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Atomic Data colleagues remember Jim Wolford
As they grieve the sudden, unexpected death of Jim Wolford, their former CEO, employees of networking services firm Atomic Data said Wolford's comprehensive plan for the company's direction and his shared-goals strategy is still providing valuable leadership even after his passing. "Jim was a force of nature -- I never thought we would arrive on a Monday and he wouldn't...Feature
San Francisco Giants bring Wi-Fi 6E to Oracle Park
The San Francisco Giants, who pioneered fan-facing Wi-Fi in ballparks, are now leading the charge to the latest version of the standard with deployment of a new Wi-Fi 6E network at Oracle Park. Coming a long way from the first Wi-Fi offerings in 2000 that required fans to bring laptops with Wi-Fi cards installed, this past offseason the Giants installed...Feature
STR Market Report: Venues, fans embrace checkout-free concession stores
When fans filter into T-Mobile Park in Seattle this year for Major League Baseball's midsummer classic, they will have a chance to see the newest concessions All-Star -- checkout-free stores -- in action. Three new Amazon Just Walk Out markets join one that was launched last season. The home of the Mariners has joined dozens of venues using checkout-free deployments...Feature
Stadiums embracing self-serve beverage technology
The decades-old stadium and arena refrain of “beer, here!” from exuberant hawkers, a sound almost as ingrained with the in-person sports experience as the roar of the crowd itself, is increasingly being joined by a transformative wave of self-serve beverage technology. Mirroring a rising trend of consumer-directed and automated experiences in many other areas of commerce, such as checkout-free stores,...Feature