McLaren Racing and Cisco, a leader in enterprise networking, video collaboration and security technology, have announced a multi-year 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 solutions, innovation and expertise to enhance McLaren’s technological infrastructure on race day and at the team’s headquarters, as well as to connect with fans around the world.
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 lightning-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 race day 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.
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