How AI is exposing the gap between the network you built and the intelligence it needs to carry Every generation or so, a single insight rewires how the world invests in technology. For the last half century, that insight was Moore’s Law. Now there is a second insight known as Huang’s Law. Together they explain […]
Will AI cause converged networks to cross the chasm?
A familiar pattern runs through the history of modern technology. A new approach proves its value with early adopters, spreads slowly, and then stalls. The broader market watches and waits, not because the technology doesn’t work, but because the pragmatic case for disrupting the status quo isn’t strong enough yet. Then a new business requirement […]
Building the AI-Ready Stadium
What Google published in 2017 could unlock your venue’s AI potential In 2017, a team of researchers at Google published a paper with an understated title: Attention Is All You Need. It introduced a new way of processing information called the transformer architecture that led to the AI explosion we are experiencing today. Most people […]
Stadium networks are about to get more complicated
The Internet is no longer a human network. With connected devices projected to surge past 30 billion by 2030, we have officially entered an era where the silent conversations between machines far outpace the digital footprints of the people who created them. – Hans Vestberg, Chairman and CEO, Verizon, CES 2019 When Vestberg made this […]
Let’s define ‘Smart’ before spending another $18 Billion on smart stadiums
The “smart stadium” market is projected to grow from $18.1 billion in 2024 to nearly $39.6 billion by 2030, according to Grand View Research—a compound annual growth rate of about 14.4 percent. Similar forecasts from other firms paint the same picture: massive spending ahead, driven by demand for IoT infrastructure, immersive fan experiences, and data-driven […]
The quiet rise of IP in stadiums, and why it matters now
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