Wisconsin Center District Turns IT Department Into a Profit Center

The Wisconsin Center District is a convention, meeting, and event space in Milwaukee that has three diverse facility types including an exhibit hall, a sports arena, and a theatre. In order to remain competitive within their industry, the WCD looked into ways that technology could help them differentiate themselves from other venues.

Challenges

• A strong network infrastructure that will enable the venue to differentiate itself from competitors
• A connection that reaches throughout the three unique venues within the WCD
• The ability to track clients as they move throughout the building to provide stronger insights to enhance all visitor’s experiences

Extreme Solutions

• ExtremeWireless™
• ExtremeCloud™ IQ on AWS

Results

Enhanced Visitor Experience

• Access to data that enables them to make informed decisions to enhance visitor experience
• Tools to help them address potential threats to connectivity before visitor’s devices are impacted

Gained Competitive Advantage

• The ability to differentiate themselves from competitors due to the unique insights they can provide from their network

Simplified Network Management

• Through ExtremeCloud IQ on AWS, WCD can manage the network in real time to better predict and address network performance issues