Dimension Data, the leading applications network solutions provider, has sponsored a wireless technology solution that will be used in the 2004 Midmar Mile, eliminating the need to lay one mile of cabling.
Dimension Data has implemented a point-to-point wireless solution across the dam, enabling Mr Price, the official time and position keeper of the event, to communicate between the start and finish lines, without having to install expensive infrastructure for this limited duration event.
"If we were to run cables over the length of the dam it would cost in the region of R30 000, excluding the time and labour involved. By implementing a wireless solution, communication can be run via radio frequencies, thus allowing for ease of implementation and eliminating the need for cabling infrastructure," says Greg Stedman, operations manager for network solutions for Dimension Data (KZN).
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Dimension Data Holdings plc (LSE: DDT) is a leading global technology company. The group provides solutions and services that optimise and manage the performance of IT infrastructures to enable business to build competitive advantage. To achieve this, the group delivers solutions using its proprietary `Application Network` architectural framework and its expertise in networking, application integration and managed services.
Dimension Data, founded in 1983, had revenues of $2.1 billion in 2002 and operates in 30+ countries with over 8 000 employees.
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