The business insight behind the "cloud" of sports wind

The Wimbledon tennis tournament, one of the oldest and most prestigious tournaments in the world, receives nearly 500,000 live audiences during the two-week-long tournament. To ensure that the world's fans are well watched, the competition organizers realize that it is extremely important to promote the need for large broadcast and online browsing in the event of a physical competition.

Previously, for a short period of one months or weeks of competition, the organizers need to buy a big host, building rooms and architecture software platform, and the effect of the site may not be satisfactory. During the 2012 tournament, the official website of the General Assembly daily visits will burst to 16.9 million, web browsing reached 394 million, the daily site to deal with more information security incidents have 80,000. And the powerful cloud computing ability to easily fix all these problems. The Wimbledon site, which is hosted on a private cloud platform throughout the year, can dynamically deploy infrastructure based on demand, efficiently adding additional capacity and ensuring business is operational in real time. By providing scalable, robust, secure Web sites, threats are mitigated, data is protected, and site availability and 7*24 responses are ensured.

As early as 1996, the Masters of Golf in the United States has begun to build the platform for the design and management of the official website, now master World's leading sports official website, whether from live real-time video audio streaming, the daily update of the ranking, or to the powerful analysis and integration functions, Have brought great changes to the experience of the Masters. Among them, the new 360-degree 3D panoramic view features, but more visitors to provide a more immersive experience from the perspective. As we all know, 3D images require a centralized collection and real-time processing of the image data consumed by numerous rotating probes at the scene, but the flexible platform of the private cloud provides a perfect foundation for the environment. The amount of information generated by high-level sporting events such as the Masters of the United States is often a burden on the traditional messaging infrastructure, but IBM's proprietary cloud technology can flex the processing power required for servers and mobile workloads within 180 seconds. In addition, the powerful analysis and prediction capabilities of the IBM private cloud, can also be based on records and analysis through the website, intelligent terminals Click, login, search the site's user behavior history, forecast the future peak situation, adjust workload peak and time.

In addition to the two major events mentioned above, IBM's cloud services architecture also supports many heavyweight sporting and entertainment events such as the other three grand open, the U.S. Open and the Tony Awards at the Broadway Drama Awards. The sharing of resources brought by cloud technology, the advantages of saving cost, increasing benefit and increasing efficiency are obvious to all, whether it is the business demand of sports or business, enterprises have enhanced the business elasticity from the powerful cloud computing capability, promoted the quick decision, enhanced the user experience, and more importantly, collided a series of new business models. , which led to economic development.

The best online experience from Wimbledon and the US golf masters we have not only seen the cloud technology brought about by the agile, dynamic infrastructure, uninterrupted service support, feel the cloud technology for the enterprise faster to meet customer demand for the environment, but also realize that enterprises in the business model innovation and development of the constant dedication to explore the strength.

As Jessica Carroll, managing director of the American Golf Association (USGA) information and digital technology, points out, whether it is providing fans with the world's first-ever online experience of the US golf tournament or providing flexibility for our data, USGA has adopted IBM Cloud technology to support industry Provides agile solutions for development. This is the IBM SmartCloud integrated, open, secure, comprehensive cloud computing solution that USGA the private cloud, the public cloud, and the hybrid cloud, enabling businesses to benefit from exceptional efficiency, agility, and collaboration to achieve broader business innovation and transformation.

Today, by integrating key cloud technologies, in-depth processes and industry knowledge, extensive cloud solutions, and delivery center networks together, IBM has helped thousands of customers adopt cloud computing mode and manage millions of cloud computing transactions daily. From banks to telecoms, healthcare and government, IBM helps customers in many industries build their own cloud environments or securely use IBM's cloud-based business and infrastructure services. This shows that all industries are looking forward to Teng "cloud" in the wisdom of the transition, to find suitable for the development of the enterprise's own new profit direction and mode. In the changing business development, whether you do a good ride in the cloud, the preparation of the new Business Bureau, to show the world their own innovative strength and results?