Telepresence is travelling outside of the boardroom and onto the basketball court—not only changing how the NBA conducts business, but also how its fans consume sports information. Similar to the transformation happening in the workplace, the rise of mobile devices and online access is changing how we experience and interact with sporting events. Attuned to these changes, the NBA is committed to collaboration technologies–like Cisco TelePresenc…

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Tags: Cisco, collaboration, Connected Stadium Wi-Fi, nba, NBA TV, NBD D-League, TelePresence, WebEX

By David Holland Senior Vice President and General Manager, Cisco Sports & Entertainment Solutions Group According to Nielsen’s May survey of mobile consumers in the U.S., 38 percent now own smartphones. And 55 percent of those who purchased a new handset in the past three months reported buying a smartphone instead of a feature phone, up from 34 percent just a year ago. It projects an interesting scenario for the sports and entertainment i…

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Tags: Cisco, entertainment, soccer, sports, wireless

Last week, I took my girls to their first Stanford Women’s Basketball game, a well played game against the University of Oregon. While there, I noticed that almost every person had a smartphone out at least once during the game—and for good reason. Stanford has upped the live sport experience for spectators. By connecting to the pavilion’s Wi-Fi network with a smartphone, you can order and pay for concession-stand food from your seat. So, you do…

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Tags: connected sports, Poland, Songdo, Stanford, wi-fi

I love to see how technology continues to be woven deeper into the fabric of baseball and how it benefits everyone from teams to players to fans. These days technology is driving millions of interactions that happen at the speed of light.  Players utilize video to break down their latest at bat, and might watch in between innings to make changes for future at-bats. Teams use scores of computer-generated statistics to analyze player performances,…

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Tags: Cisco Connected Stadium Wi-Fi, Cisco Sports & Entertaiment, MLB, San Francisco Giants, social media, World Series

SAN JOSE, CA — Yesterday at our headquarters building here in San Jose, our CEO, John Chambers, joined A’s owner and managing partner Lew Wolff, Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig, A’s President Michael Crowley and A’s General Manager Billy Beane in announcing a partnership between Cisco and the A’s which would result in a new stadium for the A’s in Fremont with the name “Cisco Field.” You ca…

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