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May 29, 2005
Cisco Brings IP Communications to the Indy 500
There are a number of stories appearing this weekend about Cisco bringing Wi-Fi connectivity and Wi-Fi VoIP to the Indy 500 race today and how the Red Bull Cheever team will be the first team in Indy history to benefit from the technology. Some of people who are covering this story are missing the bigger point of the innovation presented.
The fact is that what Cisco is brining to the Indy 500 is not just VoIP but IP Communications!
Simply put, by taking advantage of the Wi-Fi infrastructure Cisco provided, the Red Bull Cheever team will be able to transmit over IP information related to: engine health, vehicle dynamics, and aerodynamics back to the pit crew. And by the way, this kind of application is very similar to an advanced E911 medical application except for transmitting vital heath information, the IP network is being used to transmit vital car information needed to make mission critical racing decisions.
So while this is being presented by most as just a VoIP story for a day at the Indy 500, the fact is that in this case, voice is literally just another application that will be used in conjunction with the monitoring of all of the other information needed to navigate members of the Red Bull Cheever team to the victory lap.
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Posted by jeff on May 29, 2005 08:16 AM | Permalink
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