Sport
What can retailers learn from Wimbledon’s fan engagement?
Like retailers, Wimbledon are in an industry going through unprecedented change where the ability to recognise – and address – market disruption is more critical than ever. Wimbledon are not only a sports tournament, they see themselves as a data-driven media business where being first to share insights and high video quality content is a […]
What can government learn from Wimbledon’s one chance to deliver?
In this third and final blog post on what government can learn from Wimbledon, I discuss how Wimbledon uses cloud to meet huge fluctuations in demand for its digital platforms and how it ensures its services are accessible for fans throughout The Championships. My previous posts in this series explore innovating fabulous services and use […]
What can retailers learn from Wimbledon’s fan engagement?
Like retailers, Wimbledon are in an industry going through unprecedented change where the ability to recognise – and address – market disruption is more critical than ever. Wimbledon are not only a sports tournament, they see themselves as a data-driven media business where being first to share insights and high video quality content is a […]
What can government learn from Wimbledon’s AI video highlights?
In part one of this series of three blog posts, I explored how IBM and Wimbledon innovates to deliver a fabulous digital experience for fans. In this second part, I look at what government can learn from Wimbledon’s use of artificial intelligence (AI) in automating the video production of match highlights. Automating video production Consumer […]
What can government learn from Wimbledon’s fabulous innovative services?
2019 marks 30 years of technology and innovation partnership between IBM and Wimbledon, a relationship underpinned by assured delivery of data and digital experience to millions around the world. Wimbledon has transformed itself into a data driven media organization continually innovating to sustain its position as the world’s top tennis tournament. Using the latest technologies […]
IBM serving up ace AI at Wimbledon 2019
Wimbledon is the tennis tournament every player dreams of winning and one of the highlights in the sporting calendar. As the world’s leading tennis tournament their brand focus is “in pursuit of greatness” demonstrating their continual desire to strive to be the best while also acknowledging that is a continual journey. For the last 30 […]
Love – 30: IBM and Wimbledon celebrate 30 years of Technical Partnership and Innovation
With the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet club readying themselves to open the doors for Wimbledon 2019 on July 1st, IBM will be celebrating a three-decade partnership of technological innovation with the world’s most prestigious tennis tournament. Both parties are busy preparing themselves to serve up the best fan engagement experience to date, powered […]
England Rugby and IBM
With England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales all set to play this weekend, rugby is on many of our minds. You may have seen that The Rugby Football Union (RFU) recently announced IBM as an official partner of England Rugby, which is something I’m very excited about. Under the partnership, we are working together using IBM Cloud […]
Football’s Must Win Game
Football is changing. Season ticket holders are getting older and digital disruption threatens the status quo and the traditional way fans view the beautiful game. With full stadiums and the continued growth in TV revenue no longer guaranteed, it is time for football clubs to harness the power of technology to enhance fan experience, without […]
Artificial Intelligence to Analytics: How Wimbledon Extracts Value from Data
From artificial intelligence to analytics, Wimbledon has pioneering the use of technology to improve the fan and player experience. At the start of July, the grass was mown, the strawberries were picked and the AELTC was once again welcoming the world to SW19. Behind the scenes, we were busy too. Over 4 million match statistics were collected as […]