IT services company HCL Technologies will be developing and delivering IT solutions for the Volvo Ocean Race 2017–18 edition.
HCL said the IT infrastructure will form the backbone of Volvo Ocean Race’s streaming and TV production for key events such as arrivals, departures and the In-Port Race series.
HCL will support vital services, such as inter-site connectivity at the race’s global stopovers, digital content delivery, mobile data centers and infrastructure with full redundancy, best-in-class Wi-Fi networks, and multimedia facilities for media centres and race offices.
HCL will provide IT support in setting up the Race Villages in all 12 ports, enabling Volvo Ocean Race to provide a great viewing experience to its fans as they follow the boats during the eight-month ocean marathon and stopovers at host cities around the world.
Volvo Ocean Race will be more digitally focused than ever before. Connecting the expected three million Race Village visitors, the 5,000 accredited journalists and tens of millions of fans is an immense task.
“Building the complex IT infrastructure to support this is a huge challenge, and we’re confident that this partnership with HCL Technologies will allow us to provide fans, media and stakeholders with a more connected experience than ever before,” said Volvo Ocean Race CEO Mark Turner.
“HCL teams from around the world will come together and work tirelessly to drive a world-class, experience for the millions of race followers, who will be using the latest digital technologies to get closer than ever to the action,” said Ashish Gupta, head of EMEA,HCL Technologies.
Earlier, Manchester United football club selected HCL as the club’s official digital partner.
