Networking solutions giant Extreme Networks announced Wednesday its recent acquisition of the LAN (local area network) business from Zebra Technologies, a tracking technology company. According to Ed Meyercord, President and Chief Executive Officer of Extreme Networks, “A part of this acquisition is Zebra’s full wireless LAN portfolio, which will become a part of the existing ExtremeWireless product […]
The NFL, a $13 billion league, continues to put technology at the forefront of what it does both on and off the gridiron. As the 2016-17 season gets into full swing this weekend, here are the top four sports technology storylines to follow over the next six months. Snapchat, NFL Expand Partnership Last year, the NFL signed […]
As Zebra Technologies heads into its third season of a five-year NFL deal, the technology company recently announced that it is expanding its partnership. Data chips in game balls will now be used during Thursday Night Football games following a review by the league’s Competition Committee after the balls had been included in all preseason games. League […]
Zebra Technologies, the official on-field player tracking provider of the NFL, is revamping its partnership with the league that enters its third season. The NFL will now offer to each team the data generated by the Zebra Sports Solution — the company’s patented RFID player-tracking technology system — in order to better evaluate athlete performance. […]
Over the past two seasons the National Football League used a player tracking system during regular season games. However, up until this point the data and statistics have only been used by media outlets and fans. But now the NFL is ready to release this data to all 32 NFL teams. Staring in 2014 season the […]
