Cisco Expands As An Official Technology Partner Of McLaren Racing
McLaren Racing and Cisco announced a multiyear global partnership expanding Cisco’s role with the Formula 1 Team to become an Official Technology Partner. Through the partnership, the two organisations will leverage Cisco’s industry-leading solutions, innovation, and expertise to enhance McLaren’s technological infrastructure on race day and at the team’s headquarters and connect with fans worldwide. […]
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McLaren Racing and Cisco announced a multiyear global partnership expanding Cisco’s role with the Formula 1 Team to become an Official Technology Partner.
Through the partnership, the two organisations will leverage Cisco’s industry-leading solutions, innovation, and expertise to enhance McLaren’s technological infrastructure on race day and at the team’s headquarters and connect with fans worldwide.
With the expanded relationship, McLaren will have Cisco’s full portfolio of solutions at their disposal – across enterprise networking, Wi-Fi, digital signage, collaboration and more. Cisco’s decade-long leadership in developing purpose-built, innovative solutions in the sports and entertainment field will aid McLaren in its pursuit of the competitive edge needed to drive performance in a sport as lightening-fast as Formula 1.
As part of the partnership, Cisco will collaborate with McLaren to explore and pilot new and emerging technologies, such as working towards upgrading their raceday wireless deployment to Wi-Fi 6E (Extended), to ensure fast and reliable communications among all team members. Wi-Fi 6E offers more than twice the bandwidth of Wi-Fi 6, the current standard solution, and is purpose-built to deliver reliable, secure and fast connectivity in flexible, remote locations.
In addition, Cisco and McLaren will continue to work together to develop the networking technology infrastructure at the team’s headquarters in Surrey – the McLaren Technology Centre. Cisco’s hybrid network solutions and cloud-based service DNA Spaces will allow the organisation to optimise productivity.
The expanded partnership will see McLaren Racing continue to leverage Webex to implement flexible and secure hybrid working environments, while also creating even more opportunities for fans around the world to connect with the team throughout the 2022 Formula 1 season.
