Despite Microsoft’s technology partnership with the NFL, this upcoming season, Amazon’s cloud technology will be distributing the league’s statistical data to it’s loyal fans. Microsoft has not been completely shafted, according to the NFL’s senior director of emerging products and technology, Matt Swensson. Network World reported that Swensson ensures the league is happy with it’s […]
Microsoft and the NFL’s partnership has been getting quite cozy in the past week. Just a few days ago, Microsoft unveiled the details of their NFL App, which included the virtual integration of tracking devices in each player’s shoulder pads. More recently, Microsoft announced that they will no longer be providing Surface Pro 2 Tablets […]
Beginning with the MLB’s introduction of Statcast, the sports world seemed to realize just how incredible tracking technology could be in the acquisition of never-before-known statistics. The NFL has responded with their own “Official On-Field Player Tracking Provider,” Zebra Technologies, and will place radio-frequency identification (RFID) chips in the shoulder pads of every player this […]
Who knew incorporating sports within business could be so fun? Well, perhaps FantasySalesTeam did. The Austin-based company, that lets sales teams operate like real fantasy teams, raised 1.4 Million in three rounds of funding from the same three investors before being acquired by Microsoft earlier this week. FantasySalesTeam is an incentive based sales program. The […]
Late last week the Arizona Cardinals announced that they will be leaving behind the traditional paper playbook, and will instead have personnel within the organization utilize Microsoft devices, such as the Microsoft Surface Pro 3 Tablet. The NFL recently signed a five-year $400 million deal with Microsoft, which is why the staff of all organizations […]
