Schools in shutdown: How Sanoma Learning and MongoDB Atlas kept teaching as classes went virtual, supporting growth to 12 Million exercises daily

Bingel, an online learning platform for primary education, was faced with a critical situation when Belgium went into lockdown on March 13th, 2020, and schools shut down, forcing teachers, students, and parents to rely on the platform. The company's Digital Lead, Koen Rousseau, realized that Bingel had become part of the nation's critical infrastructure after it crashed multiple times due to a surge in traffic from the lockdown. To resolve this issue, Sanoma Learning switched to MongoDB Atlas, an unconventional migration process that was facilitated by the MongoDB team, who provided a virtual war room with data flow experts and architects to create a plan within hours. With the help of Atlas, Bingel's performance improved significantly, reaching 12 million exercises completed daily, and enabling the company to continue its mission to reshape education using new technologies like AI, machine learning, and analytics.