Say Hello to a smarter Wimbledon
Since 1990, IBM has worked with Wimbledon to make sure the world’s oldest and most prestigious tennis tournament is also the smartest. Finding smarter ways to improve the experience of players and fans alike. Match Analysis DVDs that allow players and coaches to analyse their performances, identifying ways to improve their game. Delivering realtime player progress and scores to millions of fans around the world. And this year, improving the experience of these fans and those at the tournament itself by developing mobile applications that allow them to engage with Wimbledon in new ways, whether there in person or in their own garden 5,000 miles away!
These are just a few ways in which IBM helps Wimbledon retain it’s title as the premier Grand Slam. Find out more at www.wimbledon.org/ibm
IBM Widget – engaging fans in the action
Of the four great tennis tournaments in the world, Wimbledon has always held a place as the first amongst equals. Wimbledon is both the traditional home of the game, and a contemporary challenge to technique and temperament. It is also never afraid to innovate, and over the years, IBM has worked with Wimbledon to introduce many of the innovations that today we take for granted - and this year is no exception.
As well as introducing some smart phone applications, we have further enhanced the Championships Web site that IBM builds and hosts every year. In 2009 users will see a refreshed site with an increased level of personalisation, and don’t forget to download the IBM developed widget - this simple yet informative widget extends the tournament’s digital presence and helps engage fans in new ways.
Keeping the courts green
A massively scalable, dynamic robust and virtualised infrastructure lies at the heart of the solution that IBM provides to Wimbledon and the other major sporting events it sponsors.
Providing such an infrastructure in a way that is affordable and increasingly energy efficient is a difficult balancing act, but one that IBM has achieved through a smart use of technology techniques and software such as IBM Active Energy manager. Over the past three years, energy use on this infrastructure has fallen by 40% and cooling demand by 48%, whilst site visits have increased 26%. Overall through the same period, cost per visit has declined by 38%. Read more about how IBM's dynamic infrastructure keeps cost and energy use down yet delivers an increasingly engaging and personalised experience to visitors by downloading the 2009 Wimbledon Case Study.
*NB: These results are reflective of the traffic to the Infrastructure that hosts the Four Tennis Grand Slams, not just the Wimbledon site.
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