Cisco Systems Teams With Red Bull Cheever Racing to Bring Wireless and VoIP Technology to the Indianapolis 50031 May 2005
Cisco Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CSCO) and Red Bull Cheever Racing today announced that they have teamed up to bring wireless and Voice over IP (VoIP) technology to the 89th annual Indianapolis 500, the biggest car racing event in the world. For the first time, a racing team will be utilizing this technology to give engineers, pit crews and ultimately the race car drivers immediate access to real time information and statistics during the race.
Red Bull Cheever Racing has two race cars that will be competing in this year's Indianapolis 500 race -- No. 51 Toyota-powered Dallara driven by Alex Barron and the No. 83 Toyota/Dallara driven by Patrick Carpentier. Both drivers and racing crews will be utilizing this innovative technology solution, which includes Cisco Aironet 1100 and 1300 Series Access Points, the Cisco Mobile Access Router and Cisco 7920 Wireless IP Phones with VoIP capabilities, to take a more hi-tech approach to car racing.
"Cisco is changing the way our team communicates and analyzes data," said Eddie Cheever Jr., owner, Red Bull Cheever Racing. "For example, using the Cisco solution, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, in a single-lap around the track, we get nearly double the amount of coverage, in the transmission of data from car to engineers, than any other team. This complete footprint of the track means we get crucial information when it happens, without delay. This is the wave of the future and we are extremely excited to partner with Cisco in this project."
"Cisco is excited to be teaming with Red Bull Cheever Racing to bring this first-of-its-kind technology solution to the Indianapolis 500, the biggest spectator sporting event in the world," said Greg Akers, SVP and CTO of Cisco's Global Government Solutions Group. "By utilizing Cisco wireless and VoIP technology, Red Bull Cheever Racing can be more mobile, have real-time access to data, and finally, optimize its race car performance."
For more information about Cisco's wireless and VoIP technology please visit www.cisco.com.
For more information about Red Bull Cheever Racing, and to get daily race updates, please visit www.redbullcheeverracing.com.
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About Red Bull Cheever Racing
With a mission to become a leader in American motorsports, Red Bull Cheever Racing has won five IndyCar Series races, four pole positions and the coveted 1998 Indianapolis 500. The team twice finished third in the 1997 and 2000 IRL IndyCar Series championships and has won two Indy 500 Rookie-of-the-Year titles. In 2005, Red Bull Cheever Racing is powered by Toyota and continues long standing corporate and technical partnerships with Red Bull, Mecachrome, Cisco Systems, IZOD and Firestone.
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