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Case Study The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has beefed up its website to improve availability and speed for millions of tennis fans following the scores of Davis Cup matches online. The ITF runs the annual Davis... [12 Mar 2008]
Rugby club scores with automated backup
Case Study Northampton Saints Rugby Football Club, winners of the Heineken European Cup in 2000 and former home of England 2003 World Cup Winners Ben Cohen and Matt Dawson, suffered a major data... [21 Jan 2008]
Cheat Sheet: Mobile TV
Cheat Sheet Moreover, if there's a large number of people in the same mobile cell attempting to watch the same thing - say a World Cup football final - the signal quality can degrade. The nascent... [22 Nov 2007]
Fifa kicks off improved web services
News Fifa's head of new media, Charles-Henry Contamine said: "It's basically the operational tool with which we manage the World Cup when it's going on.silicon.com Retail & Leisure Although the next... [03 Aug 2007]
Television 2.0 cometh
Comment We probably won't know the scalability questions have been answered until a few multimillion-viewer households successfully make it through the World Cup or Super Bowl Sunday without a system meltdown. [04 Jul 2007]
Editor's Blog: 'It was taken out of context... '
Comment Vaughan had in an interview referred to the 'Fredalo' incident in the Caribbean, referencing the occasion where England all-rounder and all round good egg Andrew 'Freddie' Flintoff drunkenly fell off a pedalo into the sea in the early... [15 Jun 2007]
IPTV for beginners
Comment Viewers around the world tuned in to watch the 2006 Fifa World Cup in record numbers using their PCs and other internet-connected devices. Yet, he explained, that very combination of... [04 Jun 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 25.05.07
Round-Up British climber Rod Baber made the call from 8,848 metres, possibly to ask whether he'd left the cooker on - or to enquire after who won the FA Cup. If, like the Round-Up, you always used to get a copy of the Guinness... [25 May 2007]
Cashing in on the ATM revolution
News Other services could be offered at the ATM, such as the latest World Cup cricket scores printed out on a customer's receipt. It has become an indispensable part of daily life and yet, over the years, the... [02 May 2007]
The 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: A Celebration of Excellence
White Paper Avaya is proud to have been the Official Convergence Communication Provider of the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany. The challenge was to design, implement and manage an ultra reliable and secure,... [18 Apr 2007]
The 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: Flexibility and the Competitive Advantage
White Paper Avaya was one of a handful of providers as Official Convergence Communication Provider of the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany. The challenge was to provide highly flexible, easy to deploy and manage... [18 Apr 2007]
The 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: Mobility and the Competitive Advantage
White Paper Since becoming a trusted FIFA World Cup partner in 2001, Avaya has helped bring the excitement of the world's most popular sport to an estimated total global audience of 30 billion fans.... [18 Apr 2007]
The 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: Versatility and the Competitive Advantage
White Paper In the summer of 2006, Germany hosted the 18th FIFA World Cup to decide the best football team on the planet. The challenge was to provide effective, efficient and secure around-the-clock communications... [18 Apr 2007]
Podcast: The Weekly Round-Up 16.03.07
Round-Up Podcast Mobile phone hell on the London Underground, the death of cash and what role MP3 players can have in England's cricket World Cup campaign are all up for discussion in this week's instalment of the Weekly... [15 Mar 2007]
Upwardly Mobile: What I learnt in Barcelona
Comment At times, I loved it more than a nice cup of tea. And what if the world were WiMax? While working at this year's 3GSM tradeshow, Jo Best got a lesson in what every business traveller knows - getting... [23 Feb 2007]
