Hi,
Last week the Great Yorkshire Show took place and it was as it says on the tin GREAT. So I thought I would talk about some of the highlights and look at how the IT infrastructure allows the show to show off!
Firstly: some of the highlights. The mighty Hull & Humber yacht was transported from Grimsby to the show. The Hull & Humber will be competing in the Clipper round the world race 09-10. This is a 35,000 mile race around the globe.
The Great British Pole Climbing Championships were held at the show. Two very large wooden poles were erected and people with spiky boots on climbed up them in a small number of seconds. It all looked a bit too much like hard work to me so I just had an ice cream and watched.
There was also a large food hall full of tasty delights. From ice cream to pork pies there was a fantastic selection of regional fayre, with a large selection of trade stands selling garden sheds, jam and beer!
Back to the reason we’re here…. The network served its purpose well. Video was streamed from the main ring to the web site offering a live web cast. Its not on 4OD yet but hang in there, there is hope. Web access was provided to a number of news outlets allowing them to submit stories and photos for printing in their respective newspapers (a little birdy told me there were good cakes and tea in the press room). CCTV was streamed across the site to keep the public and exhibitors safe.
This was all made possible with a combination of 2.4ghz Wireless, 5Ghz Wireless, VDSL, Fibre, CAT5 and CAT6. Furthermore as far as I am aware there were no outages. So an extremely successful show with fantastic weather and a successful network with no downtime.
All that’s left now is to prepare for next year!
