By FREDRICK OBURA
NAIROBI, KENYA: The operating committee of the 20th Commonwealth Games has announced that Cisco is the official network infrastructure provider for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Cisco will provide a highly secure and robust network infrastructure for the Games, enabling the connection of data, voice, video and devices.
This comprises an impressive 2,300 telephones, 441 switches, 378 access points, 16 routers, 15 digital media players, 14 ace load balancers and eight firewalls.
The vision of the event is to stage an outstanding, athlete centred and sport focused Games of world-class competition which will be celebrated across the Commonwealth, generate enormous pride in Glasgow and Scotland, and leave a lasting legacy, which fits nicely into Cisco’s legacy story from London 2012 and gives the British Innovation Gateway an added dimension.
Phil Smith, CEO Cisco UK and Ireland, said: “I am really excited that the Commonwealth Games are coming to Glasgow and even more pleased that Cisco is an official supporter of the games. I believe we are in a fabulous position to make the visitor experience absolutely brilliant and better than anything ever achieved at a Commonwealth Games. At Cisco we like to make amazing things happen by connecting the previously unconnected. Earlier this year we announced ‘The Internet of Everything’ which is our approach to connecting people, process, data and all things on the network. Glasgow 2014 is a perfect stage to showcase what we can make possible.”
The Games will consist of 11 days of sport running from 23 July through 3 August 2014. In addition to world-class sport, the Glasgow 2014 Opening and Closing Ceremonies will be a celebration of culture and national pride, opened by the head of the Commonwealth followed by a Parade of Nations. The formal procession will include 4,500 athletes as well as their coaches and management teams.
