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Sports venues advance goals, enhance fan experience with data analytics

CIO

Sports fans today have more ways than ever to watch their favorite teams beyond the traditional, live stadium experience, including television, streaming services, even highlights on social media. In response, sports teams and venue operators are working hard to improve and differentiate the in-stadium experience.

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How Big Data Has Transformed Sports

BrainStation Technology

In a relatively short period of time, big data has become a big business in professional sports. The market for sports analytics is expected to reach almost $4 billion by 2022, and teams around the world are racing to find a competitive advantage. The way we play may soon never be the same. And big data played a big role. .

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Zartico secures $20M to help tourism offices promote local destinations

TechCrunch

Despite representing 10% of the world’s GDP, the tourism industry has been one of the last to embrace big data and analytics. from customer relationship management systems and jobs boards). ” Zartico launched in March 2020 — one week prior to most of the world shutting down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. .

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Accelerating generative AI requires the right storage

CIO

In other sports, such as basketball or soccer, there may be hundreds or thousands of players at the topmost levels. By doing so, organizations won’t “run out of fuel” or slow down processes due to inadequate or improperly designed storage – especially during that final mile; in other words, after all the effort and investment has been made.

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Customer Experience is a Team Sport

IDC

CX improvement must become a top initiative for CMOs or marketing will be the proverbial canary in the coal mine – the first to be blamed if the pipeline erodes due to customers’ poor experience. Behind the scenes is a massive support system. The CMO’s conundrum? Marketing can’t do this alone. Discrete functions (e.g.,

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SpotOn raises $300M at a $3.15B valuation and acquires Appetize

TechCrunch

The latest investment is being used to finance the acquisition of another company in the space — Appetize, a digital and mobile commerce payments platform for enterprises such as sports and entertainment venues, theme parks and zoos. SpotOn is paying $415 million in cash and stock for the Los Angeles-based company.

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Daily Crunch: Beating ‘other takeover bidders,’ Bosch acquires autonomous driving startup Five.ai

TechCrunch

Pylon charging up Egypt’s utilities : This story about a small round for an Egyptian startup caught our eye due to the sheer size of the market potential. Some super fun hardware stories today – Brian explored how PitchCom is changing the fabric of baseball , a sport that’s been stuck in the time before technology in many ways.