Once I take into consideration sports activities, I take into consideration group. From the diehard followers {of professional} sports activities groups to leisure gamers, sports activities stay a core a part of society due to how they forge connections and convey individuals collectively. And in the case of Cisco’s funding within the sports activities and leisure world, connection is on the coronary heart of all the things we do.
Oftentimes we imply that actually – as Cisco powers a number of the greatest occasions in sports activities and leisure, offering safe and dependable expertise to permit followers to look at, share and join throughout the moments that matter most. From offering on-course Wi-Fi on the U.S. Girls’s Open in Erin Hills this previous weekend, to deploying a full portfolio of options on the U.S. Open at Oakmont in just some weeks, to elevating the fan expertise at BottleRock Napa Valley, Cisco expertise is retaining the sports activities and leisure world related (and guarded!) week in and week out.
Right now, we’re excited to add a brand new companion to our portfolio – Monumental Sports activities & Leisure (MSE). Our new multi-year collaboration will embody your complete Monumental enterprise, together with the NBA’s Washington Wizards, NHL’s Washington Capitals, WNBA’s Washington Mystics, Monumental Sports activities Community (MNMT), and Capital One Area. This new partnership might be an unimaginable platform for each our manufacturers – highlighting what turns into attainable on the power of Cisco’s AI-ready expertise. However equally as necessary, this can be a partnership constructed on shared values – a perception within the energy of sport to function a platform for group empowerment, and the central position that expertise performs in making that perception a actuality.
The announcement comes at a very thrilling time for MSE, as development is in full swing for the brand-new Capital One Area that’s going to be the brand new gold customary, multi-purpose venue for reside occasions. Within the coronary heart of downtown Washington, D.C, the constructing will serve tens of millions of annual guests and supply an unparalleled platform to spotlight our dynamic options, host clients and reveal the optimistic outcomes which are attainable on the again of a unified Cisco infrastructure.
One of the vital thrilling options of the brand new Capital One Area is the event of the first-of-its-kind Cisco Command Middle – a state-of-the-art hub inside the new area that can energy fan experiences, venue operations and workforce efficiency. The Cisco Command Middle might be a real showcase for a way an end-to-end Cisco deployment – together with Cisco Wi-Fi 7 with Cisco Areas, Cisco IP Material for Media, Cisco ThousandEyes, Wipro VisionEDGE and extra – can energy artistic and dynamic experiences.
However this partnership is far larger than only a new area. It is a chance to mix the forces of our two organizations and lengthen our optimistic impression collectively. One of many methods we’re most excited to leap into that is via our work with veterans – a bunch we’re each extremely obsessed with serving. This fall, we’re launching a brand new Veterans Management Improvement Cohort at Cisco, which is about empowering veterans by offering the instruments, sources, and alternatives they should excel in tech. It is a 10-week profession accelerator program, and we’re excited to host this system fruits with a celebration at Capital One Area this November throughout Veteran’s Week. We hope that that is only a launching pad for one among many community-focused applications that can form this new partnership between Cisco and MSE. I can’t wait to see the brand new heights we are going to attain collectively – showcasing what it means to energy group via sports activities.
And in case you are headed to Cisco Stay! subsequent week in San Diego, be sure that to affix MSE Founder & CEO Ted Leonsis and Brian Tippens SVP, Chief Social Affect and Inclusion Officer at Cisco for a particular session on how this new partnership sits proper on the intersection of Sports activities, Expertise, and Service.
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