at&t park, giants and dodgers, and shoretel
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Two of ShorTel's customers decided to play a game of baseball - a perfect reason for a party. Quick trip to AT&T Park, behind the scenes from a Telecom point of view.TRANSCRIPT
Trip to ShoreTelGIANTS VS. THE DODGERS, TWO TEAMS, ONE PHONE VENDOR.
First stop, AT&T Park
On Display, the new Dock, iPad,
and synchronized iPhone.
Those phones were demos, the suite’s
ShoreTel phone was by the hot dogs.
Quick visit to @Cafe – Giants social
twits monitoring Twitter.
The result of their hard work, the big
board – only visible in the @Cafe
Those camera looking things are actually Wi-Fi
antenna. 931Cisco Access Points. I needed it
because there was no T-Mobile coverage.
The “speakers” under the solar panels are
actually cellular antennas. Verizon and AT&T.
Scattered around the stadium.
What could be behind this
innocuous door?
No phone system here. Remnants of old Centrex
system that cost the Giants $400,000 a year.
Here’s the Phone
System
• Serves about 800 phones
• Brings in $50,000 year in
revenue from stadium
tenants
• No dedicated staff
• The baseball on top says
“ShoreTel”
• Installed 2008
Here’s the Wi-Fi
• All Cisco
• 29% of the fans use the
free stadium Wi-Fi
• APs share 250 Mbps
Internet
• Installed 2003
Me and the Twins
The Twins
Two IT Managers: Giants left, Dodgers Right,
discussing their ShoreTel phone systems
CFO Healy and CEO Joos giving a
pre-game pep talk
“Pace yourself on
the dogs and wings,
alternate beer and
wine with odd and
even innings.”
Dodgers IT, CEO Don Joos, and AR Bernard
Gutnick watching the game