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Topic: Big Data

US Open tech, behind the scenes

Summary: I got a tour of IBM's Operations Center at the US Open this week, and I took a few pictures. Check out the infrastructure underlying delivery of all scores, stats and analytics at America's Grand Slam tennis event.

Andrew Brust

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This handheld device is used by chair umpires at the Open to enter a game's score as each point is played.  The data is beamed directly into IBM's systems and disseminated out to the scoreboards in the stadium, on the USTA Tennis Center grounds, the Web, mobile apps and video feeds.  The device runs Windows Mobile 6.

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Topics: Big Data, IBM

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