MLB’s Texas Rangers Standardize on Aruba at Globe Life Field to Deliver Premier, Immersive Fan and Event Experiences - Seite 2

With the venue’s high-performance Wi-Fi, fans can enjoy new ways to share baseball experiences such as with the MLB’s mixed-reality app that adds a vicarious layer of augmented-reality lenses built on Snap Inc. technology. “Fans are excited about the new app features and we anticipate more immersive and personalized technologies to come,” said Bullock. “That’s why we’ve deployed a Wi-Fi network suitable for meeting future demands.”

Additionally, the Rangers are using ClearPass for network access control (NAC) and policy management. They have also implemented NetEdit for coordinating switch configuration, monitoring and troubleshooting as well as User Experience Insight (UXI) for Wi-Fi incident detection using AIOps to pinpoint issues that require immediate attention.

“Using Aruba’s intuitive automation tools helped us keep Globe Life Field’s opening day timeline on track,” Bullock said. “For example, we were able to reduce configuration of over 14,000 switch ports from months to weeks, which equates to considerable savings on integration costs.”

“Overall, by automating networking tasks, Aruba enables us to administer about six times the number of switch ports and double the number of APs with the same IT headcount, which is a significant ongoing return,” he added. “The only viable competing product would’ve required us to hire considerably more networking professionals.”

As completing Globe Life Field during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic brought unique hurdles, the Rangers also appreciate the technical support Aruba supplied. “It was a tough project in many aspects,” said Bullock. “We attribute our success, in spite of challenges, to our technology partners like Aruba and can proudly say we’d select the same cohort if we had to do it all over again.”

Looking ahead, the Rangers expect to continue evaluating Aruba’s networking innovations such as Location Services to support real-time crowd intelligence and Air Pass for seamless device handoffs between cellular networks and Wi-Fi. “We’ll definitely consider solutions that provide us with more automation and visibility that give us the ability to meet requirements for fan experiences that haven’t even been thought of yet,” Bullock said.

Additional Resources

• Blog: Take Me Out to the Ball Game: Texas Rangers’ New Immersive Fan Experience

About Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company

Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, is the global leader in secure, intelligent edge-to-cloud networking solutions that use AI to automate the network, while harnessing data to drive powerful business outcomes. With Aruba ESP (Edge Services Platform) and as-a-service options, Aruba takes a cloud-native approach to helping customers meet their connectivity, security, and financial requirements across campus, branch, data center, and remote worker environments, covering all aspects of wired, wireless LAN, and wide area networking (WAN).