Tag: wi-fi

Tech upgrades to SF Giants’ Oracle Park aimed at removing friction from fan experience

Today is the 25th opening day at Oracle Park, home of the San Francisco Giants baseball team, and the latest Oracle Park renovations showcase new technologies aimed at enhancing the fan experience. In mid-March, the Giants held a media event to discuss the latest and greatest with the team. Though much of the discussion was with the new players as well as fun information, such as which players would have bobbleheads this season, I was there to learn about the technology upgrades coming to the park.

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Tech upgrades to SF Giants’ Oracle Park aimed at removing friction from fan experience

Preparing for the Super Bowl requires defense to be played off the field

The Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles have almost two weeks to develop a game plan for Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans Sunday, Feb. 9, but the technology team starts well before that. In fact, the planning and strategy for the next championship game — Super Bowl LX, which will be held in Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara in February 2026 — are well underway.

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Preparing for the Super Bowl requires defense to be played off the field

Cisco unveils Wi-Fi 7 solutions, bringing AI-native and self-configuring capabilities

Cisco Systems today announced its new Wi-Fi 7 access points. During the main keynote at Cisco Live APJC in Melbourne, Tom Gillis, senior vice president and general manager of the Cisco Security Business Group, introduced the products and mentioned that Cisco’s goal with the new APs is to give its customers the ability to “solve for their connectivity, security and assurance challenges while also providing a flexible foundation to future-proof their workplaces.”

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Cisco unveils Wi-Fi 7 solutions, bringing AI-native and self-configuring capabilities

Extreme Networks and Intel partner up for better generative AI

The network continues to grow in importance as a strategic business asset. A recent joint study between ZK Research and The Cube Research found that 93% of organizations felt the network was more critical to business operations than two years ago. At the same time, 80% of respondents believe the network has grown in complexity in that same time frame. The continuation of these two trends will lead to an untenable situation.

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Extreme Networks and Intel partner up for better generative AI

Five thoughts from Extreme Networks’ Connect user conference

Extreme Networks Inc. recently held its annual user conference, Connect, in Fort Worth, Texas, where everything is big. In keeping with that tradition, Extreme had its own big news from the show. Day 1 news involved Extreme being approved for standard power for the 6-gigahertz spectrum for Wi-Fi. This new band was added to Wi-Fi 6E and 7, providing clean spectrum and speeds north of 1 gigabits per second.

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Five thoughts from Extreme Networks’ Connect user conference