting background but has been an entrepreneur for the better part of the last 10 years. In his spare time, he likes to do triathlons.
Get in touch with Elias via LinkedIn or email podcast@checkmk.com.
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Podcast Music:
Music by Ströme, used by permission
‚Panta Rhei‘ written by Mario Schoenhofer
(c)+p 2022, Compost Medien GmbH & Co KG
https://stroeme.com/
https://compost-rec.com/
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Thanks to our friends at SAWOO for producing this episode with us!