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Extreme and Minor League Baseball to Push the Boundaries of In-Stadium Technology with New Partnership
MiLB’s New Innovation Partner Will Help Drive Technology Adoption by Leveraging Powerful Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Analytics and SD-WAN MORRISVILLE, N.C.--(BUSINESS
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nMiLB’s New Innovation Partner Will Help Drive Technology Adoption by Leveraging Powerful Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Analytics and SD-WAN\n\n MORRISVILLE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nExtreme Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXTR), a leader in cloud networking, today announced that Minor League Baseball (MiLB) has selected Extreme as an Official Technology Innovation Partner, supporting the testing of new stadium and in-game technologies as they are rolled out more widely across Minor League Baseball stadiums. Additionally, Extreme has been named the Official Wi-Fi Solution, Wi-Fi Analytics Solution and WAN Edge Solution provider of MiLB in a five-year partnership.\n\nAs part of the agreement, MiLB will leverage ExtremeCloud™ SD-WAN to power secure connectivity for important information sharing between teams and regional training facilities.\n\nKey Facts\n\n\nSecure SD-WAN for Inter-Team Connectivity: With ExtremeCloud SD-WAN, all of MiLB’s 120 teams will have access to a solution that will enable them to share data easily and securely, including player performance data, game review videos and other proprietary information. Extreme helps reduce operational complexity for network administrators by optimizing thousands of applications and dynamically routing traffic to ensure quality experiences for critical applications like voice and video.\n\n\nIncreasing Technology-Driven Stadium Experiences and Gameplay: Extreme will offer high-performance Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi 6E connectivity to MiLB stadiums that can enable testing of new in-game technologies aimed at improving the fan experience and speeding game play.\n\n\nHigh-Performance Wi-Fi and Granular Analytics: MiLB will also offer ExtremeAnalytics™ to its Clubs and stadiums, which delivers insights into network performance, fan usage and stadium operations to improve experiences for fans and MiLB staff. MiLB will lean into ExtremeAnalytics to better understand the performance and testing of new technologies, including monitoring the performance of new applications, demonstrating the popularity of new in-stadium technology based on fan consumption and tracking mobile data usage during games.\n\n\nExtreme Networks is also the Official Wi-Fi Solutions Provider of Major League Baseball (MLB), delivering in-stadium Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi analytics in MLB ballparks as well as Wi-Fi connectivity in bullpens, dugouts and pr...