Hosted Unified Communications lessons from the 2015 pan am games at Toronto as they defined the meaning of fast IT to making it a success

2. Hosted unified communications (UC) "defined the meaning of fast IT"
during the 26-day event in Toronto attended by athletes from 41
countries.

3. Most digital games in history.
Provided more than 2.4 million hours of free Wi-Fi throughout the event
that’s equivalent to 274 years of continuous wireless access.
An estimated 155,674 unique wireless devices consuming 79 Terabytes of
data were connected throughout the event.
Success of Hosted UC

4. Video conferencing technology: Athletes lodged in to contact family and
consult with doctors and nurses.
Telepresence: Face-to-face media interviews, Spectators to connect with
volunteers.
Cisco’s WebEx collaboration: Contact each other instantly and spark
mobile video calling and content sharing tool.
Cisco Jabber: Allowed teams to engage in instant messaging, voice, video
and desktop sharing from mobile devices.
Success of Hosted UC

5.  Deployment of 16,000 wired ports in a period of two weeks.
 Laid down IP communications and a Wi-Fi infrastructure in 57 separate
sites to serve the needs of 10,000 athletes and more than 250,000
spectators and journalists.
 “A lot of what we were able to do would have been much more difficult
and slower without hosted UC technology” Jeff Seifert, chief
technology officer of Cisco Systems.
Why Hosted UC?

6.  Can be effectively deployed by businesses and organizations for other
large-scale outdoor and in-door events or operations.
 Enabled the rapid scale-up of connectivity and communication without the
need of a massive technology infrastructure.
 Hosted UC can keep up with rapid and changing network demands.
Why Hosted UC?

8.  Be aware of the operations and business demands of the
event and communicated to partners.
 Seek out reliable partners.
 Prepare staff and volunteers for tools they will use in
advance.

9.  Devices and systems that need to operate together are doing
just that.
 Always think about security.
 Role-based access to the network should be well-thought out
in advance.
 Always have a backup plan.

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