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Top-flight English football club keeps fans safe with video data management, edge-to-core

about About Tottenham Hotspur

The Tottenham Hotspur football stadium in the UK is built to bring a unique and unforgettable experience for every visitor — over 3 million a year. Technology is embedded in all aspects of the stadium: its digital platform integrates solutions from twelve service providers to enhance every detail of match day, including security, retail, energy management and broadcasting.

 

To build one of the most technologically advanced stadiums in the world, Tottenham needed to manage large-scale video files from over 700 CCTV cameras while keeping more than 3 million annual visitors safe.

 

With Scality RING, HPE and Veeam, Tottenham stores video from cameras across the stadium directly into a core data-lake repository, achieving edge-to-core data management with increased data protection and durability.

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flag The Challenge

Building a safer, smarter stadium for 3+ million visitors a year
To build one of the most technologically advanced stadiums in the world, Tottenham needed to manage large-scale video files from over 700 CCTV cameras while keeping more than 3 million annual visitors safe.

The Tottenham Hotspur Football Club purposefully planned for an iconic, state-of-the-art arena that would stand the test of time while bringing to life the most engaging, safe experience for fans. Everything is flexible, connected, and automated to minimize friction, maximize operational efficiencies and wow Spurs fans.

To support their journey to building one of the most technologically advanced stadiums in the world, Tottenham needed world-class technology partners — and a core platform to ensure a safe experience for all visitors.

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Edge-to-core video data management with Scality RING, HPE and Veeam

Tottenham selected HPE and Scality as their top world-class technology partners. HPE was selected for its broad expertise in designing and delivering end-to-end solutions, and Scality RING was selected as the core technology to ensure a safe experience for all visitors.

The data center is at the heart of everything we do.

Sanjeev Katwa

CTO, Tottenham Hotspur Football Club

The HPE + Scality solution helps Tottenham:

  • Manage large-scale video files from over 700 CCTV cameras
  • Achieve edge-to-core data management by storing video from cameras across the stadium directly into a data lake repository within the core data center
  • Increase data protection and durability with Veeam Backup

list The Results

A living arena — with the data center as part of the fan experience

Two data centers power the Tottenham arena — from fan engagement analytics to back-end operations — and one of them is even part of the visitor experience. Fans at the North-West Corner of Level 1 can take a look at the technology behind Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

"To put our data center behind glass is a pretty bold step. But for us, it's to say, 'This is where the technology is, this is what's driving us'," Tottenham's CTO explains.

'To dare is to do' — it's the team's motto and an expression of how the organization approaches its business. "We've tried to do something that's never been done before," says Tottenham's head of partnerships. And they've succeeded. The Spurs' vision of building a living arena designed for constant growth and evolution is now a reality.

We need the data, the analytics, and the intelligence… We now have more data sources than any other stadium in the world. It's an accelerator for us to drive more revenues. But at its heart, it's an enabler for us to deliver an enhanced fan experience.

Fran Jones

Head of partnerships, Tottenham Hotspur Football Club

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