Forbes has migrated its platform to Google Cloud and MongoDB Atlas, resulting in a faster build time, accelerated release cycle, reduced total cost of ownership, and increased subscriptions from new newsletters. The cloud migration helped the company scale during the pandemic, reaching record traffic with over 120 million unique visitors in May. The development team was able to innovate and thrive even in difficult circumstances, thanks to the ease of adaptation provided by the cloud infrastructure. The company has a history of digital transformation, starting with its first website launch in 1996, and continues to adapt to remain an industry leader, with plans to leverage the new cloud infrastructure for improved personalization, loyalty, and managing first-party data.