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Security and Reliability Amidst (March) Madness

Sports – they never disappoint. Just when you think you’ve seen it all, the impossible happens. Like a 16-seed beating a 1-seed in the NCAA March Madness Tournament for the first time ever. Congratulations to UMBC (that’s University of Maryland, Baltimore County) for an unbelievable, historic win la…

February 8, 2017

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

Digital Technologies are the All-Stars for Fans

What a couple of weeks it’s been for sports fans! In addition to the historic ending to the NFL’s Big Game, two of the four major professional sports leagues in the U.S. rolled out the red carpet for their annual All-Star Games in recent weeks – the NFL Pro Bowl took place in Orlando, FL, while the…

October 24, 2014

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

Any Given Sunday and the Internet of Everything

On any given Sunday, or Saturday, in stadiums across the country powered by Cisco Connected Stadium Wi-Fi, an average of 2 terabytes of data are coming across the network and tens of thousands of unique connections are being made. This means anywhere from 20-50% of ticketed fans are using their mobi…